PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Farrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Farrell's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santan
vs
Farrell

175 cm
26
274 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

192 cm
25
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Farrell!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Farrell sprawls well initially but Santan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Farrell preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Santan is pressing down on Farrell's thigh, looking to free his foot. Farrell is holding on for now.
Farrell controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Farrell gets full guard.
Santan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santan is working hard here to advance position.
Santan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farrell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Santan.
Santan tries to free his leg and advance position but Farrell is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Santan manages to get himself to full guard.
Farrell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santan's head.
Farrell wants to control from the top but Santan keeps moving.
Farrell cracks Santan with a solid left hand.
Farrell chips away with some ground and pound.
Farrell passes Santan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Santan is trying to stand.
Santan pushes Farrell off but Farrell dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farrell working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Farrell has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Farrell is looking to take a break and control but Santan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farrell in side control lands a decent elbow.
Farrell lands a nice forearm strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santan is trying to buck Farrell off.

Santan throws Farrell to one side and escapes!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Santan.
Farrell gets back to half guard.
Farrell moves into full guard.
Santan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Farrell is keeping the position for now.
Farrell wants to sweep here but Santan controlling him for the moment.
Farrell keeping full guard, as Santan tries to pass.
Farrell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santan is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santan looking to pass the guard.
Farrell pulls Santan in close to prevent any damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Brandon Farrell hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Farrell gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Santan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Santan tries to free his leg and advance position but Farrell is retaining full guard.
Santan stopping the sweep attempt from Farrell.
Santan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santan's guard.
Santan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Farrell is controlling him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farrell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Farrell not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Farrell wants to control from the top but Santan keeps moving.
Farrell lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farrell is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Farrell has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Farrell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Farrell's guard.
Santan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Farrell pulls Santan in close to prevent any damage.
Santan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Farrell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Farrell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Farrell trying to control the position here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Santan looking to pass the guard.
Farrell seems keen to control Santan's posture.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brandon Farrell wasn't active enough on the ground.

Santan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santan trying to move into half guard but instead Farrell has managed to sweep!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell passes Santan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Farrell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Santan is staying active underneath Farrell, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santan is trying to stand.
Santan is looking to get back to is feet but Farrell passes into side control.
Farrell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Farrell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Farrell working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santan is trying to buck Farrell off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Farrell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santan keeps working.
Santan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Farrell is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrell cracks Santan with a big right hand but Santan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Farrell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Santan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Farrell cracks Santan with a big elbow.

Santan is rocked!
Farrell scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Santan is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Farrell can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Farrell!
A less than humble Brandon Farrell misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.