PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lester Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santiago comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Ross - Superhigh. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Santiago
vs
Howell

190 cm
29
203 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

180 cm
32
217 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lester Howell!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago misses with a double jab.
Howell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santiago is out of range.
Howell throws a leg kick but Santiago sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Santiago tries to clinch but Howell is having none of it.
Howell swings for the body but Santiago moves out of range.
Howell walks into a straight right hand from Santiago.
Crunch! Howell slams his shin into Santiago's torso.
Howell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santiago. Santiago obviously looking to wear him down.
Santiago thows a body shot but no joy.
Howell drops his hands momentarily and Santiago takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Lester Howell has been cut.
Howell jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santiago tries to clinch but Howell is having none of it.
Santiago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howell.
Howell throws a head kick that misses.
Lester Howell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howell misses with a looping right.
Santiago avoids a kick to the body.
Howell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santiago is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Howell at a distance.
Howell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santiago lands a jab to Howell's midsection.
Howell looks for a takedown but Santiago sprawls well.
Howell throws a front kick that sends Santiago stumbling back into the cage.
Santiago digs a good body shot into Howell's ribs.
Santiago scores with a leg kick.
Santiago scores with a crisp jab that stopped Howell in his tracks.
Santiago punishes Howell's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Howell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Howell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A bone on bone clash there as Santiago blocks the leg kick.
Santiago swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell throws out a leg kick but Santiago moves out of range and Howell only half commits.
Howell loads up on a big right hand but Santiago slips the punch.
Santiago cracks Howell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Santiago is looking to wear down Howell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Howell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santiago lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Howell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Santiago. That snapped Howell's head back.
A head kick by Howell misses
enabling Santiago to counter with a crisp jab.
Howell throws a half hearted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Howell misses the target.
Howell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Howell throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Howell takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a leg kick that knocks Howell off balance momentarily.
Howell throws a leg kick

and Santiago counters by clinching up.
Santiago working aggressively here.
Howell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santiago's elbow.
A short uppercut from Santiago.
Howell lands a body shot.
A short right from Santiago.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Howell misses with a punch to the body.
Howell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Howell scores with a hook to the body.
Howell misses with a punch on the inside.
Howell lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santiago or not.
Howell tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Howell back against the cage.
Santiago lands a nice shot to the body.
Santiago scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Howell scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Howell.
Santiago makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howell lands a body shot.
Howell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by Howell.
Howell lands a body shot.
Santiago lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Howell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santiago is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Howell tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Howell back against the cage.
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago tries a body shot but Howell blocks it.
Howell swings wildly with an uppercut but Santiago uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Santiago.

Santiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santiago checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santiago manages to avoid it.
Howell blocks a leg kick.
Howell throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Howell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lester Howell's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Santiago misses with a two punch combination.
Santiago tries to land a front kick but Howell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Howell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santiago connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santiago. Howell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santiago slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Howell misses with a leg kick
and Santiago counters with a good, hard body kick but Howell shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick from Santiago misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Howell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santiago has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santiago and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Howell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That has opened up Lester Howell's cut even more.
Howell misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick by Howell misses
and Santiago cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Santiago on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Howell. Howell obviously looking to wear him down.
Santiago throws a low kick but it's checked well by Howell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago cracks Howell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Howell throws a low kick but Santiago avoids it.
Howell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santiago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santiago tests Howell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santiago misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santiago. Howell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crunch! Howell slams his shin into Santiago's torso.
Santiago moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howell is breathing heavily.
Santiago takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Howell tries a head kick but it misses.
Ricardo Santiago is winning the standup battle so far.
Howell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Santiago smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Santiago punishes Howell's body with a nice straight punch.
Santiago lands a head shot.
Santiago throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Santiago jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santiago connects with a body shot.
Santiago lands with a thumping leg kick.
Howell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Santiago chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Santiago drives through and clinches with Howell against the cage.
Santiago pushes Howell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santiago lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Santiago tries a body shot but Howell blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Howell fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago scores with a hook to the body.
Santiago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Howell can't get the takedown.
Santiago lands a right hand.

The cut above Lester Howell's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Good body shot from Santiago.
Howell blocks a body shot from Santiago.
Santiago lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howell backwards.

Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santiago misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Howell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santiago scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santiago feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Howell's calf.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago connects with a nice looking jab.
Howell throws a hook to the side of Santiago's head but Santiago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ricardo Santiago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santiago looks to land a combination. Howell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Howell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santiago.
Santiago is looking to slow Howell down with leg kicks.
Santiago connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Santiago.
Howell is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Howell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santiago was well out of range. Poor timing from Howell.
Howell misses the shot to the body.
Santiago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Howell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Santiago finds it's way through Howell's defenses.
Santiago cracks the inside of Howell's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Santiago.
Santiago dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Howell. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Santiago dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lester Howell's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Howell tries to keep at a distance but Santiago has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Howell avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago tries a body shot but Howell blocks it.
Santiago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Howell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santiago or not.
Howell trying to stall but Santiago improves his position.
Nice body punch from Howell.
Howell lands with a left to the head.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howell tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Howell back against the cage.
Good body shot from Howell.
Howell taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Santiago fails to land.
Howell stalling the fight.
Santiago lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell takes a shot to the head.
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ricardo Santiago has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Santiago blocks a body shot from Howell.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Howell controls his hands.
Howell blocks a body shot from Santiago.
Howell scores with a shot to the side of Santiago's head.
Howell tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Howell back against the cage.
Howell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Howell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santiago's elbow.
Howell taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santiago blocks a body shot from Howell.
Howell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Howell's elbow.
Santiago gets through Howell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Santiago lands a right hand that snaps the head of Howell backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Howell fails to land.
Howell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howell blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago tries a body shot but Howell blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Santiago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santiago connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Howell's hands.
Decent striking displayed by Santiago there.
Santiago misses with a low kick.
Howell lands a leg kick that knocks Santiago off balance momentarily.
Santiago scores with a jab to the head.
Howell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santiago is out of range.
Howell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Howell moves out of range as Santiago throws a body kick.
Howell just misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago defending well as Howell loads up on a big left hand.
Howell shoots in looking for a takedown. Santiago tries to sprawl out of it but Howell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santiago manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santiago looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lester Howell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws a body punch but Howell moves out of range.
Howell throws a head kick that misses.
Good exchange - Santiago coming out on top.

Lester Howell's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jab, jab by Santiago - just one landing.
Santiago with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santiago.
Santiago comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Howell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good exchange - Santiago coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Santiago coming out on top.
Howell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ricardo Santiago is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santiago scores with a hook.
Santiago blocks a low kick nicely.
Santiago fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Howell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Howell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Santiago.

Santiago closes the distance and pushes Howell back into the cage.
Howell tries a body shot but Santiago blocks it.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howell struggles to land a body shot inside as Santiago controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Santiago breaks from the clinch.
Santiago is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howell can do to turn this around?
Howell throws a front kick aimed at Santiago's knee but Santiago avoids it well.
Howell misses with a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Santiago showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santiago has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Santiago!
Ricardo Santiago very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.