PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Aunor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Riding All Night And Day. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aunor
vs
Santos

170 cm
24
143 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
130 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Aunor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, George Santos!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Santos as Aunor shoots in.
Santos tries to clinch but Aunor is having none of it.
Santos leaves Aunor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice shot lands for Aunor.
Aunor throws a right and a left that both miss.

Aunor clinches up against the cage.
Aunor lands with a left to the head.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aunor avoids it.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aunor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aunor tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Aunor avoids the damage to the body.
Aunor misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aunor's brow.
A left hand lands to the body for Aunor.
Aunor avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Aunor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Aunor manages to break the clinch.
Terry Aunor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aunor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aunor scores with a hook to the body. Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aunor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aunor throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos gets tackled into the cage by Aunor. Aunor maintains the clinch.

Aunor has clasped his hands together around Santos's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Aunor controlling the position.
Santos tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Aunor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Santos is trying to buck Aunor off.
Aunor lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is letting Aunor control him for a moment.
Aunor has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Santos!
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aunor with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Aunor looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aunor goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Santos is on top in guard.
Aunor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Santos manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aunor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Aunor dominated that round.
That's time! Aunor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aunor dives in and scores a takedown into Santos's guard.

Aunor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Santos, up you get!

Aunor has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Aunor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Aunor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Aunor moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Aunor struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Aunor avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Aunor is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Aunor is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Aunor has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Aunor tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Aunor - that landed with a thud.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aunor avoids it.
Aunor avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.

Aunor manages to break the clinch.

Aunor has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Good body shot from Aunor.
Aunor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Aunor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Aunor breaks from the clinch.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aunor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santos in his tracks.
George Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Aunor moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Aunor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aunor goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Aunor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Aunor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Aunor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos moves to clinch but Aunor breaks away

and Aunor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aunor is trying to break free.
Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Aunor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aunor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Aunor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Aunor throws a leg kick but Santos checks it.

Aunor clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Aunor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Aunor moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aunor avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Aunor lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aunor.
Aunor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aunor avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Aunor.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aunor.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Aunor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Aunor breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Aunor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Aunor blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Aunor dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Aunor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aunor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Aunor drives through with a takedown into Santos's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Aunor stands up from Santos's guard - Aunor perhaps looking for a knockout.
Aunor misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aunor gets a takedown into half guard.
Aunor is taking a breather. Santos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Santos wants to improve his position but Aunor is controlling well.
Aunor performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aunor throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos has a hand on Aunor's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Aunor takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Santos is trying to escape the mount but Aunor keeps good control and instead manages to take Santos's back.
I would not like to be Santos right now.
Santos tries to escape but Aunor has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aunor looking for the RNC.
The referee is taking a good look at Santos as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Aunor!
Aunor controls the position.

Aunor is looking for the choke from the back position but Santos is controlling his hands well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is really stuck here.
Good control from Aunor.
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!
George Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aunor seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santos for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Aunor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aunor 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Aunor!
Terry Aunor seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.