PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rising Sun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Santovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sun kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Down. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sun
vs
Santovski

195 cm
24
256 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rising Sun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Santovski!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sun tries for a takedown but Santovski circles away easily

and Santovski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Santovski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santovski 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sun trying to control from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santovski is working for a kimura but Sun is defending it quite comfortably.
Sun works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sun keeping moving, preventing Santovski from controlling successfully.
Santovski won't allow Sun to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sun avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sun keeping moving, preventing Santovski from controlling successfully.
Sun looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santovski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sun swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santovski works over Sun with some ground and pound from guard.
Santovski tries to stand but Sun is controlling from the bottom.
Santovski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sun trying to keep a closed guard but Santovski is proving a slippery customer.
Santovski is fighting to break Sun's control of his arms but Sun is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Santovski wants to get up but he can't break Sun's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sun is looking to stand up but Santovski isn't so interested in that idea.
Santovski trying to control but Sun is working from the bottom.

Sun looking for a guillotine here but Santovski defends easily.
Santovski wants to stand and escape but instead Sun has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
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!

Sun gets to his feet. Santovski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sun tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santovski swats away the attempt to clinch by Sun.

Santovski forces Sun back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santovski stalls.
Sun is pressed up against the cage. Santovski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sun down to the mat. Sun avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Sun moves into range and clinches up with Santovski.

Santovski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Santovski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santovski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sun manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sun fails with a takedown attempt.
Santovski fails to land the takedown.
Sun misses with a low kick.
Santovski tries to clinch up

and Sun counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santovski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Santovski is pressed up against the cage. Sun has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Santovski down to the mat. Santovski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rising Sun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sun walks forward, straight into a front kick from Santovski.
Sun closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santovski circles away.
Santovski stuffs the takedown attempt from Sun. Sun gets slowly back to his feet.
Santovski slaps away a takedown attempt from Sun, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sun attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santovski wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Santovski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Santovski wants to clinch
and Sun counters with a nice uppercut.
Santovski shoots in but no luck this time.
Santovski tries to clinch up but Sun circles away and keeps his distance.
Sun fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Sun with that takedown attempt.

Sun closes the distance and clinches.

Santovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sun leaves Santovski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Santovski avoids the head kick by Sun.
Sun circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sun counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sun is trying to break the clinch but Santovski has him pressed against the cage.

Sun gets control of Santovski's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sun will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Santovski wants to control from the top but Sun keeps moving.
Sun utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sun is trying to keep Santovski in close.
Santovski wants to pass the guard but Sun is keeping the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sun is on top in guard.

Santovski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sun defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sun throws a strike but Santovski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Santovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Sun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santovski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sun is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Rising Sun wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santovski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sun fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rising Sun. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Santovski has closed the distance and engaged Sun in a clinch.

Sun ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sun no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Santovski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santovski wanted to stand there but Sun had control of the position.
Santovski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sun is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Santovski gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sun tries for a takedown but Santovski circles away easily

and Santovski counters with a takedown into side control.
Marko Santovski has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santovski working the ground and pound from side control.
Santovski is chipping away with strikes.
Sun tries to buck Santovski off but Santovski is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santovski working away.
Santovski working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Santovski tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Santovski is trying to get an arm triangle but Sun is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sun wants to control but Santovski postures up.
Santovski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sun is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Santovski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Santovski.
Sun is looking for a sweep.
Santovski wants to control but Sun is keeping him busy.
Santovski working away.
Sun takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Santovski working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sun is trying to buck Santovski off.
Sun avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Santovski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santovski working the head with strikes.

It looks like Rising Sun has been cut.
Sun is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sun takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sun has one of Santovski's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Sun tries to buck Santovski off but Santovski is having none of it.

Santovski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santovski lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sun can't do much from the bottom here.
Sun sneaks back into half guard.
Santovski moves into full mount! Sun won't be happy about that!
Santovski with a couple of short strikes.

Santovski stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Sun will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santovski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santovski shoots in looking for a takedown but Sun manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santovski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Santovski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sun.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sun has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Santovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sun shoots in looking for a takedown. Santovski tries to sprawl out of it but Sun keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santovski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice cross by Sun.
Marko Santovski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santovski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sun pinned against the cage. Sun gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rising Sun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marko Santovski.
Nice sprawl there from Sun as Santovski shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun throws a shot to the body.
Sun misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sun lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sun comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sun throws a body kick that misses.
No luck for Sun with that takedown attempt.
Sun throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sun throws a head kick that misses.

Santovski looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rising Sun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marko Santovski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santovski drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Santovski as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Sun screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Santovski! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Marko Santovski!