PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neil Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Lorenz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorenz has chosen Blurred Lines as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Santos
vs
Lorenz

190 cm
27
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
24
214 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Neil Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brandon Lorenz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos works the jab nicely.
Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lorenz.

Lorenz drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Santos is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Santos drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lorenz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santos controls Lorenz momentarily but Lorenz frees himself.

Lorenz stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lorenz circles away.
Santos tries to clinch up but Lorenz circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Lorenz sprawls well.
Santos misses with a combination
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Lorenz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lorenz turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lorenz manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lorenz throws a strike aimed at the side of Santos's head but Santos avoids it well.
Lorenz cracks Santos with a big elbow.

Lorenz stands up and beckons Santos to his feet.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lorenz blocks a head kick by Santos.
Neil Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Lorenz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neil Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos is breathing heavily.

Lorenz gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoiding damage as Lorenz throws knees to the body.
Lorenz working hard to break the clinch.
Santos tries to pull guard but Lorenz won't allow it.
Santos is trying to push Lorenz away but Lorenz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Lorenz.
Santos keeps control of Lorenz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lorenzs head.
Lorenz blocks an uppercut.

Lorenz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lorenz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to clinch up but Lorenz circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos clinches up with Lorenz and pushes him back against the cage.

Lorenz breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos throws a lazy uppercut

and Lorenz counters by moving into the clinch.
Lorenz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Lorenz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lorenz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Lorenz has him pressed against the cage.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Lorenz breaks from the clinch.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Lorenz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos wants to land a leg kick but Lorenz is out of range.
Lorenz moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos tries to clinch up but Lorenz circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenz looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Lorenz has managed to clinch.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lorenz tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos stops a takedown attempt from Lorenz.
Lorenz tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Lorenz won't allow it.

Lorenz turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lorenz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Check out the look on Lorenz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Santos is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos is trying to control Lorenz's posture but Lorenz avoids it.
Lorenz in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brandon Lorenz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Santos shoots for a takedown but Lorenz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santos looks to clinch
and Lorenz counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lorenz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lorenz is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos misses with a hook
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lorenz slips under a jab.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos fails with the takedown
and Lorenz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lorenz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lorenz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos misses with a combination
and Lorenz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Lorenz does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorenz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and Lorenz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neil Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lorenz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lorenz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lorenz tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
A combination from Lorenz does no damage.
Santos misses with a lunging right hand

and Lorenz counters by moving into the clinch.
Lorenz tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Lorenz gets an underhook and turns Santos into the cage.
Lorenz has Santos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Santos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Santos avoiding damage as Lorenz throws knees to the body.
Lorenz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Lorenz trying to land knees to the body.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lorenz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorenz blocking some punches.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lorenz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lorenz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lorenz defends it nicely.

Lorenz has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Lorenz blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to stall.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Lorenz.
Lorenz tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos wants to stall.
Santos seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Lorenz is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lorenz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.

Lorenz breaks the clinch.
Lorenz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lorenz tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Lorenz misses with a wild combination.
Lorenz misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lorenz checks a leg kick.
Lorenz moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos misses with a left hand
and Lorenz counters with a one-two to the body.
Lorenz avoids the body shot from Santos.

Santos drives through and clinches with Lorenz against the cage.

Lorenz breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lorenz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Lorenz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lorenz has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

Santos gets control of Lorenz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lorenz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lorenz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lorenz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lorenz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Lorenz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lorenz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Lorenz in a clinch.
Lorenz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos has Lorenz pressed against the cage, preventing Lorenz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lorenz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lorenz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lorenz avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch but Lorenz is having none of it.
Santos scores with a nice strike.
Santos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lorenz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santos can pounce on him.
Santos throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lorenz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santos tries to clinch up but Lorenz circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Lorenz misses.

Lorenz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.

Lorenz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lorenz.
Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Lorenz tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch but Lorenz is having none of it.
Brandon Lorenz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lorenz keeps the fight on the outside.
Brandon Lorenz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos misses with a body punch
and Lorenz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Lorenz.
Santos throws a poor cross that misses
and Lorenz counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lorenz misses with the combination.

Lorenz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorenz uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lorenz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lorenz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Santos shoots in but Lorenz avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lorenz pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

Lorenz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lorenz darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.

Lorenz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to score with a low kick but Lorenz moves his leg out of the way.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Lorenz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lorenz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lorenz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Lorenz counters by clinching up.
Lorenz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
Lorenz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos avoiding damage as Lorenz throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lorenz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lorenz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lorenz counters with a one-two to the body.
Santos wants to clinch
and Lorenz counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.

Santos has managed to clinch.
Santos is trying to break free.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Neil Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brandon Lorenz.
I've got Lorenz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Lorenz!
A very excited looking Brandon Lorenz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.