PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julito Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jacobs
vs
Santos

195 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julito Santos!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but Jacobs manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Santos tries to clinch but Jacobs is having none of it.
Santos tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jacobs defends well and Santos ends up having to push Jacobs into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Jacobs drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs is staying tight to Santos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jacobs working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Santos looks to move to half guard but instead Jacobs has passed into mount! Damn!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jacobs raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jacobs controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jacobs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jacobs looking to finish with strikes here!
Jacobs unloads with some shots from mount but Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Santos tries to hold on but Jacobs postures up.
Jacobs thowing shots but they're missing.
Jacobs will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jacobs controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Santos can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacobs punching from mount but Santos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jacobs controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos blocking the ground and pound.

Jacobs looking for a guillotine from mount but Santos is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs with the ground and pound from mount.
Jacobs wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jacobs content just to control the position here.
Jacobs putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jacobs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jacobs get's back to his feet.
Jacobs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jacobs fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Jacobs dominated that round.
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.

Santos throws out a leg kick but Jacobs moves out of range and Santos only half commits.
Jacobs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos fails with the takedown.
Santos tries to clinch but Jacobs is having none of it.
Alex Jacobs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos tries to clinch up.

Jacobs moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jacobs after a bit of a struggle.
Alex Jacobs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julito Santos.
Jacobs drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jacobs tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacobs tries to pull guard but Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Santos looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jacobs is defending well for now.
Jacobs tries to pull guard but Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jacobs stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Jacobs tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Jacobs drops back down to his feet.
Jacobs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jacobs manages to pull guard.
Santos throws an elbow that misses. Jacobs uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Santos's guard. Nice move by Jacobs!

Jacobs slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs preventing the sweep.
Jacobs sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jacobs throws a big right hand that misses.
Jacobs postures up.
Santos is looking to sweep but instead, Jacobs has passed into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jacobs controlling the action here.
Alex Jacobs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jacobs works his way into full mount!
Jacobs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jacobs's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos is working to get back to half guard.

Jacobs stands up from mount. Strange move.
Jacobs changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Jacobs manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs tries to counter by clinching up but Santos breaks away and moves out of range.
Jacobs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Jacobs dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jacobs but Jacobs pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jacobs avoids the body shot from Santos.
Jacobs really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jacobs fails with the takedown.
Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Jacobs shows good takedown defense.

Jacobs gets a clinch.
Santos is trying to pull guard but Jacobs turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Alex Jacobs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julito Santos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacobs is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jacobs down to the mat. Jacobs avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Santos misses with a combination

and Jacobs counters by clinching up.
Jacobs prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacobs jumps guard and drags Santos to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Santos looking to pass the guard.

Jacobs looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santos wants to control from the top but Jacobs keeps moving.
Jacobs trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jacobs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santos is one step ahead there.
Jacobs trying to strike off his back.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Jacobs has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Santos has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Jacobs controlling the action here for a moment.

Jacobs breaks from the clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jacobs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobs is looking to counter the offense by Santos and move into the clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jacobs or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos, which made it look bad.
Santos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jacobs momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jacobs lands a nice shot to the body.
Jacobs has a takedown stuffed.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jacobs shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jacobs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jacobs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jacobs fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos tries to counter by closing the distance.

Jacobs moves into the clinch successfully.
Jacobs tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jacobs to keep the fight standing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jacobs managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos tries to circle away but Jacobs has him pinned against the cage.
Julito Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex Jacobs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Jacobs has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Jacobs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jacobs 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Jacobs!