PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace comes to the cage accompanied by Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Grace
vs
Santos

182 cm
24
184 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

195 cm
26
203 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Voodoo Nutrition

SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lionel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a straight right.
Santos wants to slow Grace down by chopping away at his legs.
Santos has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Grace is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nice shot by Grace.
Grace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos dips to his left and cracks Grace with an uppercut!
Grace is looking to slow Santos down with leg kicks.
Grace jabs at Santos's body.
Santos needs to keep his hands up - Grace had a free shot at his head there.
Santos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grace lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grace throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace throws a leg kick which misses Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as Santos tries to avoid it.
Santos moves out of range as Grace throws a body kick.
Santos throws a fast counter high kick but Grace manages to duck under it in time.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Grace was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grace swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos.
Grace moves out of range as Santos throws a body kick.
Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Santos moves out of range as Grace throws a body kick.
Grace scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grace has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Grace does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Grace misses the target.
Santos misses with a low kick.
A big left from Santos misses.
Grace shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grace throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Santos connects with a high kick.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grace digs a good body shot into Santos's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Grace misses its intended target.
Grace missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grace lands a leg kick that knocks Santos off balance momentarily.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Grace.
Grace lands a body shot.
Grace avoids the head kick by Santos.
Santos slips under a jab from Grace.
It seemed like Santos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Santos thumps Grace with a low kick.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grace.
Grace lands with a shot to the body.
Santos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Grace connects with a body shot.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Grace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Grace finds it's target.
Grace misses the shot to the body.
Santos looks to land a body kick but Grace moved away.
A clash of legs there as Santos blocks the low kick.
Grace takes one to the side of the head.
Grace takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch lands to the side of Santos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Grace takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Grace does it's job there.
Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grace can pounce on him.
Grace checks a leg kick.
Grace is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Grace - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grace throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Santos thinks about the counter body kick.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a nice inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Grace misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Santos slips a straight right by Grace.
Santos counters with a body kick.
Grace slips under a jab.
Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grace thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grace throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Grace lands a nice looking body kick.
Santos tests Grace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Grace 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.

Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from Santos misses.
Santos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grace staying out of range there.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Grace just misses with a punch to the body.
Grace is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Grace uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grace cracks the inside of Santos's front leg.
Santos blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grace misses with a wild combination.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Grace uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santos.
Grace with a hook.

Santos is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace feints a jab and as Santos dips his head, Grace unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Santos right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Santos falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Grace smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Charles Grace!
Post fight, an emotional Charles Grace said 'I'm gonna debate the f@ck outta myself as soon as I hit the shower!'.