PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by I Love the Cocaine. Rick James has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

James
vs
Santana

180 cm
26
184 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Santana!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
Jab by James.
Santana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
James is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santana.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.

James has managed to clinch.
James lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by James.
A short uppercut from James.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
James lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from James.
James misses with a body punch.
Santana tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
James lands a jab to Santana's midsection.
Santana scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.

James moves into the clinch successfully.
James comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
James scores with a hook to the body.
James comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Damian Santana has been cut.
Nice elbow from James.
Santana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from James on the inside.
Santana blocks a body shot from James.
A left hand lands to the body for James.
Santana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
James tries a body shot but Santana blocks it.
Nice elbow from James.
James lands an elbow just above Santana 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santana looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from James.
James lands an elbow inside that Santana shrugs off.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Santana is rocked!
James lands an elbow that stopped Santana in his tracks for a moment.
Santana is still on wobbly legs! Can James finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from James - that landed with a thud.
James lands an elbow inside.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
James cracks Santana with a nice body shot.
James pushes Santana against the cage. James is working some dirty boxing. James pushes off with a quick right hook! Santana goes down! Santana tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! James moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick James!
A relieved looking Rick James thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.