PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santana (ranked 3277 p4p, 376 weight class) and Shit Face (ranked 4988 p4p, 525 weight class). Santana comes to the cage accompanied by Check My Swag. Face has chosen Blue clear sky as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santana
vs
Face

173 cm
40
159 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

176 cm
46
157 lbs
47 - 40 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antonio Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 40 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shit Face!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santana closes the distance and clinches.
Santana lands a shot to the body.
Santana lands a shoulder strike.
Face has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.

Face breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Face takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Shit Face has been cut.
Face throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Face throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Face throws a hook to the side of Santana's head but Santana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santana avoids the head kick by Face.
Face's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Santana connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Face scrambles back to his feet.
Face throws a leg kick
and Santana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Face. Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antonio Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Face throws out the jab.
Face misses with a low kick.
Face throws a series of punches but Santana avoids them all with ease.
Santana lands a slapping body shot.
Santana scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Face rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santana counters with a good low kick that Face was not able to check.
Santana throws out a powerful jab.

Face is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face misses with a series of wild punches.
Santana has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doherty's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Face throws a sloppy head kick and Santana moves out of range easily.
Santana throwing a counter right hand but Face manages to avoid it.
Santana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Face misses with a double jab.
Santana swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Santana darts in and clinches Face up against the cage.
Face is trying to break free.
Santana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Santana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Face fails to land.
Santana lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santana gets through Face's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Santana throws a head punch that misses.
Face working aggressively here.
Santana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santana lands a nice uppercut.
Santana blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana lands with a right to the head.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santana lands an elbow inside that Face shrugs off.
Face stalling in the clinch but Santana improves position.
Face is trying to stall.
Face is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Santana has denied him.

Face breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Santana takes the fight into the clinch.
Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santana lands a shot to the body.
Santana content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Shit Face's cut even more.
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santana takes a shot to the head.
Face tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Face back against the cage.
Santana lands a left hand.
Santana misses with the head strike.
Santana letting Face take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face lands a right hand.
Santana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Face avoids the elbow strike from Santana, against the cage.
Santana cracks Face with a nice body shot.
Santana scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santana.
Santana digs a right hand underneath Face's ribcage. Face let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hand to the body from Santana.
Face looks winded!
Santana lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Santana.
Santana lands a right hand that snaps the head of Face backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Santana.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Santana.
Santana misses with a punch to the body.
Santana displaying some good clinch control by pressing Face up against the cage.
Santana lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Santana.
Face takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santana misses with a punch to the body.
Santana lands with a left to the head.
Santana lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Face.
Santana digs a right hand into Face's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Face's gas tank.
Santana presses Face against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Santana.
Santana lands a body punch in the clinch.
Santana lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Face.
Santana presses Face against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Santana cracks Face with a nice body shot.
Santana lands a left hand.
Santana digs a right hand underneath Face's ribcage. Face let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Santana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Santana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shit Face's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Santana takes the fight into the clinch.
Santana works on Face's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Face blocks a body shot from Santana.
Face's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Face's elbow.
Santana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Face's efforts to push away.
Santana lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santana.
Face is still on wobbly legs! Can Santana finish him?
Face's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santana dips a shoulder and cracks Face with a mighty uppercut! Face falls back against the cage and Santana unloads with a barrage of strikes! Face is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Santana screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Santana!
During a confident post fight interview, Antonio Santana thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.