PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Santos (ranked 4260 p4p, 23727 weight class) and Stewart Folayang (ranked 532 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Folayang's choice of entrance music: Francis Magalona - Man from Manila. Vladimir Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Santos
vs
Folayang

180 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
21
190
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vladimir Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stewart Folayang!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Folayang shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santos's guard.
Santos wants to improve his position but instead Folayang has moved into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos has hold of Folayang's hands but Folayang slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Folayang on the ground.
Santos tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Folayang has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Folayang stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Santos tries to clinch but Folayang moves away

and Folayang counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Folayang in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Santos is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stewart Folayang!
An out of breath Stewart Folayang thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.