PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 1948 p4p, 1868 weight class) and Vinicius Honorio (ranked 248 p4p, 241 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santo Amaro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to From Lima. The crowd seem to be enjoying Honorio's choice of entrance music: Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. Junqueiro Santo Amaro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Santo Amaro
vs
Honorio

175 cm
23
175
7 - 4 - 0

182 cm
21
180
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Arcticus University: London

PWNAGE Elite
White Gorilla

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honorio throws a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Honorio finds it's target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Honorio has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Honorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santo Amaro throws out the jab.
Santo Amaro lands a jab to the head.
Honorio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Santo Amaro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Honorio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santo Amaro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Santo Amaro misses.
Honorio tries to clinch but Santo Amaro is having none of it.
Honorio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Honorio moves into range and clinches up with Santo Amaro.
Still in the clinch, Santo Amaro scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santo Amaro tries a body shot but Honorio blocks it.
Honorio has a couple of punches blocked by Santo Amaro.
Honorio throws a head punch that misses.
Santo Amaro lands a body punch.
Honorio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santo Amaro's elbow.
Honorio struggles to land a body shot inside as Santo Amaro controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Honorio jumps guard but Santo Amaro stands there with Honorio around his waist. Honorio gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinicius Honorio.
Honorio tries a body shot but Santo Amaro blocks it.
Honorio is trying to pull guard but Santo Amaro turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Honorio is trying to pull guard but Santo Amaro turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Santo Amaro digs a right hand into Honorio's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Honorio's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Santo Amaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Honorio throws an overhand right that lands on Santo Amaro's shoulder, as Santo Amaro tries to avoid the shot.
We've been told by Santo Amaro's head coaches at Certiï¬ed Cave Gang that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A low kick from Santo Amaro misses
and Honorio counters with a straight right hand.
Santo Amaro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honorio.
Honorio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Honorio defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
Santo Amaro misses with a hook
and Honorio counters with a nice uppercut.
Santo Amaro lands a glancing blow to the side of Honorio's head.
Santo Amaro misses with a low kick.
Honorio shoots in but Santo Amaro avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santo Amaro throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Honorio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Honorio.

Santo Amaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Honorio has closed the distance and engaged Santo Amaro in a clinch.
Santo Amaro has a couple of punches blocked by Honorio.

Honorio breaks from the clinch.
Honorio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santo Amaro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santo Amaro throws out the jab.
Santo Amaro throws a hook but Honorio blocks it.
Santo Amaro blocks a jab.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Santo Amaro cracks Honorio with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Honorio looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Santo Amaro finish him?

Honorio is rocked!

Santo Amaro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Honorio is still in real trouble! Can Santo Amaro finish him?
Honorio wants to stand but Santo Amaro has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Honorio seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro controlling Honorio's posture.
Santo Amaro keeping full guard, as Honorio tries to pass.
Santo Amaro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honorio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santo Amaro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santo Amaro keeping moving, preventing Honorio from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Honorio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Honorio looks to land a left hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range nicely.
Santo Amaro lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Santo Amaro misses.
Honorio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Santo Amaro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santo Amaro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santo Amaro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Honorio is just out of range.
And Honorio tries to counter it with a takedown but Santo Amaro pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy uppercut
and Honorio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santo Amaro throws an overhand right that lands on Honorio's shoulder, as Honorio tries to avoid the shot.
Honorio shoots and misses
and Santo Amaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junqueiro Santo Amaro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santo Amaro cracks Honorio with a hook to the temple - Honorio is on wobbly legs here! Santo Amaro swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Honorio falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Santo Amaro wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
Junqueiro Santo Amaro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.