PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 355 p4p, 553 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 44 p4p, 69 weight class). Santo Amaro comes into the arena with From Lima blaring out of the sound system. Pierre has chosen O Canada as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Santo Amaro
vs
Pierre

175 cm
24
175
11 - 4 - 0

178 cm
28
171
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Conviction
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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 11 - 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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santo Amaro circles away quickly and effectively.
Santo Amaro throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santo Amaro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pierre takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
Pierre takes a swing at Santo Amaro's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro scores with the left hand. Pierre knows he should have avoided that one.
A lazy left from Pierre finds it's target.
Santo Amaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Santo Amaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pierre lands a glancing blow to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Santo Amaro ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santo Amaro connects with a jab.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
Santo Amaro drops his hands momentarily and Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santo Amaro blocks a jab.
Pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santo Amaro circles away quickly and effectively.
Santo Amaro scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from Santo Amaro tenderised Pierre's leg. Pierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro throws an overhand right that lands on Pierre's shoulder, as Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
Pierre swings for the body but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro throws a hook but Pierre avoids it easily.
Pierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Pierre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Santo Amaro ducks under a wild hook from Pierre.
Pierre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That kick from Santo Amaro tenderised Pierre's leg. Pierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santo Amaro scores with a jab to the head.
Santo Amaro slips a jab from Pierre.
Pierre digs a good hook to Santo Amaro's body.
Santo Amaro misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Pierre misses.
Pierre throws a hook but Santo Amaro avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Santo Amaro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Santo Amaro slips under a jab from Pierre.
Santo Amaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierre moves away.
Santo Amaro lands the left hand.
Pierre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santo Amaro is looking to slow Pierre down with leg kicks.
Santo Amaro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick from Santo Amaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santo Amaro staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pierre misses with a looping right.
Pierre tries to bum rush Santo Amaro with a series of wild strikes but Santo Amaro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pierre misses with an uppercut
and Santo Amaro counters with an inside leg kick.
Santo Amaro connects with a nice looking jab.
Santo Amaro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Santo Amaro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Pierre.
Pierre might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pierre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Santo Amaro sizes up Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santo Amaro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierre misses with a hook.
Pierre walks into a left hand.
Pierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santo Amaro.
Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pierre momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro lands a nice looking body shot.
Pierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Pierre misses the target.
Santo Amaro tried to counter with a leg kick but Pierre avoided it.
Pierre misses with the combination.
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick that knocks Pierre off balance momentarily.
Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Pierre backs away, Santo Amaro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Santo Amaro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A telegraphed right hand from Pierre misses the target.
Santo Amaro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santo Amaro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Santo Amaro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pierre. Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pierre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santo Amaro tries a low kick but Pierre avoids it.
Santo Amaro digs a good hook to Pierre's body.
Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junqueiro Santo Amaro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pierre misses with a looping right.
Santo Amaro fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pierre just manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Santo Amaro there.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy right hand but Pierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pierre walks into a jab.
Pierre looks to land a right hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Pierre throws a series of punches but Santo Amaro avoids them all with ease.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Pierre bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santo Amaro's head backwards.
A nice leg kick from Santo Amaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sloppy strikes from Pierre. Those never looked like landing.
Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santo Amaro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Santo Amaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santo Amaro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Santo Amaro connects with an inside leg kick.
Santo Amaro slips a jab and a cross from Pierre.
Santo Amaro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santo Amaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre swinging wildly here.
Pierre misses with the combination.
Pierre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Pierre might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Santo Amaro has got the better of the exchanges.
Santo Amaro lands with a cross.
Santo Amaro connects with a looping right hand.
Pierre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
George Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
Pierre scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santo Amaro doesn't seem bothered though.
Santo Amaro misses the jab.
Pierre lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pierre misses with the combination.
Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Pierre.
Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pierre digs a good body shot into Santo Amaro's ribs.
Pierre misses with a hook to the body
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santo Amaro is looking to slow Pierre down with leg kicks.
Santo Amaro cracks Pierre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Santo Amaro jabs Pierre to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Santo Amaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierre manages to avoid it.
Pierre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Santo Amaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierre looks to land a left hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range nicely.
A lazy left from Pierre finds it's target.
Pierre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santo Amaro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pierre's sensitive parts.
Santo Amaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Santo Amaro feints and then cracks Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pierre down.
Pierre moves out of range as Santo Amaro strikes.
Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santo Amaro misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro lands a body shot.
Santo Amaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierre moves away.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierre manages to avoid it.
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Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Santo Amaro jabs at Pierre's body.
Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Santo Amaro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santo Amaro cracks Pierre with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santo Amaro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santo Amaro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santo Amaro looks to land a left hand but Pierre moved out of range nicely.
Jab by Pierre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pierre moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Santo Amaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pierre.
Santo Amaro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pierre on the side of the head.
Pierre ducks right into an uppercut from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro lands with a nice body punch.
Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pierre moves away from the strike by Santo Amaro.
Pierre swings for the body but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Pierre swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Santo Amaro.
Pierre throws out a loose jab but Santo Amaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junqueiro Santo Amaro dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Pierre misses with a straight left.
Pierre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pierre looks to land a right hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range.
Pierre throws a shot from downtown. Santo Amaro moves away and avoids it.
Santo Amaro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pierre bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santo Amaro's head backwards.
Santo Amaro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pierre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santo Amaro on the side of the head.
Santo Amaro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pierre can do to turn this around?
Santo Amaro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santo Amaro avoids the body shot from Pierre.
Santo Amaro cracks Pierre with an open hand slap.
Pierre scores with a shot to the body.
A big right from Pierre misses.
Pierre on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierre misses with a looping right.
Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Pierre slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Santo Amaro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santo Amaro was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Santo Amaro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pierre throws a sloppy body shot
and Santo Amaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pierre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santo Amaro appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Santo Amaro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pierre misses with an uppercut. Santo Amaro saw that one coming.
Pierre takes one to the side of the head.
Pierre throws a body punch but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pierre swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick which misses Pierre's front leg but catches the back leg as Pierre tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre misses with a straight left.
Santo Amaro throws a shot to the body.
Santo Amaro throws the left hand but Pierre avoids the punch easily.
Pierre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santo Amaro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Santo Amaro misses the target.
Santo Amaro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santo Amaro with a hook.
Santo Amaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santo Amaro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pierre throws a poor cross that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a good low kick that Pierre was not able to check.
Santo Amaro with a nice calf kick.
Santo Amaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pierre.
Pierre misses the jab.
Pierre lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut.
Pierre misses with a hook
and Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pierre slips a jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Santo Amaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
George Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierre.
Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
Pierre swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santo Amaro counters with a straight right hand.
Santo Amaro dodges the punch combination from Pierre.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slapping leg kick lands for Santo Amaro.
Pierre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pierre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pierre misses with a looping right.
Santo Amaro cracks Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pierre lands the left hand.
Pierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A right-left combo lands from Pierre.
Pierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santo Amaro sizes up Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Decent striking displayed by Santo Amaro there.
Pierre misses with the combination.
Santo Amaro throwing a counter right hand but Pierre manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch lands to the side of Pierre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santo Amaro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junqueiro Santo Amaro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santo Amaro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
A relieved looking Junqueiro Santo Amaro thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.