PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhett Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Santos
vs
Hart

184 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Das Labor
Das Labor

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quentin Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rhett Hart!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hart shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hart misses with a few strikes there.
Santos shoots in but Hart avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hart misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart misses with a two punch combination.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hart tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Hart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Hart misses with a few strikes there.
Hart misses with a kick to the body.
Santos wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hart throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hart misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hart misses with a series of wild punches.
Hart leaves Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hart is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Hart saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Hart.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Hart.
Santos fails with the takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rhett Hart dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hart displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hart is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, Hart circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
Quentin Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart misses with a two punch combination.
Hart tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.

Hart drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Santos is looking to reverse the position.

Hart has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A head kick misses from Hart.

Santos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Santos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hart gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Santos is working for a kimura but Hart is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos is thwarting Hart's attempts to control the position.
Hart regains full guard. Nicely done.
Santos stands and throws Hart's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hart tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Santos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Santos off and has taken his back!
Hart misses with a punch to the head.
Hart throwing damaging strikes from the back! Santos could be in trouble here!
Hart misses with an elbow to the head.
Hart lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Hart looking for the choke from the back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hart keeps control of the position as Santos tries to break free.
Santos covering up well under a series of strikes from Hart.
Hart throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Hart is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Santos. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Santos rolls, trying to escape but Hart keeps control of the position.
Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Santos showing good submission defense here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hart looking for the choke but no joy.
Santos covering up well and avoiding damage.
Hart somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Hart punches the canvas rather than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Hart.
Hart lands punches and elbows.
Hart has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rhett Hart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

A punch combination from Hart misses.
Hart misses with a wild combination.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Hart has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hart prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Santos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hart drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hart gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Santos trying to control but Hart postures up.
Hart thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
Hart trying to pass the guard but Santos defending well.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hart.
Hart wants to pass to mount but Santos is defending the position.
Hart wants to stand up but Santos is controlling the position.
Hart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hart counters with a low kick, right behind Santos 's knee.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Hart counters with a good low kick that Santos was not able to check.
Hart falls off balance throwing a combination

and Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hart's guard.
Hart wants to sweep here but Santos controlling him for the moment.
Rhett Hart has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Hart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hart looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Santos puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hart manages to get to full guard.
Hart keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Hart trying to strike off his back.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Hart is keeping the position.
Hart doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hart works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Hart is retaining full guard.
Hart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Hart sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hart throws a combination that misses

and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hart!
Santos prevents Hart from getting the reversal.
Santos raining down shots from the mount!
Hart regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quentin Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hart has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rhett Hart!