PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Kaliniev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Kaliniev

180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

179 cm
26
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Santos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markus Kaliniev!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaliniev avoids the head kick by Santos .
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
letting Santos counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaliniev looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Kaliniev blocks a head kick by Santos .
Kaliniev looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Kaliniev has managed to clinch.
Santos digs a right hand into Kaliniev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kaliniev's gas tank.
Kaliniev misses with a knee to the head.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kaliniev misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kaliniev pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Santos manages to pull guard.
Kaliniev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kaliniev tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
Kaliniev is looking to advance position but Santos has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Kaliniev's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Santos controlling his opponent.
Kaliniev's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos controlling the pace for now.
Kaliniev squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Markus Kaliniev will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kaliniev tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Eduardo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Kaliniev.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaliniev looks to clinch
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev throws a head kick that Santos semi-blocks.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaliniev looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Kaliniev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Kaliniev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kaliniev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaliniev looks to clinch
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaliniev lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kaliniev closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaliniev misses the jab.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Markus Kaliniev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kaliniev tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Santos counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Kaliniev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaliniev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaliniev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaliniev tries to clinch
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaliniev tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Kaliniev tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaliniev wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev tries to clinch up
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Markus Kaliniev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaliniev darts in trying to clinch
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaliniev wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaliniev moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Markus Kaliniev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kaliniev winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Markus Kaliniev!