PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenshi Zuko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Choosen One by Forever in Terror. Zuko has chosen Wu Tang- Hellz Wind Staff as his entrance music. Pablo Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Zuko

191 cm
28
184 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

181 cm
30
184 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kenshi Zuko!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuko throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Zuko misses with a few strikes there.
Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santos.

It looks like Kenshi Zuko has been cut.
Zuko swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zuko misses with a left hand
and Santos counters with a thumping low kick.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zuko throws a lazy uppercut
and Santos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zuko's knee momentarily.
Zuko throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pablo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Zuko looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.

Zuko changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zuko creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Santos pushes Zuko away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zuko gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Zuko throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Santos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zuko tries to move into full mount but can't pass Santos's legs.
Zuko wants to control for a moment but Santos uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Zuko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Santos is looking to get back to full guard here but Zuko has managed to pass to side control instead.
Zuko cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos regains half guard.
Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zuko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zuko throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.

Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Zuko trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zuko forces his way into half guard.
Zuko winds up and cracks Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Zuko is working for a submission of some sort.
Zuko working Santos over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Zuko.
Zuko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos gets full guard.

Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zuko is controlling him.
Zuko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuko trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santos trying to control but Zuko is working from the bottom.

Santos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Zuko is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Zuko has escaped and now he's on top!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zuko wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenshi Zuko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenshi Zuko's cut.
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.

Zuko cracks the inside of Santos's front leg.
Decent striking displayed by Santos there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Santos.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zuko.
A jab from Zuko misses.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zuko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A cross from Santos lands.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Zuko backpedaling.
Santos misses with a right hand

and Zuko counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Zuko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santos scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santos scores with a one two! Zuko had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko misses the shot to the body.
Zuko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Zuko is defended easily by Santos.
Zuko shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zuko misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Zuko.
Zuko misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Zuko lands with a straight right. Santos didn't see that one coming.
Pablo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Zuko closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santos to the mat! Santos manages to get full guard.

Santos has his foot on Zuko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zuko works his way back into a safe position though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zuko throwing strikes but missing.
Santos is looking to stand up but Zuko isn't so interested in that idea.
Zuko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santos's head.
Zuko must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Zuko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Santos working for a triangle but Zuko defends it easily.
Kenshi Zuko has got the better of the ground game so far.

Santos is looking for a triangle but Zuko pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Zuko is proving a slippery customer.
Zuko trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Zuko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zuko landing with the ground and pound.
Zuko throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Zuko landing some decent shots from guard.
Zuko stops Santos from standing up.

Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zuko defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zuko defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Santos has his foot on Zuko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zuko works his way back into a safe position though.

Santos is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Zuko frees his head nicely. Oh but Santos has switched to an armbar! Zuko is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Pablo Santos!
Pablo Santos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.