PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Poppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Poppy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Santan
vs
Poppy

175 cm
25
274 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

200 cm
26
265 lbs
17 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Poppy!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santan moves away.
Poppy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Poppy wants it to stay on the feet.
Santan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Poppy is fending him off so far but Santan persists. Nope, Poppy circles away and we're back to standing.
Santan with a poor takedown
and Poppy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erwin Santan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Santan throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Poppy tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Santan is in Poppy's guard.
Santan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santan is fighting to break Poppy's control of his arms but Poppy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Poppy looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Santan is defending well. Poppy quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Santan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Poppy celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nick Poppy! Nick Poppy retains his heavyweight title!