PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hal Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russ Otis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santos
vs
Otis

214 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hal Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Russ Otis!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otis wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.

Santos drives through and clinches with Otis against the cage.
Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.

Santos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos won't allow Otis to sweep him here.
Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos with a nice head shot there.
Otis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Otis wants to stand and escape but Santos is having none of it.

Santos has gone for a leg lock! Otis slips out almost immediately though and dives into Santos's guard.

Otis wants to stand and escape but instead Santos has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! Otis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Otis manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into Otis's guard.
Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! Otis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Otis manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into Otis's guard.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two 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 cracks Otis with a solid left hand.
Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Otis's brow.
Santos stays in close to Otis's body and controls the position.
Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Santos has gone for a leg lock! Otis slips out almost immediately though and dives into Santos's guard.

Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Otis's guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Santos postures up.
Santos wants to control from the top but Otis keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Santos lands a couple of digs.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! Otis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Otis manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into Otis's guard.
Santos is in close to Otis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Otis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Otis has momentary wrist control but Santos slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Otis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Santos prevents Otis from getting back to his feet.

Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santos is in close to Otis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos stands up over Otis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Otis is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Otis.
Otis looks winded!
Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos stays in close to Otis's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hal Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Otis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Otis shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Santos darts in and clinches Otis up against the cage.

Santos pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Otis wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Otis manages to get himself to full guard.

Otis has momentary wrist control but Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos works over Otis with some ground and pound from guard.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Otis can do to turn this around?
Santos stands up over Otis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Otis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Otis's head.
Otis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Otis is breathing heavily.
Santos with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santos works over Otis with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos distracts Otis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santos is working Otis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Otis is retaining full guard.
Otis trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Santos chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos distracts Otis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Otis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Santos landing some decent shots from guard.
Santos trying to control but Otis is working from the bottom.
Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Santos stands up over Otis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Otis is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is in close to Otis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Otis is still in real trouble! Can Santos finish him?
Santos lands a couple of elbows.
Otis has momentary wrist control but Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos distracts Otis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.

Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos is in close to Otis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Otis's head.
Santos stands up over Otis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hal Santos dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A shot to the body from Otis misses
and Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Otis seems to have recovered his senses.
Otis doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Otis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Santos clinches.
Santos is trying to drag Otis to the mat but Otis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Otis trying to stall but Santos improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Otis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Otis.
Otis with a lazy takedown attempt

and Santos moves into the clinch.
Hal Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russ Otis.

Santos has picked Otis up - he's going for a ride! Santos dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Santos scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Otis is just riding it out for now. Santos eventually gives up the hold.
Otis missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otis has hold of Santos's hands but Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos connects with a nice short shot to Otis's temple.
Santos drops an elbow to the side of Otis's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos connects with a nice short shot to Otis's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
Santos working over Otis with some ground and pound. Otis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Santos is looking for a kimura but Otis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Santos to get the leverage.
Otis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Otis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Santos.
Santos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Otis is not content to let Santos control the position.
Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santos passes to side control.
Santos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Otis to see if he's OK.

Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Otis is defending well.

Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos working the ground and pound.
Santos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Santos scoring with punches and elbows.
Santos lands some shots froms side control.
Otis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Santos off and has taken his back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Otis avoiding Santos 's attempts to control his hands.

Santos is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Russ Otis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hal Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Otis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Otis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hal Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hal Santos!