PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pieron Gianno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lima Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gianno
vs
Santos

181 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pieron Gianno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lima Santos!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gianno lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Gianno throws a combination that misses

and Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gianno lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gianno jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Gianno gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gianno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gianno misses with a double jab.
Santos tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gianno misses with a takedown

and Santos counters by moving into the clinch.

Santos pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Santos holds on and takes a little breather.
Santos has a closed guard, preventing Gianno from standing up.
Gianno knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Santos trying to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lima Santos!