PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geraldo Santiago (ranked 6281 p4p, 24546 weight class) and Bear Claw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santiago
vs
Claw

195 cm
25
280
0 - 1 - 0

203 cm
28
267
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Geraldo Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bear Claw!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Claw uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.
Santiago just misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Claw throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Claw has Santiago up against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Claw is controlling him.
Santiago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Claw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santiago.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Claw is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Claw - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claw displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santiago up against the cage.
Claw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santiago.
Santiago takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Geraldo Santiago has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Claw lands a nice knee to the body.
Claw lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
Santiago tries to break the clinch but Claw is controlling the position.
Claw lands a good knee to the midsection. Santiago won't want to take too many of those.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
Santiago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Claw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Claw.
Claw lands an elbow that stopped Santiago in his tracks for a moment.
Claw scores a nice knee to the body.
Claw lands a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Claw.
Claw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Claw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Claw is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claw with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Claw working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Claw pushes Santiago back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Claw.
A body shot lands from Claw.
Claw working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Claw.
I was talking to Santiago's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Santiago takes an elbow to the temple.
Claw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Claw lands an elbow inside that Santiago shrugs off.
Claw scores a nice knee to the body.
Claw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Claw is stalling here.
Claw lands a good knee to the midsection. Santiago won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claw dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Claw lands a nice elbow.

Geraldo Santiago's cut is getting worse.
Claw landing knees to the body.
Claw lands a good knee to the midsection. Santiago won't want to take too many of those.
Claw lands a nice elbow.
Santiago lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Claw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Claw lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Claw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Claw is struggling to control the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Claw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Claw is working Santiago over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Claw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Claw.
Claw gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Claw manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Claw dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Claw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Claw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santiago in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Claw lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Claw dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Geraldo Santiago's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Claw throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santiago.
Claw throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Santiago's head.

Claw moves into the clinch.
Santiago can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Claw - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Claw.
Claw missing with knees to the body.
Bear Claw seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Claw.
Claw scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Claw.

Geraldo Santiago's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Claw lands a damaging elbow.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Claw lands a good knee to the midsection. Santiago won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago being controlled against the cage.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Claw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Claw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Claw is pushing Santiago up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short body shot lands from Claw as the two fighters clinch.
Claw stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santiago takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Geraldo Santiago's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Geraldo Santiago's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bear Claw!