PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santa Perez (ranked 1330 p4p, 1776 weight class) and Marcus Hansen (ranked 176 p4p, 238 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hansen's choice of entrance music: Black Sabbath - Iron Man. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santa Perez
vs
Hansen

180 cm
27
174
13 - 8 - 0

182 cm
27
183
13 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorge Santa Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Hansen.
Hansen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santa Perez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hansen scores with a jab. Santa Perez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Santa Perez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hansen lands with a shot to the body.
Santa Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hansen manages to avoid it.
Hansen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hansen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santa Perez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hansen misses with a straight left.
Santa Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Hansen is just out of range.
Hansen with the counter takedown but Santa Perez avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hansen scores with a jab to the body.
Marcus Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santa Perez throws the left hand but Hansen avoids the punch easily.
Santa Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Perez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hansen.
Hansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santa Perez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hansen is out of range and Santa Perez settles back down.
Hansen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santa Perez thumps Hansen with a low kick.
Santa Perez with the inside leg kick.
Santa Perez slips under a jab.
Santa Perez misses with a leg kick.
Hansen misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Santa Perez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hansen.
Hansen staying out of range there.
Jorge Santa Perez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santa Perez misses with a leg kick

and Hansen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hansen is looking to take a break and control but Santa Perez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Hansen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santa Perez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hansen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hansen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santa Perez defending well though.
Hansen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hansen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santa Perez is trying to maintain the position but Hansen is very close to passing his half guard.
Hansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santa Perez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hansen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hansen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santa Perez is trying to get back to full guard.
Hansen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santa Perez keeps working.
Ground and pound from Hansen.
Hansen wants to take a breather but Santa Perez is having none of it.
Hansen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santa Perez defending well though.
Hansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hansen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santa Perez's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Santa Perez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hansen tries to pass to full mount but Santa Perez defends it.
Hansen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hansen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santa Perez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hansen tries to pass to full mount but Santa Perez defends it.
Hansen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hansen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hansen is nestled in close to Santa Perez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hansen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santa Perez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hansen is able to avoid easily.
Hansen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Santa Perez defends it well.
Santa Perez lands with a shot to the body.
Santa Perez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hansen throws a poor cross that misses
and Santa Perez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
An inside leg kick from Santa Perez misses.
Hansen feints the counter takedown.
Hansen checks a low kick from Santa Perez.
Hansen misses with a body shot
and Santa Perez counters with a nice body shot.
Hansen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen tries to move into range but Santa Perez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hansen blocks a leg kick.
Hansen throws out a loose jab but Santa Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jorge Santa Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
Santa Perez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santa Perez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hansen.
Hansen misses with a straight right.
Santa Perez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hansen staying out of range there.
Santa Perez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Santa Perez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Santa Perez.
Hansen looks to land a left hand but Santa Perez moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Santa Perez.
Jab by Santa Perez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hansen. Santa Perez does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santa Perez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Santa Perez with the inside leg kick.
Santa Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santa Perez throwing a counter right hand but Hansen manages to avoid it.

Hansen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hansen showed some decent athleticism there.

Santa Perez looking for submissions off his back.
Hansen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
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. Hansen connects with a nice short shot to Santa Perez's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is thwarting Santa Perez's attempts to control the position.
Hansen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Santa Perez looking for submissions off his back.
Hansen wants to control but Santa Perez is keeping him busy.
Hansen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hansen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santa Perez's head.
Santa Perez gets back to full guard.
Hansen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hansen connects with a couple of short punches.
Hansen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santa Perez's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santa Perez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hansen.
Santa Perez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hansen works over Santa Perez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hansen works over Santa Perez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hansen is in close to Santa Perez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hansen landing some decent shots from guard.
Hansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hansen wants to control from the top but Santa Perez keeps moving.
Santa Perez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hansen works over Santa Perez with some ground and pound from guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marcus Hansen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hansen.
Santa Perez ducks under a wild hook from Hansen.
Santa Perez moves out of range of the strikes.
Hansen scores with a nice right hand.
Santa Perez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hansen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santa Perez.
Hansen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santa Perez is looking to counter punch.
Hansen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santa Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santa Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.

Hansen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santa Perez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santa Perez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hansen pulls his head out easily.
Santa Perez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hansen.

Hansen is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Santa Perez to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Santa Perez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hansen wants to control from the top but Santa Perez keeps moving.
Hansen stands up over Santa Perez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jorge Santa Perez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hansen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hansen pushes down on Santa Perez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marcus Hansen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hansen winds up and cracks Santa Perez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Hansen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hansen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santa Perez defending well though.
Hansen working over Santa Perez with some ground and pound. Santa Perez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hansen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hansen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen working Santa Perez over with strikes.
Hansen lands strikes from half guard.
Hansen is stalling here. Santa Perez is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hansen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Santa Perez has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hansen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Santa Perez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hansen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Santa Perez trying to move into half guard but instead Hansen has managed to sweep!

Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santa Perez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Marcus Hansen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hansen stands up over Santa Perez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hansen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen lands a couple of digs.
Hansen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hansen throws a big right hand that misses.
Hansen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hansen postures up in Santa Perez's guard and throws a big left but Santa Perez blocks it.
Hansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hansen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hansen postures up in Santa Perez's guard and throws a big left but Santa Perez blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Hansen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hansen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Hansen!
Marcus Hansen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.