PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anton Lewandowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Federiq Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side. Anton Lewandowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lewandowski
vs
Santos

165 cm
24
146 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

172 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anton Lewandowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Federiq Santos!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewandowski misses the shot to the body.
Santos throws out a loose jab but Lewandowski uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lewandowski has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lewandowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Lewandowski is just out of range.
Lewandowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lewandowski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Lewandowski slips the punch.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lewandowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewandowski throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.
Santos misses with the combination.
Lewandowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Federiq Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lewandowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Donk. Lewandowski catches Santos right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Federiq Santos has been cut.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lewandowski misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos connects with a crisp jab.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santos sprawls well. Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lewandowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lewandowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewandowski shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewandowski throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Santos lands with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Santos both land. Nice combination.
Lewandowski slips under a jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lewandowski.
Lewandowski is breathing heavily.
Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lewandowski is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to get back to half guard.
Lewandowski is controlling the pace.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lewandowski is working away from the top position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santos is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Lewandowski pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Federiq Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Federiq Santos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Lewandowski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Santos!
Santos is looking to improve his position but Lewandowski isn't that keen on the idea.
Lewandowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lewandowski dominating with strikes here.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Lewandowski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santos?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Lewandowski controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewandowski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santos for as long as he can get away with.
Lewandowski trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
Lewandowski fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lewandowski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lewandowski looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Lewandowski maintains control.
Lewandowski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lewandowski with good strikes from the mount here!
Lewandowski controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Anton Lewandowski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lewandowski swinging wilding here.
Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewandowski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Lewandowski tries to work over Santos's front leg with a kick but Santos checks it.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lewandowski shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Lewandowski finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Still in half guard, Lewandowski seems content to control.
Lewandowski working Santos over with strikes.
Lewandowski prevents Santos from standing back up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lewandowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lewandowski sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Lewandowski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Federiq Santos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lewandowski drops Santos with a nice combination! Lewandowski dives into Santos's guard, looking to finish!

Santos is rocked!
Santos trying to control the position.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Lewandowski finish him?
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.

Santos has his feet on Lewandowski's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lewandowski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lewandowski throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewandowski ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Santos stalks Lewandowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lewandowski's face. Lewandowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lewandowski.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lewandowski tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lewandowski to the ground. Lewandowski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lewandowski misses with a two punch combination.
Santos takes one to the side of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Santos.
Lewandowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santos momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a series of punches but Lewandowski moves out of range.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos scores with a jab. Lewandowski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lewandowski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Lewandowski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santos looks to land a right hand but Lewandowski moved out of range.
Lewandowski throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Lewandowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santos defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Lewandowski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos misses with a body punch

and Lewandowski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.
Lewandowski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lewandowski manages to get himself to full guard.
Lewandowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos postures up.
Lewandowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Santos wants to control from the top but Lewandowski keeps moving.
Lewandowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewandowski wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lewandowski trying to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lewandowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Lewandowski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lewandowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight for Anton Lewandowski!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Anton Lewandowski!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Anton Lewandowski!

Anton Lewandowski wins by unanimous decision!