PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wayburn Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos has chosen Oh Lets Do it by waka flocka flame as his entrance music. Gabriel Santos acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hilton
vs
Santos

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wayburn Hilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabriel Santos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hilton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Santos feints and as Hilton raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Hilton blocks nicely.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hilton is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Hilton blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hilton has control of Santos's left arm, preventing Santos from doing any damage.

Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hilton, up you get!
Hilton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Hilton misses.
Hilton throws a push kick but Santos slaps the foot to one side.
Hilton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Hilton tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hilton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hilton looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hilton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wayburn Hilton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santos's sensitive parts.
Santos looks gassed!
Hilton tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hilton throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Hilton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hilton thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Hilton misses with a combination
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Hilton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hilton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hilton tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santos avoids the head kick by Hilton.
Hilton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wayburn Hilton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos slips under a jab from Hilton.
Hilton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hilton throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Hilton.
Hilton is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
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!
Hilton throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

A head kick lands from Hilton that sends Santos to the canvas. Santos tries to scramble back to his feet but Hilton brings him back down into side control.

Santos is rocked!

Hilton decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hilton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hilton lands a right hook to the body.
Hilton takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hilton.
Hilton connects with a high kick.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Hilton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayburn Hilton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hilton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santos.
Hilton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hilton throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hilton lands with a slapping head kick.
Hilton wants to clinch.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body punch from Hilton.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Hilton throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wayburn Hilton is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Hilton.
Hilton tries a head kick but it misses.
Hilton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hilton throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Hilton misses.
Hilton tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hilton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hilton is looking to clinch.
Hilton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Hilton scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Hilton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hilton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hilton.
Good leg kick by Hilton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hilton misses with a body kick.
Hilton throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Hilton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Nice uppercut lands for Hilton. That snapped Santos's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hilton tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hilton.
Hilton delivers a nice body kick.
Hilton connects with a high kick.
Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hilton fakes the leg kick and cracks Santos in the body.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hilton. Hilton obviously looking to wear him down.
Hilton connects with a high kick.
Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wayburn Hilton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hilton.
No joy there for Hilton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton tries a head kick but it misses.
Hilton cracks Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hilton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hilton misses the jab.
Hilton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton throws a leg kick which misses Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as Santos tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayburn Hilton dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Hilton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hilton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hilton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hilton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hilton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hilton's corner calls for a 1-2. Hilton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hilton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Hilton lands a jab to the nose.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hilton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton throws a head kick that misses.
Hilton tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hilton clinches but Santos breaks the clinch
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
Hilton doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Hilton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hilton tries to clinch up.
Santos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hilton.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hilton!
Hilton tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Hilton does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Hilton.
Hilton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hilton is looking to slow Santos down with leg kicks.
Hilton thumps Santos with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Santos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hilton - the referee stops the clock and Santos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hilton. Santos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hilton.
Nice shot by Hilton.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Hilton.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hilton throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hilton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hilton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santos on the side of the head.
Hilton tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Hilton scoring well with a low kick there.
Good shot there by Hilton.
Hilton scores with a kick to the body.
Wayburn Hilton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hilton - that will leave a mark!
Hilton scores with a shot to the body.
Gabriel Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hilton lands a nice shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayburn Hilton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hilton, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayburn Hilton!