PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lalli Jaakonpoika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Santi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Santi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jaakonpoika
vs
Santi

180 cm
24
184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

177 cm
20
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

ENDLESS 152

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lalli Jaakonpoika!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Santi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santi misses with a body shot.
Jaakonpoika avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Santi misses the target.
Santi misses with the combination.
Jaakonpoika misses with a head kick.
Santi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jaakonpoika slips a jab and a cross from Santi.
Santi moves out of range of the body kick from Jaakonpoika.
Santi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaakonpoika.
Jaakonpoika moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Santi tries to bum rush Jaakonpoika with a series of wild strikes but Jaakonpoika uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jaakonpoika doesn't manage to clinch there - Santi circles away.
Jaakonpoika uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santi.
Jaakonpoika misses with the combination.
Jaakonpoika wants to clinch up but Santi keeps it at a distance.
Santi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaakonpoika.
Jaakonpoika swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaakonpoika tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Santi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Jaakonpoika clinches up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaakonpoika is trying to maintain a safe position but Santi gets an underhook and turns Jaakonpoika into the ropes.
Santi has had enough of the clinch but Jaakonpoika keeps him there for the moment.

Santi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Jaakonpoika.

Santi lands a left and a right that send Jaakonpoika crashing to the mat, dazed. Santi thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Jaakonpoika is rocked!
Jaakonpoika closes the distance and clinches up with Santi, looking for a takedown. Jaakonpoika pushes Santi against the ropes but Santi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jaakonpoika tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jaakonpoika has closed the distance and engaged Santi in a clinch.
Santi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santi tries to break free but Jaakonpoika pushes him back against the ropes.
Santi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jaakonpoika drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jaakonpoika is breathing heavily.
Santi is trying to break the clinch but Jaakonpoika has him pressed against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Jaakonpoika's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jaakonpoika prevents Santi from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jaakonpoika.
Santi tries to break free but Jaakonpoika pushes him back against the ropes.

Santi breaks the clinch.
Santi throws a sloppy head kick
and Jaakonpoika counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jaakonpoika looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jaakonpoika closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santi works Jaakonpoika's body with a nice hook.
Santi throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santi fails to land with a series of punches.
Lalli Jaakonpoika seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaakonpoika showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santi.
Jaakonpoika gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Santi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Oh Jaakonpoika is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jaakonpoika bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santi's guard.
Santi controlling Jaakonpoika's posture.
Jaakonpoika seems to have got his legs back now.
Jaakonpoika trying to control the position from guard on top but Santi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jaakonpoika!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Santi moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Jaakonpoika has worked his arm free - good work by Jaakonpoika!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santi has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jaakonpoika!
Jaakonpoika tries to reverse the position but Santi maintains control.
Jaakonpoika is working hard here to advance position.

Santi looking for a guillotine from mount but Jaakonpoika is having none of it.
Jaakonpoika is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jaakonpoika is squirming around, avoiding Santi's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Jaakonpoika defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Santi.
Jaakonpoika is desperately trying to improve his position but Santi has a good base and remains in mount.

Santi is working for a guillotine from mount but Jaakonpoika frees his head quite easily.
Jaakonpoika is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Santi jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Jaakonpoika is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Jaakonpoika and Santi has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Jaakonpoika struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Santi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Santi misses with a hook. Jaakonpoika ducked under it nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santi slips a straight right by Jaakonpoika.
Jaakonpoika throws a body punch but Santi moves out of range.
Santi lands with a right hand.
Jaakonpoika shoots in for a takedown but Santi shows good takedown defense.
Santi rushes Jaakonpoika with punches - Jaakonpoika moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Jaakonpoika goes down! Santi follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Santi!