PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between nash mickael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Den Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

mickael
vs
Santos

180 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, nash mickael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Den Santos!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a series of punches but mickael avoids them all with ease.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from mickael.

mickael has managed to clinch.
mickael avoiding damage.
mickael jumps guard but Santos stands there with mickael around his waist. mickael gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

mickael breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

mickael shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Santos tries to lock up and control but mickael gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
mickael can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mickael looking to control and managing it successfully.
Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
mickael cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
mickael wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
mickael controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
mickael throwing strikes here but Santos is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

mickael stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Santos. That snapped mickael's head back.
mickael tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nash mickael. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from mickael.
mickael is breathing heavily.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mickael fails to land the takedown.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
A right-left combo lands from Santos.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos throws a series of punches but mickael avoids them all with ease.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mickael circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
mickael slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
mickael slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Santos there.
Santos looks to land a combination. mickael sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a jab. mickael acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A right-left combo lands from Santos.
Santos lands with an overhand left.
mickael takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Santos throws a right and a left that mickael avoids nicely.
mickael slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
mickael takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
Santos misses with a double jab.
A nice combination there by Santos.
Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by mickael.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Den Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
mickael moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos throws a series of punches but mickael moves out of range.
mickael moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
mickael swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
mickael tries to clinch
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
Den Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a left and a right that both miss

and mickael counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos has mickael pulled in close to control his posture.

Santos has his feet on mickael's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos digs a good body shot into mickael's ribs.
mickael misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos throws a right and a left that mickael avoids nicely.
Den Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos lands a body shot.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mickael circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Den Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps mickael's head backwards.
Santos stalks mickael and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into mickael's face. mickael staggers backwards, shaken.
Santos with a nice cross.
Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and mickael counters with a leg kick.
mickael looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
mickael is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos is looking to slow mickael down with leg kicks.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with the combination.
nash mickael is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
mickael has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
mickael looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Santos throws a combination. mickael tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
mickael takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santos connects with a looping right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
mickael tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos tries a low kick but mickael avoids it.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
mickael has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mickael moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mickael circles away quickly and effectively.
mickael showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos swinging wilding here.
Santos punishes mickael's body with a nice straight punch.
mickael walks into a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.

mickael scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
mickael working the strikes but Santos uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Den Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

mickael gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from Santos does no damage.
mickael fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
mickael looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nash mickael. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
mickael showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
Santos throws a combination. mickael tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A left lands for Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.
Nice uppercut lands for Santos. That snapped mickael's head back.
A head kick by mickael misses
and Santos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos throws a right hand that mickael ducks under and follows up with a left that mickael also avoids with ease.
Nice cross by Santos.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
A punch lands to the side of mickael 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos scores with a nice right hand.
mickael is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have mickael backpedaling.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have mickael backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a combination that misses
and mickael counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Santos cracks a nice hook into mickael's ribs.
Santos scores with a nice strike.
Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of mickael's head.
Santos digs a good hook to mickael's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mickael moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
mickael fails with the takedown.
mickael throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santos's waist but Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing mickael off to one side.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by mickael.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mickael moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos throws a series of punches but mickael moves out of range.

mickael darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
mickael throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
mickael is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santos trying to control here.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.

Santos kicks off mickael and gets to his feet.
nash mickael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Den Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
mickael misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Den Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santos 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Den Santos!