PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petrick Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Santos
vs
Cote

183 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Petrick Cote!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cote moves into the clinch.
Santos tries to break free but Cote pushes him back against the cage.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos tries to break free but Cote pushes him back against the cage.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Cote has the dominant position.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Cote has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos looking to stall.

Cote manages to break the clinch.
Santos is looking to chop away at Cote's legs.
Petrick Cote seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cote is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Cote checks a leg kick.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos slips under a jab.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Cote misses with a two punch combination.
Cote closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.
An inside leg kick from Santos misses.
Cote 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 Cote off to one side.
Damien Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petrick Cote.
Cote throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cote throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Cote looks gassed!
Santos stalks Cote and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cote's face. Cote staggers backwards, shaken.
Santos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Cote.
Santos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cote is able to avoid easily.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cote takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cote is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Cote takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A combination from Cote does no damage.
Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cote backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos cracks Cote with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos misses with a low kick.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Cote fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos throws a combination. Cote tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Santos wants to slow Cote down by chopping away at his legs.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Cote bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Cote can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Santos and Cote drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Santos.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Santos!