PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pain McGraw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julimar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julimar Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

McGraw
vs
Santos

168 cm
22
143 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

175 cm
20
130 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Pain McGraw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Julimar Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a double jab.
McGraw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McGraw swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McGraw tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McGraw to the ground. McGraw escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and McGraw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
McGraw misses the shot to the body.
McGraw looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

McGraw shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than McGraw was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Santos is looking to improve his position but McGraw isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McGraw controlling from the full mount.
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but McGraw has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos tries to lock up and control but McGraw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McGraw looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGraw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McGraw looking to control and managing it successfully.
Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
McGraw looking to control and managing it successfully.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McGraw controlling from mount.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Santos blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McGraw tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pain McGraw will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McGraw slips a straight right by Santos.
McGraw slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
A shot to the body from McGraw misses
and Santos counters with a left to the body.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

McGraw shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
McGraw takes a little break here. Santos wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Santos tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding McGraw's attempts to control the action.
Santos can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGraw controlling the pace for now.
McGraw prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Santos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
McGraw stops Santos from getting back to his feet.
McGraw trying to control the pace.

Santos kicks off McGraw and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by McGraw.
McGraw scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGraw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julimar Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to de liver by McGraw. Beautiful body shot.
McGraw is looking to wear down Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

McGraw closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santos to the mat! Santos manages to get full guard.
Santos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McGraw puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McGraw prevents Santos from improving his position.
Santos is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to get back to full guard here but McGraw has managed to pass to side control instead.
McGraw takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Santos tries to hold on but McGraw postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McGraw prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
McGraw controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pain McGraw dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGraw defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.
McGraw ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from McGraw finds it's way through Santos's defenses.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGraw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julimar Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos blocks a jab.

McGraw looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Santos trying to control but McGraw postures up.
McGraw passes into side control, despite Santos's attempt to control the position.
Santos wants to control but McGraw postures up.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGraw trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.

McGraw decides to stand up, so the ref orders Santos to his feet.
McGraw throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
McGraw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and McGraw counters with a nice uppercut.
McGraw dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McGraw looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McGraw scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
McGraw tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos stalks McGraw and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McGraw's face. McGraw staggers backwards, shaken.
McGraw cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.
McGraw connects with a nice looking jab.
Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos tries for a takedown but McGraw circles away easily

and McGraw counters with a nice double leg into guard.
McGraw is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
McGraw has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGraw trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McGraw forces his way into half guard.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McGraw is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McGraw sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pain McGraw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McGraw, 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Pain McGraw!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Pain McGraw!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Pain McGraw!

Pain McGraw wins by unanimous decision!