PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Puder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jetro delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puder comes to the cage accompanied by Composure- August Burns Red. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Puder
vs
delos Santos

198 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Puder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jetro delos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
delos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Puder pulls out of a head kick attempt.
delos Santos should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
delos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Puder scores with a push kick.
delos Santos looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puder dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on delos Santos. That did some damage!

Puder scores a takedown into full mount!
Puder lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puder in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Puder lands a nice shot to the head.
Puder can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as delos Santos is looking to escape.
Puder knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for delos Santos on the ground.
Puder with a couple of short strikes.

Puder has hold of delos Santos's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and delos Santos manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Puder has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of delos Santos's face.
Puder lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puder looking to finish with strikes here!
delos Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Puder is landing with some decent strikes but delos Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
delos Santos regains half guard.
Puder sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. delos Santos defending well though.
Puder wants to free his trapped foot but delos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
delos Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Puder.

Puder is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, delos Santos has managed to free his arm - good work.
delos Santos is looking to control Puder's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can delos Santos avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

delos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Puder wants to lay and pray for a moment but delos Santos keeps working.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
delos Santos shoots and misses

and Puder counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in delos Santos's guard now.

delos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Puder can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
delos Santos looking to control.

Puder gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Daniel Puder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
delos Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Puder counters with a head kick.
delos Santos tries to clinch up.
delos Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Puder counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. delos Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Daniel Puder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jetro delos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puder stuffs the takedown attempt from delos Santos. delos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Puder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from delos Santos.

delos Santos 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.
delos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Puder is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
delos Santos looking to pass the guard.
delos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Puder is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

delos Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and delos Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Puder keeping moving, preventing delos Santos from controlling successfully.
delos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Puder swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
delos Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Puder dominated that round.
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.

A head kick misses from delos Santos.
Puder pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from delos Santos.
Puder misses with a head kick.
delos Santos fails with the takedown.
delos Santos scores with a body shot.

delos Santos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Puder did well to prevent delos Santos getting side control.

delos Santos is looking for a kimura here.
delos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Puder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
delos Santos trying to control from half guard but Puder is working away.

delos Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Puder has managed to free his arm - good work.
delos Santos is looking to take a break and control but Puder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

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.

delos Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Puder is just riding it out for now. delos Santos eventually gives up the hold.
Daniel Puder overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
delos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
delos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Puder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
delos Santos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Puder.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos throwing shots but Puder is blocking nicely.
delos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Puder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Puder wants to get back to his feet.

delos Santos seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Puder is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jetro delos Santos!