PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Ransom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santos
vs
Ransom

187 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Ransom!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ransom fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ransom landing knees to the head.

It looks like Antonio Santos has been cut.
Ransom pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ransom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ransom lands a nice elbow.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ransom just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ransom.
Ransom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Santos is rocked!
Ransom landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ransom gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ransom smiles and moves away.
Santos stalks Ransom and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ransom's face. Ransom staggers backwards, shaken.
Ransom tries to clinch up.
Ransom tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ransom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ransom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ransom moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Santos wants a takedown.
Ransom looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ransom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ransom prevents it.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Ransom lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos tries to pull guard but Ransom won't allow it.
Ransom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ransom.
A knee to the head by Ransom.
Ransom connects with a knee to the head.
Ransom crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Ransom scores a nice knee to the body.
Ransom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ransom landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ransom misses with an elbow strike.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ransom just stands there and leans against the cage.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ransom smiles and moves away.
Ransom misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Ransom.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santos.
Ransom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ransom wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.

Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Santos is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Ransom has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
Santos works his way into side control.
Ransom tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.
Santos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ransom wants to control but Santos postures up.

Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ransom is not content to let Santos control the position.
Ransom managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Santos.

Santos decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch up.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ransom.

Ransom has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Ransom scores with a knee to the head.
Santos tries to pull guard but Ransom won't allow it.
Ransom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ransom scores a nice knee to the body.
Ransom unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos tries to pull guard but Ransom holds him up against the cage and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.

Santos decides to pull guard.
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santos is pulling down on Ransom's head. It's preventing any offense from Ransom, at least for the moment.

Santos has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ransom should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Santos has tightened it up now! Ransom should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Antonio Santos!