PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Santos
vs
Leigh

188 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Leigh!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos throws a right hand that Leigh ducks under and follows up with a left that Leigh also avoids with ease.
Leigh throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Santos connects with a jab.
Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Santos throws a left and a right that both miss

and Leigh counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Leigh jumps guard but Santos stands there with Leigh around his waist. Leigh gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Leigh can't break the clinch.
Leigh tries to pull guard but Santos won't allow it.
Brian Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Leigh.
Leigh jumps guard but Santos stands there with Leigh around his waist. Leigh gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Leigh has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Santos uses from the top position.
Leigh controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.
Santos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Leigh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Leigh has wrist control.
Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Leigh has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Leigh passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leigh looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leigh on the ground.
Leigh tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Santos stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Santos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Leigh asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Leigh tries to stand but Santos is controlling his head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Leigh looks gassed!
Leigh wants to take a breather but Santos manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Leigh.
Santos has a closed guard, preventing Leigh from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Leigh backs up against the ropes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leigh is defended easily by Santos.
A nice combination there by Santos.
Santos throws a one two combo.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
Leigh avoids the head kick by Santos.
Leigh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Danny Leigh has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Leigh is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Santos knocks Leigh out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brian Santos!