PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Cunnigham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunnigham has chosen Jeremy as his entrance music. Jeremy Cunnigham is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De Santos
vs
Cunnigham

176 cm
24
161 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Victor De Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Cunnigham!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santos throws a series of punches but Cunnigham avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from De Santos.
Cunnigham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
De Santos throws a nice looking combination but Cunnigham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cunnigham shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Santos pinned against the cage. De Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cunnigham lands an overhand right.
Cunnigham thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
A slow jab from De Santos misses its intended target.
Cunnigham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Victor De Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Cunnigham.
Cunnigham lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cunnigham slips a jab and a cross from De Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnigham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Santos swivels and escapes.
Victor De Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Cunnigham looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Cunnigham is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De Santos trying to control but Cunnigham postures up.

Cunnigham is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
De Santos is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunnigham perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

De Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Cunnigham.
De Santos holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Cunnigham is looking for a kimura here.
Cunnigham content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
De Santos keeping hold of Cunnigham's head, controlling as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Cunnigham trying to pass the guard but De Santos defending well.

Cunnigham is working for a submission of some sort.
Cunnigham is stalling here. De Santos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cunnigham seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and De Santos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cunnigham is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cunnigham gets back to half guard.
Cunnigham is trying to get back to full guard.
Cunnigham has a hand on De Santos's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. De Santos takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

De Santos looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

De Santos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Cunnigham is surviving well by controlling De Santos's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Cunnigham 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.

De Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cunnigham moves away.
Cunnigham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
De Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cunnigham has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunnigham cracks a nice hook into De Santos's ribs.

Cunnigham throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. De Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Cunnigham finishes the takedown easily into guard.
De Santos has Cunnigham pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnigham wants to control from the top but De Santos keeps moving.
Cunnigham throws a strike but De Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
De Santos forces his way into half guard.
Cunnigham moves into full guard.

Cunnigham is looking for a triangle but De Santos pushes his legs off easily.
De Santos won't allow Cunnigham to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cunnigham looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Cunnigham has an active guard here but De Santos has managed to pass into half guard.
Cunnigham is breathing heavily.

Cunnigham is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Santos pulls his head out easily.
De Santos uses his free foot to push down on Cunnigham's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cunnigham.
De Santos controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

De Santos stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cunnigham is working away from the top position though.
Cunnigham wants to take a breather but De Santos is having none of it.
De Santos gets full guard.
De Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cunnigham.
Cunnigham thows a big elbow that misses.
Cunnigham loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Santos keeping full guard, as Cunnigham tries to pass.
De Santos keeping moving, preventing Cunnigham from controlling successfully.
Cunnigham looking to pass the guard.

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.
De Santos trying to control the position.
Cunnigham scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cunnigham trying to control but De Santos is working from the bottom.
Cunnigham throwing strikes from guard but De Santos blocks nicely.
Cunnigham is looking to advance position but De Santos has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
De Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cunnigham is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeremy Cunnigham will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Santos swinging wildly here.
Cunnigham moves out of range of the leg kick from De Santos.
Cunnigham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Santos.
De Santos throws out a loose jab but Cunnigham uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cunnigham circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cunnigham shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. De Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
De Santos keeping moving, preventing Cunnigham from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnigham trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but De Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Cunnigham is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but De Santos frees his head nicely. Oh but Cunnigham has switched to an armbar! De Santos is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jeremy Cunnigham!