PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Who Knows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Knows
vs
Santoro

190 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo
Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Who Knows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicky Santoro!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro loads up on a big right hand but Knows slips the punch.
Santoro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Knows has time to react.
Horrible takedown by Knows or perhaps it was just good defense by Santoro which made him look bad.
Santoro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knows.
Santoro throws a body punch but Knows moves out of range.
Knows throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santoro's waist but Santoro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Knows off to one side.
Knows takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Knows gets caught flat footed, as Santoro shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Santoro is looking to work some ground and pound but Knows has wrist control.
Santoro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Knows wants to stand and escape but Santoro is having none of it.
Santoro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Knows is looking to stand up but Santoro isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro cracks Knows with a solid left hand.
Santoro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santoro wants to stand and escape but instead Knows has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Knows scoring with some ground and pound.
Knows wants to control from the top but Santoro keeps moving.
Santoro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santoro trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santoro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Santoro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santoro striking off his back.
Knows wants to control from the top but Santoro keeps moving.
Knows working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Knows trying to control the position from guard on top but Santoro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santoro controlling Knows's posture.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santoro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Knows working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santoro's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knows wants to get up but he can't break Santoro's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Santoro striking from the bottom.
Knows wants to control from the top but Santoro keeps moving.
Knows preventing the sweep.
Santoro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knows missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santoro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santoro looking to control.
Santoro wants to sweep but no luck.
Santoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santoro keeping moving, preventing Knows from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Santoro misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Santoro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Santoro tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Knows.
Knows trying to hold on to Santoro's head to control him but Santoro postures up.
Santoro wants to control but Knows is keeping him busy.
Knows is looking for a sweep. Santoro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Santoro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Santoro.
Knows dodges the ground and pound from Santoro.
Santoro tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Knows is looking for a sweep.
Santoro lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Knows down.
Santoro is putting a hurting on Knows here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ground and pound from Santoro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Santoro working the ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Santoro decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro doesn't manage to clinch there - Knows circles away.
Knows pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Who Knows is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knows doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Santoro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Santoro gets the takedown into side control.

Santoro stands up.
Knows misses with a takedown attempt

and Santoro counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Knows!
Santoro in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santoro cracks Knows with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Knows that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Who Knows has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santoro has hold of Knows's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Knows manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Santoro thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Santoro loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Knows scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Santoro land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Santoro stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicky Santoro!