PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Santara Amarillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr All Round (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Amarillo
vs
All Round

171 cm
22
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
161 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santara Amarillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr All Round!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amarillo swats away the attempt to clinch by All Round.
All Round blocks a head kick by Amarillo.
Santara Amarillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
All Round circles away from the clinch attempt

and All Round decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Amarillo's guard.
All Round stopping the sweep attempt from Amarillo.
Amarillo wants to improve his position but instead All Round has moved into half guard.
All Round content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Amarillo is staying active underneath All Round, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
All Round prevents Amarillo from improving his position.
Amarillo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. All Round is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
All Round trying to control the action but Amarillo is working from the bottom.
All Round frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Amarillo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
All Round tries to control but Amarillo wriggling away.
All Round prevents Amarillo from getting the reversal.
All Round with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, All Round cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
All Round raining down shots from the mount!
Amarillo is desperately trying to improve his position but All Round has a good base and remains in mount.

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.
All Round tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
All Round trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
All Round controlling from mount.
Amarillo looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
All Round trying to control.
Amarillo just trying to survive but All Round is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

All Round is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Amarillo is defending well though. All Round let's go of the attempt for now.
All Round throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
All Round tries to get the hooks in deep but Amarillo pushed the leg off.
Amarillo rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
All Round looks gassed!
All Round is looking to take a break and control but Amarillo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Amarillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Amarillo decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Amarillo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Amarillo drives through and clinches with All Round against the cage.
Amarillo drops down looking for an ankle pick but All Round pulls his leg out and moves away.
All Round shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Amarillo counters with a nice double leg into side control. All Round won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Amarillo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
All Round is trying to control Amarillo's posture but Amarillo avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
All Round is looking to get back to his feet here but Amarillo is keeping cool and he's managed to take All Round's back.
Amarillo is riding his opponent, not letting All Round buck him off.

All Round showing good submission defense here.
All Round is really stuck here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
All Round trying to control but not successfully.

Amarillo is persistently looking for the submission but All Round is defending it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santara Amarillo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

All Round looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Amarillo trying to control here.
Amarillo wants to improve his position but All Round is controlling well.
Amarillo gets back to full guard.
Amarillo 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.
Amarillo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
All Round must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
All Round trying to control but Amarillo is working from the bottom.
All Round seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Amarillo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. All Round doesn't defend quickly enough and Amarillo has managed to lock this one up! Can All Round escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Amarillo on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Santara Amarillo!