PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between C G Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

G Stark
vs
Santiago

180 cm
26
175 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

180 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, C G Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dante Santiago!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santiago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
Stark throws a looping overhand right but Santiago ducks down to avoid it.
Santiago with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stark to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Dante Santiago has been cut.
Stark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stark misses with a straight left.
Stark moves out of range of the strikes.
Stark missing with a left hand there. Santiago was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santiago moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santiago scores with a jab to the jaw.
Santiago blocks a jab.
C G Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark misses with a low kick.
Santiago scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santiago moves away.
Stark misses with a body shot
and Santiago counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Santiago digs a good hook to Stark's body.
Santiago with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stark throws a series of punches but Santiago avoids them all with ease.
Stark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santiago.
Stark looks to land a left hand but Santiago moved out of range nicely.
Stark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Stark throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stark throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santiago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Santiago.
Santiago goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Santiago scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stark misses with a looping right.
Santiago smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stark drops his hands momentarily and Santiago takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stark connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santiago. Santiago circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santiago scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stark throws a hook but Santiago avoids it easily.
Santiago connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stark. Stark circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A cross from Santiago lands.
Stark is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Santiago ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
Santiago scores with a one two! Stark had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stark connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santiago momentarily.
Santiago is working the combinations to good effect here.
Decent striking displayed by Santiago there.

Stark is rocked!
Stark ducks into an uppercut from Santiago and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Santiago!