PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Dominator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominator has chosen Condemned 84 - Face the Aggression as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santoro
vs
Dominator

190 cm
23
245 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

200 cm
25
268 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicky Santoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert Dominator!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santoro closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Dominator's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Dominator manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Dominator waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santoro.
Dominator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dominator lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santoro circles away quickly and effectively.
Santoro misses with a takedown
and Santoro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santoro moves in looking to clinch but Dominator pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Dominator. No joy for Santoro on that attempt.
Dominator throws a combination that misses

and Santoro counters by moving into the clinch.

Santoro successfully pulls guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santoro throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Santoro throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Santoro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dominator defends it easily.
Dominator really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santoro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Santoro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominator trying to stand up but can't free himself from Santoro's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santoro is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Santoro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dominator gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Santoro has control of Dominator's left arm, preventing Dominator from doing any damage.
Dominator 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 is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dominator stopping the sweep attempt from Santoro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominator wants to stand and escape but instead Santoro has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Santoro passes into half guard.
Santoro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dominator blocking the ground and pound attempt from Santoro.

Santoro is trying to work for a kimura but Dominator is defending well.
Santoro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santoro decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Dominator leaves Santoro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicky Santoro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santoro jabs at Dominator's body.
Santoro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dominator swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santoro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santoro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dominator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominator wants to clinch.
Dominator misses with a lunging right hand
and Santoro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santoro looks for a takedown but Dominator sprawls well.
Dominator will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Santoro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Horrible takedown by Santoro or perhaps it was just good defense by Dominator which made him look bad.
Santoro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dominator misses with a double jab.
Santoro blocks a head kick by Dominator.
Robert Dominator seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santoro throws a leg kick which misses Dominator's front leg but catches the back leg as Dominator tries to avoid it.
Dominator misses with a double jab.
Santoro avoids the head kick by Dominator.
Dominator throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santoro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santoro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dominator misses with a straight right.
Dominator circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Dominator.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominator throws a right hand that Santoro ducks under and follows up with a left that Santoro also avoids with ease.
Santoro keeps the fight on the outside.
Santoro shoots in looking for a takedown but Dominator manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santoro's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicky Santoro. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Santoro gets a clinch.
Santoro is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dominator gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dominator gets through Santoro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Santoro drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dominator pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santoro fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dominator misses with a wild body shot.
Dominator scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominator tries to clinch up.
Santoro tries to clinch up.
Dominator misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominator stuffs the takedown attempt from Santoro. Santoro gets slowly back to his feet.
Dominator tries to work over Santoro's front leg with a kick but Santoro checks it.
Dominator is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Santoro like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Santoro from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Dominator!