PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Santos De Arroyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draught Papillia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Santos De Arroyo
vs
Papillia

179 cm
26
156 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hector Santos De Arroyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Draught Papillia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papillia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Papillia controlling from the top position.

Santos De Arroyo working for a triangle but Papillia defends it easily.
Papillia trying to control but Santos De Arroyo is working from the bottom.
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.

Draught Papillia has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Santos De Arroyo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Papillia throws a right hand that Santos De Arroyo ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos De Arroyo also avoids with ease.
Santos De Arroyo avoids the head kick by Papillia.
Papillia throws a series of strikes that have Santos De Arroyo backpedaling.
Papillia fails to land with a series of punches.
Papillia misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos De Arroyo dodges the punch combination from Papillia.
Santos De Arroyo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papillia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos De Arroyo.
Sloppy strikes from Papillia. Those never looked like landing.
Papillia tries to bum rush Santos De Arroyo with a series of wild strikes but Santos De Arroyo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Papillia. Those never looked like landing.
Santos De Arroyo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Papillia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Papillia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Donk. Papillia catches Santos De Arroyo right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Santos De Arroyo lands.
Papillia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Santos De Arroyo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Papillia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Santos De Arroyo passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Papillia!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos De Arroyo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Papillia hang on?

Santos De Arroyo looking to secure an arm triangle but Papillia defends it well.
Santos De Arroyo wants to control the pace but Papillia is squirming around nicely.
Santos De Arroyo lands with some strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Santos De Arroyo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos De Arroyo wants to control the pace but Papillia is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo landing strikes from the mount and Papillia is in trouble!
Santos De Arroyo landing strikes from the mount.
Papillia is bucking up trying to escape but Santos De Arroyo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos De Arroyo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Santos De Arroyo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Santos De Arroyo unloads with some shots from mount but Papillia bucks and avoids them well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos De Arroyo controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos De Arroyo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Santos De Arroyo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No joy there for Papillia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Papillia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Papillia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papillia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Papillia misses with a straight left.
Papillia loads up on a big right hand but Santos De Arroyo slips the punch.
Papillia tries to clinch

and Santos De Arroyo counters with a shoot takedown. Papillia fights it but they end up in guard.
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.
Santos De Arroyo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos De Arroyo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Santos De Arroyo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Papillia is keeping the position for now.
Santos De Arroyo advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papillia is staying active underneath Santos De Arroyo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santos De Arroyo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Santos De Arroyo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Papillia holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Santos De Arroyo trying to control the action but Papillia is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo is really struggling to control Papillia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Papillia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos De Arroyo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos De Arroyo is controlling the pace.

Hector Santos De Arroyo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Papillia thows a body shot but no joy.
Papillia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Papillia looks to land a left hand but Santos De Arroyo moved out of range nicely.
Papillia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos De Arroyo misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papillia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos De Arroyo.
Papillia looks to land a combination but Santos De Arroyo avoids it well.
Papillia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Papillia looks to clinch
and Santos De Arroyo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Draught Papillia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Papillia closes the distance and clinches.
Santos De Arroyo lands with a left to the head.

Santos De Arroyo manages to break the clinch.

Santos De Arroyo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Papillia sprawls well initially but Santos De Arroyo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos De Arroyo trying to control from half guard but Papillia is working away.
Santos De Arroyo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Santos De Arroyo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Papillia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos De Arroyo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos De Arroyo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Hector Santos De Arroyo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Papillia stuns Santos De Arroyo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santos De Arroyo checks a leg kick.
Papillia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santos De Arroyo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Papillia lands a glancing blow to the side of Santos De Arroyo's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Santos De Arroyo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Papillia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos De Arroyo.
Papillia fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos De Arroyo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santos De Arroyo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papillia.
Santos De Arroyo takes a swing at Papillia's ribcage but misses.
Santos De Arroyo is looking to wear down Papillia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Papillia. Santos De Arroyo shrugs it off though.
Papillia fails to land with a series of punches.
Papillia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Santos De Arroyo misses with a hook.
Santos De Arroyo blocks a head kick by Papillia.
Papillia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Papillia throws a one two combo.
Papillia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Papillia misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Papillia misses.
Papillia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Papillia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Papillia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos De Arroyo slips a jab and a cross from Papillia.
Draught Papillia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Papillia misses with a two punch combination.
Santos De Arroyo defending well as Papillia loads up on a big left hand.
Papillia throws a right hand that Santos De Arroyo ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos De Arroyo also avoids with ease.
Santos De Arroyo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Santos De Arroyo scores with a hook.
Santos De Arroyo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos De Arroyo misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papillia misses with a wild body shot.
Papillia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santos De Arroyo with a nice cross.
Papillia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos De Arroyo was well out of range. Poor timing from Papillia.
Papillia wants to clinch up but Santos De Arroyo keeps it at a distance.
Papillia throws a combination that misses
and Santos De Arroyo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A combination from Papillia does no damage.
Papillia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santos De Arroyo.
Santos De Arroyo scores with a shot to the body.
Santos De Arroyo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Papillia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos De Arroyo catches Papillia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos De Arroyo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papillia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Arroyo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papillia pinned against the ropes. Papillia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Papillia moves out of range as Santos De Arroyo strikes.
Papillia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Papillia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Papillia throws a jab when Santos De Arroyo was well out of range.
Papillia throws a combination. Santos De Arroyo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Papillia stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos De Arroyo. Santos De Arroyo gets slowly back to his feet.
Papillia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hector Santos De Arroyo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papillia lands with a cross.
A big right from Papillia misses.
Draught Papillia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Papillia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Papillia misses with a jab to the body
and Santos De Arroyo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos De Arroyo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papillia.
Nice shot by Santos De Arroyo.
Santos De Arroyo cracks Papillia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Papillia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santos De Arroyo counters with a right hand to the body.
Papillia throws the left hand but Santos De Arroyo avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos De Arroyo scores with a decent looking hook.
Papillia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Papillia misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Draught Papillia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santos De Arroyo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Santos De Arroyo!