PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanny Korleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Manuel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanny Korleone could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Simon Manuel Santos's chin.

Korleone
vs
Manuel Santos

210 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sanny Korleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Manuel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korleone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanny Korleone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manuel Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Korleone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Korleone doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Manuel Santos misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Korleone. Manuel Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Korleone misses the target.
Manuel Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Manuel Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Korleone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Korleone.
Manuel Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Korleone's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Manuel Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slow jab from Korleone misses its intended target.
Korleone misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Korleone misses the target.
Korleone bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Manuel Santos's head backwards.
Manuel Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Korleone.
Korleone swings widly with a right hand
and Manuel Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Manuel Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Korleone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Korleone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korleone thows a body shot but no joy.
Manuel Santos slips a jab from Korleone.
Korleone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Korleone misses with a hook.
Korleone catches Manuel Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Manuel Santos digs a good body shot into Korleone's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Korleone throws a big shot that misses.
Korleone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Korleone moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Manuel Santos misses.
Korleone ducks under a wild hook from Manuel Santos.
A swing and a miss from Korleone.
Manuel Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Korleone misses its intended target.
Manuel Santos misses with a straight right.
Korleone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manuel Santos throws a lazy right hand but Korleone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manuel Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Korleone is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Korleone misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korleone lands a head kick!
Manuel Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Korleone.
Manuel Santos throws a lazy right hand but Korleone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Korleone lands with a nice body kick.
Manuel Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manuel Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Manuel Santos.
Korleone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Korleone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Korleone on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Korleone throws a looping overhand right but Manuel Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Korleone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Manuel Santos.
Manuel Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Korleone ducks under a wild hook from Manuel Santos.
Manuel Santos slips under a jab.
Korleone misses with a hook.
Manuel Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Korleone.
Korleone throws a head kick that half lands.
Korleone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korleone throws a lazy uppercut
and Manuel Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Korleone looks to land a right hand but Manuel Santos moved out of range.
Manuel Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Manuel Santos throws a series of punches but Korleone moves out of range.
Manuel Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Korleone swings widly with a right hand
and Manuel Santos counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Korleone.
Manuel Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Korleone circles away quickly and effectively.
Manuel Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Korleone looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Manuel Santos misses.
Korleone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manuel Santos.
Korleone connects with a jab.
Korleone bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Simon Manuel Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manuel Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Korleone.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Korleone throws out a powerful jab.
Manuel Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Korleone misses with a hook. Manuel Santos ducked under it nicely.
Korleone looks to land a left hand but Manuel Santos moved out of range nicely.
Korleone misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korleone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Simon Manuel Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Manuel Santos slips a straight right by Korleone.
A left lands for Korleone.
Manuel Santos slips a straight right by Korleone.
Korleone connects with a jab.
Manuel Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Manuel Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manuel Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheers as Manuel Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Korleone doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Santos misses with an uppercut. Korleone saw that one coming.
Manuel Santos walks into a straight right hand from Korleone.
Korleone missing with a left hand there. Manuel Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manuel Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Korleone moves away.
Manuel Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Korleone just misses with a punch to the body.
Korleone delivers a nice body kick.
Korleone is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Manuel Santos is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Korleone lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Manuel Santos misses.
Korleone throws a hook but Manuel Santos avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanny Korleone dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Korleone throws a head kick but Manuel Santos moves out of range.
Manuel Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Korleone throws out a loose jab but Manuel Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manuel Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Manuel Santos misses with a combination
and Korleone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Manuel Santos slips a straight right by Korleone.
Korleone looks to land a right hand but Manuel Santos moved out of range.
Manuel Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Manuel Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Korleone.
Korleone thows a body shot but no joy.
Korleone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Manuel Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Korleone.
Korleone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manuel Santos.
Korleone misses with an uppercut. Manuel Santos saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Korleone coming out on top.
Korleone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manuel Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Korleone misses.
Korleone missing with a left hand there. Manuel Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korleone throws a shot from downtown. Manuel Santos moves away and avoids it.
Korleone misses with a hook.
Korleone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Manuel Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Korleone ducks under a wild hook from Manuel Santos.
Korleone throws a hook but Manuel Santos avoids it easily.
Manuel Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good standup being displayed there by Korleone as he connects with a hook.
Korleone catches Manuel Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Manuel Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korleone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Manuel Santos throws a lazy uppercut
and Korleone counters with a good low kick that Manuel Santos was not able to check.
Manuel Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Korleone misses with a looping left.
Manuel Santos looks to throw the jab but Korleone is out of range.
Korleone misses with a hook.
Korleone loads up on a big right hand but Manuel Santos slips the punch.
Manuel Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Manuel Santos slips under a jab from Korleone.
Manuel Santos throws a series of punches but Korleone avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Korleone throws a hook but Manuel Santos avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Korleone.
Korleone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Manuel Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Manuel Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Korleone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manuel Santos on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Korleone throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Korleone.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sanny Korleone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Korleone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanny Korleone!