PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex De Paiva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ollie Ritch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

De Paiva Santos
vs
Ritch

189 cm
20
218 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

1337 ANZAC

1337 ANZAC
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex De Paiva Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ollie Ritch!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ritch misses.
Ritch throws a hook but De Paiva Santos blocks it.
Ritch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Paiva Santos shoots in for a takedown but Ritch shows good takedown defense.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Paiva Santos.
Ritch scores with a nice right hand.

De Paiva Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ritch is controlling De Paiva Santos's trapped leg to prevent De Paiva Santos from advancing to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritch scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but De Paiva Santos manages to mount him!
De Paiva Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ritch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Paiva Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
De Paiva Santos landing strikes from the mount and Ritch is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ritch is trying desperately to improve position.
De Paiva Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ritch really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Paiva Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ritch working to try and regain half guard.
De Paiva Santos working Ritch over with strikes here.
Ritch is bucking up trying to escape but De Paiva Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Paiva Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ritch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Paiva Santos with shots to the head and body - Ritch looks very uncomfortable down there.

Ritch is rocked!
Ritch tries to lock up and control but De Paiva Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos dominating with strikes here.
Ritch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
De Paiva Santos with shots to the head and body - Ritch looks very uncomfortable down there.
De Paiva Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ritch tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Paiva Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ritch hang on?
De Paiva Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ritch is still in real trouble! Can De Paiva Santos finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ritch takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! De Paiva Santos's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex De Paiva Santos!
A relieved looking Alex De Paiva Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.