PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro Ibanez Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Pegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ibanez Santos
vs
Pegas

191 cm
27
266 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

191 cm
22
247 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alvaro Ibanez Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Pegas!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pegas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pegas wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pegas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Pegas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Pegas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Santos dives in and grabs Pegas's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pegas pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pegas defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro Ibanez Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pegas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Pegas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegas tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Pegas!
Pegas tries to reverse the position but Santos maintains control.
Santos avoids the attempt from Pegas to control.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pegas is looking to escape.
Pegas working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos controlling from mount.
Pegas regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pegas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pegas tries to roll over but Santos keeps him under control.
Santos is thwarting Pegas's attempts to control the position.
Santos trying to control the pace.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Pegas moves into the clinch.
Santos dodges an elbow strike from Pegas.
Nice elbow from Pegas.

It looks like Alvaro Ibanez Santos has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas misses with a knee to the head.
Pegas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santos up against the cage.
Pegas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos is trying to break free.
Pegas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Pegas stalling.
Pegas misses with a knee strike.
Pegas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pegas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pegas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santos's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pegas throws an elbow but misses.
Santos is trying to push Pegas away but Pegas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pegas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pegas lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Pegas tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Santos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pegas trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pegas is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Pegas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Ibanez Santos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pegas tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Pegas lands a jab to Santos's midsection.
Pegas is looking to clinch.
Pegas tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Pegas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pegas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.

Pegas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pegas gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Come on Pegas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pegas misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Pegas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Pegas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Pegas.
Santos being controlled against the cage.
Pegas lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Pegas, against the cage.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Pegas.
Pegas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pegas lands an elbow inside.
Pegas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pegas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pegas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pegas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Santos blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pegas misses with an elbow strike.
Pegas pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pegas trying to land knees to the body.
Pegas crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee calls for Pegas to work.
Pegas tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Pegas looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Pegas is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pegas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pegas missing with knees to the body.
Pegas throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pegas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santos's brow.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Pegas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pegas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pegas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pegas throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Pegas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Ibanez Santos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pegas tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvaro Ibanez Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pegas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pegas wants it to stay on the feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pegas.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Pegas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pegas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pegas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro Ibanez Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pegas is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Pegas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvaro Ibanez Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pegas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pegas tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Jon Pegas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pegas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pegas instigates a clinch.
Santos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pegas is defending well.
Pegas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Pegas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Santos blocks an elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Pegas has Santos pushed against the cage.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Pegas is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pegas down to the mat. Pegas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pegas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Pegas pushes Santos off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pegas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pegas is looking to clinch.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Pegas sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pegas misses with a double jab.
Santos drops his hands momentarily and Pegas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pegas tries to clinch up.

Pegas has managed to clinch.
Pegas slowing the pace effectively.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Pegas, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas just leaning against Santos, taking a breather.
Pegas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Pegas tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pegas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Pegas sprawls well.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pegas.
Pegas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pegas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pegas avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks for a takedown but Pegas sprawls well.
Jon Pegas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pegas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Pegas drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Pegas just leaning against Santos, taking a breather.
Santos wants a takedown.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
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!
Pegas landing knees to the head.
Pegas lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pegas lands a damaging elbow.
Santos letting Pegas take a breather here.
Alvaro Ibanez Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pegas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Pegas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pegas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Pegas!