PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brenden Abbot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thi Santanna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Abbot
vs
Santanna

177 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brenden Abbot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thi Santanna!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santanna looking to score a takedown here. Abbot is defending well but Santanna drives through and ends up in Abbot's guard.
Santanna controlling from the top position.
Abbot wants to sweep here but Santanna controlling him for the moment.
Santanna works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Santanna passes to side control.
Abbot is looking for a sweep.
Abbot looks to move to half guard but instead Santanna has passed into mount! Damn!
Santanna lands a heavy elbow.
Santanna controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbot wants to hold on but Santanna pushes him away.
Abbot is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santanna takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santanna pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santanna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Abbot is desperately trying to improve his position but Santanna has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santanna content just to control the position here.
Abbot is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santanna controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Abbot looks a forlorn figure.
Santanna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Santanna scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Santanna controlling from mount.
Santanna fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Santanna looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abbot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santanna lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Santanna takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thi Santanna dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Abbot tries to clinch up but Santanna circles away and keeps his distance.
Abbot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abbot stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Abbot wants it to stay on the feet.

Santanna scores with a takedown into Abbot's guard.
Santanna makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Santanna gets to his feet. Abbot looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Santanna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santanna shoots in for a takedown but Abbot shows good takedown defense.
Santanna fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brenden Abbot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thi Santanna.

Santanna shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Abbot napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Santanna is putting a hurting on Abbot here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santanna controls the position from side control.
Abbot tries to buck Santanna off but Santanna is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Santanna's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Thi Santanna has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Abbot slaps away a takedown attempt from Santanna, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santanna fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Abbot swings for the body but Santanna moves out of range.
Santanna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brenden Abbot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abbot tries a head kick but it misses.

Santanna shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Abbot napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Abbot tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Santanna presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbot is looking to get to half guard.
Abbot takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santanna unloading with bombs!
Abbot is trying to escape the mount.
Santanna content just to control the position here.
Thi Santanna has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna with shots to the head and body - Abbot looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santanna takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thi Santanna has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Santanna darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Santanna has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santanna content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thi Santanna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Abbot displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santanna.
Santanna tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Abbot swivels and escapes.
Abbot is looking to clinch but Santanna is avoiding it.
Santanna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Abbot.

Santanna fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Abbot to the ground. Santanna is now in Abbot's guard.
Abbot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santanna is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Thi Santanna.

Santanna feints and as Abbot raises his hands in defense, Santanna changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santanna with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santanna postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Santanna gets to his feet. Abbot looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Abbot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbot lands a nice looking body kick.

Santanna shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santanna looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brenden Abbot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santanna passes into side control, despite Abbot's attempt to control the position.
Santanna has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Santanna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Thi Santanna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbot is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santanna controlling the position easily from mount.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Thi Santanna wasn't active enough on the ground.
Santanna checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santanna decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Santanna in particular looking to stall.

Thi Santanna has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Santanna changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Abbot looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thi Santanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santanna 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thi Santanna!