PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ruy Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Every Thing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by "Township Rebellion", RAGE. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Santos
vs
Thing

179 cm
26
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ruy Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Every Thing!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Thing moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos misses with a straight right.
Santos cracks Thing with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Thing clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Thing - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thing.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Santos.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Thing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos moves away from the strike by Thing.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos misses with an uppercut.
Thing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thing scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
Thing lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thing.
Thing catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thing lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santos throws the left hand but Thing avoids the punch easily.
Thing clobbers Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thing feints a jab promting Santos to slip. Thing then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Santos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thing!
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thing throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos missing with a left hand there. Thing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thing bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Santos's head.
Santos stalks Thing and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thing's face. Thing staggers backwards, shaken.
Thing dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos moves away from the strike by Thing.
Thing takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thing listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Santos lands a jab to Thing's midsection.
Thing thows a body shot but no joy.
Thing misses with a few strikes there.
Santos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves away from the strike by Thing.
Thing scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Ruy Santos has been cut.
Thing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thing fails to land with a series of punches.
Thing walks into a straight right hand from Santos.
Thing looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
A jab lands there for Santos.
A big right from Thing misses.
Santos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thing lands the left hand.
Thing misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Santos misses with a hook.
Santos misses with a hook. Thing ducked under it nicely.
Thing keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Santos misses.
The fighters circling - Thing throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Thing is out of range.
Thing throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a hook but Thing avoids it easily.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Thing looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Santos misses with an uppercut
and Thing counters with a nice uppercut.
Santos staying out of range there.

Thing rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Thing is controlling him.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Thing keeps him there for the moment.
Thing lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Thing lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Every Thing dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruy Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thing throws a one two combo.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thing tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Thing connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Thing shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thing sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Santos misses.
Thing scores with a hook to the body. Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from Santos misses.
Santos defending well as Thing loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thing at a distance.
Thing scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thing moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Thing lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Thing.
Santos missing with a left hand there. Thing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos walks into a jab.
Thing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
A swing and a miss from Thing.
Every Thing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thing on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thing throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thing throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Every Thing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos scores with a hook.
Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thing looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Thing displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Thing.
Thing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thing tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Thing.
Thing shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Thing to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thing takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thing looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thing.
Thing catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thing misses with a looping right.
Santos misses with a body punch
and Thing counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thing blocks a jab.
Thing throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thing.
Thing throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A left and a right from Thing both land. Nice combination.
Santos walks into a stiff left hand from Thing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a hook but Thing avoids it easily.
Santos jabs at Thing's body.
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!
Santos lands with a straight right. Thing didn't see that one coming.
Thing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.

Thing darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
Thing tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Thing.
Santos tries to work over Thing's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Come on Thing - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thing lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Santos is rocked!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thing working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thing stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Thing lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Every Thing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ruy Santos's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Thing throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Santos lands the left hand.
Thing misses with a hook
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
Thing throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thing throws out the jab.
Thing throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Santos digs a good body shot into Thing's ribs.
Santos slips a straight right by Thing.
Thing misses with a right hand
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Thing tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Thing's shoulder, as Thing tries to avoid the shot.
Santos slips under a jab from Thing.
Santos feints a jab promting Thing to slip. Santos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Thing slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a right and a left that Thing avoids nicely.
Thing throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Thing jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santos slips a straight right by Thing.
Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thing ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Santos lands a jab.
Thing cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.
Santos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thing under the eye.
Thing bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Santos's head.
Thing connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santos momentarily.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thing.
Santos moves out of range as Thing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thing scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santos defending well as Thing loads up on a big left hand.
Thing moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Thing moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Thing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Thing looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thing fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Thing.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Thing misses with a hook
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santos misses with a straight right.

Thing clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thing creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thing misses with a punch to the body.
Santos wants to break free but Thing has control.
Ruy Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Thing on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos jumps guard but Thing turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thing working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Thing controls his hands.
Thing lands a right hand.
Thing will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santos.
Thing avoiding damage.
A short left from Thing.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a shot to the body.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thing's elbow.
Thing working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is keeping an eye on Thing - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short left from Thing.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Santos.
Santos lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Thing.
Thing blocks a body shot from Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Thing lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thing lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Thing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Every Thing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thing has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 for Every Thing!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Every Thing!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Every Thing!

Every Thing wins by unanimous decision!