PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keio Jun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex De Paiva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex De Paiva Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jun
vs
De Paiva Santos

193 cm
24
209 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

189 cm
22
218 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

L.A. Elite Clothing Co

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keio Jun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex De Paiva Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as De Paiva Santos blocks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jun, right into the meat.
De Paiva Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jun digs a good body shot into De Paiva Santos's ribs.
Jun connects with a solid leg kick.
De Paiva Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jun.
Jun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jun tries a low kick but De Paiva Santos avoids it.

De Paiva Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Paiva Santos tries for a takedown but Jun manages to get underhooks.
Jun stalling the fight.
Jun misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Paiva Santos lands an uppercut.
De Paiva Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Paiva Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jun gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jun working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Alex De Paiva Santos has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jun can't find room to land a body shot as De Paiva Santos controls the action.
De Paiva Santos avoiding damage as Jun throws knees to the body.
Jun gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Paiva Santos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Keio Jun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex De Paiva Santos.
Jun struggles to land a body shot inside as De Paiva Santos controls his hands.
Jun landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jun is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Paiva Santos avoids the elbow strike from Jun, against the cage.
Jun trying to land knees to the body.
De Paiva Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jun pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De Paiva Santos avoids the elbow strike from Jun, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Jun.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun'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.
De Paiva Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Jun.
De Paiva Santos blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun misses with the head strike.
Jun throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jun throws a punch but it's blocked by De Paiva Santos.
A head punch on the inside from De Paiva Santos fails to land.
De Paiva Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Jun pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jun tries to score with a low kick but De Paiva Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Jun is looking to slow De Paiva Santos down with leg kicks.
Keio Jun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jun connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jun throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jun throws a leg kick that misses.
De Paiva Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
De Paiva Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Paiva Santos misses with an uppercut.
De Paiva Santos throws a looping overhand right but Jun ducks down to avoid it.
Jun scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Paiva Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Jun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jun throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Paiva Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jun was well out of range. Poor timing from De Paiva Santos.
An inside leg kick lands from Jun.
A jab from Jun does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jun fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Paiva Santos is out of range.
De Paiva Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jun can pounce on him.
Jun scores with a hook to the body. De Paiva Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Paiva Santos wants to clinch.
Jun connects with a right hand. De Paiva Santos shakes it off.

That has opened up Alex De Paiva Santos's cut even more.
De Paiva Santos misses with a body shot.
De Paiva Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jun scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jun avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jun tests De Paiva Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jun fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Paiva Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keio Jun dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex De Paiva 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.

Jun feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Paiva Santos's calf.
Jun's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Paiva Santos under the eye.
Keio Jun is winning the standup battle so far.
Jun scores with a head kick.
Jun fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Paiva Santos is out of range.
De Paiva Santos misses with a wild body shot.
De Paiva Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jun as he jumps to the side.
De Paiva Santos misses the body punch
and Jun counters with a leg kick.
De Paiva Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jun lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jun fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Paiva Santos manages to avoid it.
Jun leaves De Paiva Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
De Paiva Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Paiva Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Keio Jun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex De Paiva Santos.
Jun showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Paiva Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Paiva Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Paiva Santos is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jun.
Jun slips under a jab from De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva 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.
De Paiva Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

The cut above Alex De Paiva Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jun feints and then cracks De Paiva Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Paiva Santos down.
Jun turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jun throws a leg kick which misses De Paiva Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as De Paiva Santos tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jun fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jun connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jun scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Paiva Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Jun is just out of range.
Jun connects with a solid leg kick.
Jun thumps De Paiva Santos with a low kick.
Jun scores with a head kick.
Jun is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Paiva Santos can do to turn this around?
Jun bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Paiva Santos's head.

Alex De Paiva Santos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alex De Paiva Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Keio Jun!
Our winner, Keio Jun, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.