PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ell Bow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Santiago
vs
Bow

202 cm
25
293 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santiago Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ell Bow!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago takes a swing at Bow's ribcage but misses.
Bow throws a lazy right hand but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Santiago.

It looks like Ell Bow has been cut.
Bow slips under a jab.
Santiago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santiago swinging wildly here.
Santiago misses with a looping right.
Santiago throws a nice looking combination but Bow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bow moves into range and clinches up with Santiago.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago blocks an elbow strike.
Bow blocks a body shot from Santiago.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Bow controls his hands.
Santiago dodges an elbow strike from Bow.
Santiago dodges an elbow strike from Bow.
Santiago tries a body shot but Bow blocks it.
Santiago dodges an elbow strike from Bow.
A left hand lands to the body for Santiago.
Santiago tries to work over Bow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santiago.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Bow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Santiago Santiago has been cut.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santiago tries a body shot but Bow blocks it.
Bow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as Bow controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Santiago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Santiago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santiago avoids the elbow strike from Bow, against the cage.
Bow blocks a body shot from Santiago.
Santiago cracks Bow with a nice body shot.
Bow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santiago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santiago avoids the elbow strike from Bow, against the cage.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by Bow.
Bow lands an elbow inside.
Santiago misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bow looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by Bow.
Bow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by Bow.
Santiago lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santiago works on Bow's body with a couple of short punches.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bow's elbow.
Bow pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bow.

Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Santiago, as that shot connected.
A head kick misses from Santiago.

Santiago drops Bow with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bow looks back up at him and smiles so Santiago waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Bow is rocked!
Santiago lands a nice looking body shot.
Bow is still on wobbly legs! Can Santiago finish him?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santiago, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago jabs at Bow's body.
Santiago closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bow! Santiago dives in looking to finish! Bow is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Santiago!