PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garen Le Blanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Le Blanc
vs
Santos

190 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
31
210 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Garen Le Blanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Santos!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Blanc shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Le Blanc's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santos throws a head kick but Le Blanc moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Santos tests Le Blanc's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santos keeps Le Blanc at a distance using the push kick.
Santos lands a head kick!
Santos lands with an overhand left.
Le Blanc misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos connects with a right hand. Le Blanc shakes it off.
Santos looks to land a combination but Le Blanc avoids it well.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Le Blanc takes a jab right on the kisser.
Le Blanc's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Santos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Le Blanc scrambles back to his feet.
Santos lands a head kick. Le Blanc smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Le Blanc takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos scores with a push kick.
Le Blanc blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos lands with an overhand left.
Santos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Le Blanc had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Le Blanc takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Le Blanc.
Santos throws a hook to the side of Le Blanc's head but Le Blanc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Le Blanc.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garen Le Blanc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Blanc looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Le Blanc with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Santos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Le Blanc fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Santos lands.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as Le Blanc shoots in.
Le Blanc avoids the head kick by Santos.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jake Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Santos throws a head kick but Le Blanc moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Santos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Le Blanc moves out of range easily.
Le Blanc changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Le Blanc manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
No luck for Le Blanc with that takedown attempt.
Le Blanc avoids the head kick by Santos.
Le Blanc avoids the head kick by Santos.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Le Blanc. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Blanc fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garen Le Blanc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Blanc takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Le Blanc wants to clinch.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circle momentarily. Santos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Le Blanc.
Santos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Santos lands a jab.
Le Blanc takes a kick to the side of the head.
Santos misses with a head kick.

Le Blanc shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Le Blanc raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Santos because Le Blanc loaded up on that one.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Le Blanc lands a big elbow.
Le Blanc lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Le Blanc thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Le Blanc misses with a head shot.
Le Blanc thowing shots but they're missing.
Le Blanc with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Le Blanc tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc thowing shots but they're missing.
Le Blanc misses with a head shot.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Le Blanc throws some wild stikes that Santos manages to avoid easily.
Le Blanc misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Le Blanc in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Le Blanc controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garen Le Blanc dominated that second round.
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!

Le Blanc takes one to the chin there.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le Blanc shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Le Blanc throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le Blanc shoots in looking for a takedown. Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Le Blanc keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Le Blanc has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos throws a head kick but Le Blanc moves out of range.
Garen Le Blanc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Le Blanc has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Le Blanc there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jake Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos lands with a nice body kick.
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Santos.
Le Blanc shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garen Le Blanc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos jabs at Le Blanc's body.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a head kick but Le Blanc moves out of range.
Santos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A thudding body kick lands there by Santos!
Le Blanc will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Le Blanc shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Le Blanc takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Santos cracks Le Blanc with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Le Blanc shoots in and gets a takedown into Santos's guard.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Le Blanc from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Le Blanc throws a strike but Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Le Blanc controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Garen Le Blanc just wasn't active enough.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Le Blanc is defended easily by Santos.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Santos!
A victorious Jake Santos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.