PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jalen Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalen Hill looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Hill
vs
Santos

187 cm
26
269 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

199 cm
26
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jalen Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dominic Santos!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Santos catches Hill right on the button with a cross.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Hill is out of range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hill defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.

Hill shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hill showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos wants to improve his position but Hill is controlling well.

Santos looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hill passes into side control!
Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A lull in the action here.
Santos is looking for a sweep.

Hill is trying to get an arm triangle but Santos is defending well.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santos being controlled for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Hill in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Hill is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Santos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hill's best efforts.

Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Hill.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill slows the pace down in half guard.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hill passes to side control.

Hill stands up.

Hill manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Santos on his heels. He'll look to pass Santos's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jalen Hill dominated that round.
That's time! Hill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Santos misses with a looping right.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Santos dips to his left and cracks Hill with an uppercut!

Hill shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hill was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hill with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos gets back to half guard.
Hill trying to pass the guard but Santos defending well.
Santos wants to improve his position but Hill is controlling well.
Jalen Hill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hill pulls his head out easily.
Santos trying to get back to full guard but Hill takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Santos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Hill seems to be working for a kimura but Santos defends the submission attempt.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking for a sweep. Hill is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Hill seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Hill moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Santos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hill wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hill is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ground and pound from Hill seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Hill tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hill has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hill controls the position from side control.
Santos is trying to improve his position.
Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hill in particular looking to stall.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Hill is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Santos sees it coming and defends easily.

Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Hill.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jalen Hill will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Hill ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hill dives in and scores a takedown into Santos's guard.
Hill might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hill pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hill sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santos keeping full guard, as Hill tries to pass.

Hill got a little sloppy there for a moment and Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hill has managed to get both his arms back between Santos's legs - danger averted.

Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hill advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.

Hill is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hill stalling.

Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Hill controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hill slows the pace down in half guard.

Santos looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hill passes into side control!
Santos is looking for a sweep.
Santos trying to remain calm as Hill controls from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Hill is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hill not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos tries to get to full guard but Hill has control of the leg.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hill performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jalen Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hill's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dominic Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jalen Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jalen Hill!