PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Riding All Night And Day. Burton has chosen Trip Like I Do as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Santos
vs
Burton

170 cm
24
130 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

175 cm
27
147 lbs
9 - 10 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, George Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Colin Burton!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos looks to clinch
and Burton counters with a nice body shot.
Burton jabs Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Santos clinches with his opponent.
Burton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santos trying to stall but Burton improves his position.
Burton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burton.
Burton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Burton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Burton lands with a short shot to the head.
Burton scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Burton blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Burton pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Burton blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Burton lands a knee to the head.
Burton lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Burton.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santos or not.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Burton connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton scores with a knee to the head.

Santos is rocked!
Burton taking a breather.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos is looking to control Burton's arms but Burton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Santos has his back to the cage.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burton obliges.
A right hand to the body from Burton.
Burton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Burton stalls.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Burton scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burton's brow.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Burton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Burton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Burton stalling the fight.
Burton receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Burton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burton avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Burton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burton effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Burton dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Santos looks to clinch
and Burton counters with a straight right hand.
Santos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Burton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Burton cracks Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Burton stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
George Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burton connects with a jab.
Burton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Burton.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burton counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton lands a nice shot that snaps Santos's head back.
Santos tries to clinch but Burton moves away
and Burton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Burton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Burton moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Burton lands an elbow that stopped Santos in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Burton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Burton avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Burton.
Burton'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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burton tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Burton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burton's brow.
Burton looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Burton blocks the elbow strike.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Burton to work.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burton's brow.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Burton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Burton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Burton dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Burton blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Burton lands a nice shot to the body.
Santos looking to stall.
Burton effectively controlling the action here.
Santos has Burton pushed against the cage.
Burton stalling in the clinch.
Burton blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burton holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Burton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Burton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Burton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santos.
Burton circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos tries to clinch

and Burton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Burton.
Burton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Colin Burton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burton lands a damaging elbow.
Burton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burton.
Burton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Burton dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice elbow.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Burton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The referee calls for Burton to work.
Burton lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Burton digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Burton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Burton.
Burton lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Colin Burton is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Burton avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burton avoids it.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burton is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos stalling in the clinch but Burton improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burton's brow.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burton avoids it.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burton avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burton as Santos tries to tie him up.
Burton lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
George Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burton blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Burton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burton 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Burton!
Colin Burton very nearly forgot to thank Unique Wear and Custom Design amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.