PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dante Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santiago
vs
Tamad

180 cm
27
165 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

176 cm
25
163 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

160!

Ultimate Fighting Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamad throws a solid leg kick but Santiago takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tamad.
Santiago takes a swing at Tamad's ribcage but misses.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Tamad looks to land a combination but Santiago avoids it well.
Santiago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tamad.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tamad.
What's Santiago going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
You can see the frustration on Santiago's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Santiago is looking to regain half guard here but Tamad keeps moving and retains side control.
Santiago controls the position for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad in side control, throwing shots but Santiago defends.
Santiago looks to move to half guard but instead Tamad has passed into mount! Damn!
Tamad throws some wild stikes that Santiago manages to avoid easily.
Santiago knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tamad on the ground.
Tamad looking to finish with strikes here!
Tamad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santiago's face.
Santiago is working to get back to half guard.
Tamad avoids the attempt from Santiago to control.
Tamad punching from mount but Santiago doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tamad avoids the attempt from Santiago to control.
Santiago really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tamad thowing shots but they're missing.
Santiago takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

It looks like Dante Santiago has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamad throws some wild stikes that Santiago manages to avoid easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamad tries to control but Santiago wriggling away.
Tamad lands with some strikes.
Tamad unloading with bombs!
Tamad trying to control but Santiago is having none of it.
Tamad thowing shots but they're missing.
Tamad raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad controlling the position easily from mount.
Tamad 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.
Santiago is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tamad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tamad throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Santiago working to try and regain half guard.
Tamad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tamad looking to ground and pound but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Santiago tries to hold on but Tamad postures up.
Tamad sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tamad prevents Santiago from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Tamad there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tamad lands a nice shot to the head.
Tamad lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tamad loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Santiago scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Tamad land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Tamad stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Tamad!
Juan Tamad made sure to mention his sponsor, Elite Fighter© w/$10-$35 Clothing and 90% LAUNDRY! in his post fight interview.