PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadahiro Tayahma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sadahiro Tayahma has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santan
vs
Tayahma

175 cm
27
274 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

198 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sadahiro Tayahma!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tayahma cracks Santan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Santan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santan takes one on the button.
Santan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tayahma slaps away a takedown attempt from Santan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erwin Santan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tayahma clobbers Santan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Santan takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tayahma to score with a decent uppercut.

Santan is rocked!

It looks like Erwin Santan has been cut.
Santan shoots in for a takedown but Tayahma shows good takedown defense.
Oh Santan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santan has a takedown stuffed.
Tayahma closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Santan out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sadahiro Tayahma!