PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drizzt Do Urden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drizzt Do Urden will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Santos
vs
Do Urden

177 cm
18
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
18
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drizzt Do Urden!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos rushes Do Urden and presses him up against the cage.
Do Urden prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Santos is trying to push Do Urden away but Do Urden has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Do Urden lands a body punch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Do Urden wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Do Urden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos lands a high kick!
Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Santos is looking to clinch but Do Urden is avoiding it.
Do Urden ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Santos lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do Urden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Do Urden moves out of range easily.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Do Urden finds it's way through Santos's defenses.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Do Urden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Do Urden avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Do Urden connects with a body shot that sends Santos's belly button to the back.
Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Santos rushes Do Urden and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Do Urden scores with a hook to the body.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos is trying to break free.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Do Urden prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Do Urden.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Urden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do Urden has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Do Urden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Do Urden keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Do Urden tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Do Urden jabs Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Do Urden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Do Urden lands a jab to Santos's midsection.
Do Urden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Do Urden fails with an attempt to clinch.

Do Urden moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Do Urden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by Do Urden.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Do Urden - that landed with a thud.
Santos blocking some punches.
Do Urden tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Do Urden throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Do Urden.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Do Urden scores with a shoulder strike.
Santos prevents a body shot from Do Urden.
Do Urden is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Do Urden lands a body shot in the clinch.
Do Urden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santos wants to break free but Do Urden has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Do Urden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Do Urden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do Urden throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Do Urden.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos blocks a body shot from Do Urden.
Do Urden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Do Urden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Do Urden digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Do Urden lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Do Urden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Do Urden misses with a punch to the body.
Do Urden lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Do Urden.
Do Urden lands with a right to the head.
Do Urden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Do Urden lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Do Urden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drizzt Do Urden dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Do Urden throws a shot to the body.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos connects with a high kick.
Do Urden lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Do Urden moves out of range of the body kick.
Eduardo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do Urden scores with a punch to the head.
Do Urden lands a body shot.
A left lands for Do Urden.
Do Urden misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Do Urden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do Urden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden moves out of range of the leg kick from Santos.
Do Urden connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Do Urden tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Do Urden swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Do Urden blocks a head kick by Santos.
Do Urden changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Do Urden, as that shot connected.
Do Urden lands with a nice body punch.
Do Urden takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Do Urden doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Nice shot by Do Urden.
Do Urden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Do Urden scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Santos.
Do Urden scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Do Urden.

Santos is rocked!
Do Urden keeps the fight on the outside.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Do Urden.
Santos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos walks into a stiff left hand from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a low kick but it's checked well by Santos.
Do Urden catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Do Urden works the jab nicely.
Santos is looking to clinch but Do Urden is avoiding it.
Do Urden tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden lands with an uppercut that bounces Santos off the cage and back into range.
Do Urden punishes Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Do Urden scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
Do Urden catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eduardo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Santos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Do Urden has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Do Urden and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
Do Urden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice cross by Do Urden.
Do Urden lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santos wants to clinch.
Do Urden tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos throws a leg kick but Do Urden moved away.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do Urden swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Do Urden lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Urden with a nice cross.
Do Urden connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Do Urden shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Do Urden to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Do Urden punishes Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do Urden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Do Urden.
Do Urden keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Do Urden moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do Urden manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Do Urden is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drizzt Do Urden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Do Urden connects with a crisp jab.
Santos misses with an uppercut.
Santos looks to clinch

and Do Urden holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Do Urden has the dominant position.
Do Urden is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Do Urden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos tries to circle away but Do Urden has him pinned against the cage.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Do Urden keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Do Urden lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drizzt Do Urden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Do Urden lands a right hand.
Do Urden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do Urden lands a left hand.
Do Urden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Do Urden as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Do Urden cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
Do Urden tries to throw a body punch but Santos avoids it by throwing Do Urden back against the cage.
Do Urden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Do Urden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Good body shot from Do Urden.
Do Urden lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Do Urden.
Do Urden keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Do Urden cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Do Urden.
Do Urden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do Urden lands a shot to the body.
Do Urden lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Do Urden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Do Urden lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Do Urden is working Santos over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Do Urden struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do Urden misses with a body punch.
Do Urden is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Do Urden has the dominant position.
A right handed body shot lands from Do Urden.
Do Urden pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Do Urden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short left from Do Urden.
Do Urden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Do Urden.
Do Urden pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Do Urden on the inside.
Do Urden lands a nice shot to the body.
Do Urden presses Santos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Do Urden lands with a short shot to the head.
Do Urden digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Do Urden is working Santos over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks a body shot from Do Urden.
Santos prevents a body shot from Do Urden.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Do Urden.
Do Urden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Do Urden lands a body shot in the clinch.
Do Urden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Do Urden lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Do Urden.
A nice left hand lands by Do Urden.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Do Urden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Do Urden won't allow it.
Do Urden pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do Urden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do Urden lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santos.
Do Urden lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Do Urden.
Eduardo Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drizzt Do Urden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden lands with a light punch inside.
Santos wants to break free but Do Urden has control.
A body shot lands from Do Urden.
Santos wants to break free but Do Urden has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Do Urden.
A right hand to the body from Do Urden.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Do Urden blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Urden lands a body punch.
Do Urden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Do Urden - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do Urden avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Do Urden - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drizzt Do Urden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Do Urden 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drizzt Do Urden!