PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hate Me Now. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Grande

190 cm
25
205 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

193 cm
28
204 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos has Grande up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Santos.

It looks like Taco Grande has been cut.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos avoiding damage as Grande throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Matt Santos has been cut.
Grande dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Grande controls the action.
Grande looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Grande managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grande struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.

Grande breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grande takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Grande gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grande.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Grande.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grande lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grande in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees to the body from Santos.
Grande avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grande lands an elbow that stopped Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Grande fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grande.
Grande has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grande missing with knees to the body.
Grande lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Grande lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grande.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Grande with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Grande lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Grande is blocking nicely.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Grande landing knees to the body.
Grande using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Grande breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grande scores with a jab to the body.

Grande has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Matt Santos's cut is getting worse.
Grande misses with a punch to the body.
Grande throws an elbow that misses.

Grande pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grande tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Grande wants to clinch.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That kick from Santos tenderised Grande's leg. Grande is trying to keep his angry face on.
Taco Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Grande quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Grande trying to control here.
Grande controlling the position for now.
Grande is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Santos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Santos's back!
Grande controlling from the back.
Santos controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Santos manages to escape to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Santos will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Santos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Matt Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande lands a really nice looking cross but Santos seems unphased.
Grande wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.

Santos has managed to clinch.
Grande scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grande throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Grande lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Grande blocks the elbow strike.
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Grande pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.

Matt Santos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Grande.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grande takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grande.
A short body shot lands from Grande as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grande.

Jeez, Matt Santos's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Matt Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Taco Grande!
Taco Grande really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.