PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Federiq Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Kilgore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilgore comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Providence" - Heal These Wounds kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Santos
vs
Kilgore

172 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
139 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Federiq Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Kilgore!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kilgore's waist but Kilgore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Kilgore sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kilgore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kilgore throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kilgore but Kilgore pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Federiq Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kilgore drops Santos with a beautiful combination! Santos stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kilgore is looking for the KO!

Santos is rocked!

It looks like Federiq Santos has been cut.
Kilgore lands with a big right hook that stumbles Santos - he's out on his feet here! Kilgore follows up with another monster hook that separates Santos from consciousness! Santos falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Kilgore stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ivan Kilgore!