PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Bureta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Bureta

190 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Top Flight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kelemi Bureta!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Bureta thows a body kick. Santos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bureta slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Bureta looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Bureta throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.
Santos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Santos tries to bum rush Bureta with a series of wild strikes but Bureta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Bureta.
Bureta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos blocks a head kick by Bureta.
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta moves out of range.
Santos looks to land a combination but Bureta avoids it well.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bureta counters with a body kick that stops Santos in his tracks momentarily.
Bureta connects with the punch.
Santos misses with a combination
and Bureta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Santos really felt that one!
Bureta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bureta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to bum rush Bureta with a series of wild strikes but Bureta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bureta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bureta pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bureta counters with a body kick.
Crunch! Bureta slams his shin into Santos's torso.
Bureta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bureta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A solid body kick from Bureta.
Santos throws a right hand that Bureta ducks under and follows up with a left that Bureta also avoids with ease.
Bureta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bureta.
Bureta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Bureta misses with a kick to the body.
Bureta throws a head kick that Santos semi-blocks.
Bureta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Bureta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santos looks to land a combination but Bureta avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Bureta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santos misses with the combination.
Bureta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Santos avoids a kick to the body.
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Good leg kick by Bureta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bureta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bureta misses with a body kick.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta moves out of range.
Bureta pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bureta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
Bureta thuds his right hand into Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bureta.
Bureta throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.
Bureta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bureta.
Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bureta lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bureta lands with a kick to the temple. Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bureta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid body kick from Bureta.
Santos tries to bum rush Bureta with a series of wild strikes but Bureta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bureta throws a push kick but Santos slaps the foot to one side.
Bureta connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta avoids them all with ease.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bureta finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bureta, as that shot connected.
Bureta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos throws a right hand that Bureta ducks under and follows up with a left that Bureta also avoids with ease.
Santos avoids a kick to the body.
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta moves out of range.
Santos moves out of range as Bureta throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelemi Bureta dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bureta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Santos throws a right hand that Bureta ducks under and follows up with a left that Bureta also avoids with ease.
Santos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bureta counters with a body kick.
Bureta throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bureta is looking to land body kicks.
Bureta lands with a nice body kick.
Bureta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Bureta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bureta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bureta keeps Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bureta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
Bureta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bureta works the jab nicely.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bureta.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bureta throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bureta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bureta - that will leave a mark!
Santos blocks a head kick by Bureta.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bureta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bureta scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bureta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bureta counters with a thumping low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Bureta scores with a four punch combination!
Santos blocks the body kick.
Bureta throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bureta throws a front kick that sends Santos stumbling back into the cage.
Bureta looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bureta circles away quickly and effectively.
Bureta scores with a leg kick.
Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bureta.
A good leg kick by Bureta.
Bureta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santos's sensitive parts.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Bureta is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bureta.
Santos looks to land a combination but Bureta avoids it well.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bureta throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bureta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Bureta explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Bureta is looking to land body kicks.
Bureta throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Kelemi Bureta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bureta lands with a straight right. Santos didn't see that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bureta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bureta moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bureta slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos throws a right and a left that Bureta avoids nicely.
Bureta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bureta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santos. Santos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bureta.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Bureta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bureta scores with a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bureta.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bureta looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelemi Bureta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bureta scores with a spinning back kick!
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That kick from Bureta tenderised Santos's leg. Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Santos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bureta bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bureta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Bureta lands the left hand.
Bureta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bureta looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Bureta scores with a nice strike.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bureta. Santos shrugs it off though.
Bureta throws the kick towards the body but Santos avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bureta goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Bureta lands a front kick.
Bureta lands with a kick to the temple. Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta moves out of range.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Bureta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Santos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bureta lands a nice looking body kick.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Bureta backs away looking to recover.
Bureta fakes the leg kick and cracks Santos in the body.
Bureta throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Bureta connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bureta throws the kick towards the body but Santos avoids it.
Bureta throws a head kick that misses.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bureta cracks Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Bureta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bureta throws a series of strikes that have Santos backpedaling.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Bureta lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bureta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bureta throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a double jab
and Bureta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bureta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bureta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santos throws a series of punches but Bureta avoids them all with ease.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bureta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bureta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bureta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Santos's calf.
Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bureta to score with a decent uppercut.
Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid body kick from Bureta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos walks into a stiff left hand from Bureta.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bureta. Santos shrugs it off though.
Thiago Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Bureta.
Bureta slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Nice body kick from Bureta.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bureta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bureta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bureta. Bureta obviously looking to wear him down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kelemi Bureta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bureta 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelemi Bureta!
Kelemi Bureta decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.