PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pit Mies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mies comes into the arena with Condemned 84 - Face the agression blaring out of the sound system. Santiago has chosen Asesinos - Los Crudos as his entrance music. Santiago has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Antonio Santiago was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Mies
vs
Santiago

173 cm
26
186 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

188 cm
42
198 lbs
30 - 14 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pit Mies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mies looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Santiago.
Mies is trying to get back to half guard.
Santiago has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Mies!
Mies is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Academia Ipanema, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Santiago pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santiago fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mies wants to control but Santiago is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mies really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mies in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies is trying desperately to improve position.
Santiago landing strikes, looking to finish!

Mies is rocked!
Mies is looking to get to half guard.
Oh Mies is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santiago looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Mies covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Santiago!
A relieved looking Antonio Santiago thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Pit Mies spoke after the fight, saying 'I will be back stronger!'.