PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Derfel Cadarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derfel Cadarn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cadarn
vs
Santana

167 cm
22
162 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

173 cm
23
158 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derfel Cadarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Santana!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Santana.
Santana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cadarn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rape Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Cadarn sizes up Santana with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Santana darts in and clinches Cadarn up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cadarn's brow.
Cadarn is looking to break free of the clinch but Santana has double underhooks.
Santana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cadarn's elbow.
Cadarn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santana struggles to land a body shot inside as Cadarn controls his hands.
Santana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Santana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Cadarn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cadarn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana moves out of range of the body kick.
Cadarn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cadarn. Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cadarn scoring well with a low kick there.
Cadarn cracks Santana with a right hand to the side of the head.
A head kick by Cadarn misses

and Santana counters by clinching up.

Cadarn breaks from the clinch.
Cadarn blocks a head kick by Santana.
Nice body kick there by Cadarn.

Santana has closed the distance and engaged Cadarn in a clinch.

Cadarn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cadarn throws the kick towards the body but Santana avoids it.
Santana wants to clinch.
Cadarn misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to clinch but Cadarn is having none of it.
Cadarn circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Cadarn.
Cadarn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana throws a head kick that misses
and Cadarn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Santana is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santana swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cadarn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santana blocks a head kick by Cadarn.
Cadarn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cadarn is looking to land body kicks.
Santana throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cadarn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cadarn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santana.
Cadarn avoids the head kick by Santana.
Santana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santana lands a high kick!
Santana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cadarn throws the kick towards the body but Santana avoids it.
Santana tries to clinch up
and Cadarn counters with a body kick that stops Santana in his tracks momentarily.
Santana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cadarn misses with a hook. Santana ducked under it nicely.
Santana displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cadarn misses with a kick to the body.
Santana throws a head kick that misses
and Cadarn makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Santana really felt that one!
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!
Cadarn tries a head kick but it misses.
Cadarn blocks a head kick by Santana.
Santana blocks a head kick by Cadarn.
Santana doesn't manage to clinch there - Cadarn circles away.
Cadarn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Santana holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santana keeps control of Cadarn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santana lands a nice knee to the body.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
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 Derfel Cadarn will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick misses from Cadarn.
Santana moves in looking to clinch but Cadarn pushes him off.
Derfel Cadarn is winning the standup battle so far.

Santana drives through and clinches with Cadarn against the cage.
Cadarn blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Santana trying to control the position but instead, Cadarn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santana into the cage.
Santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Cadarn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santana is looking to clinch but Cadarn is avoiding it.
Santana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santana throws a head kick that misses.
Cadarn tries a head kick but it misses.
Cadarn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana tries to clinch up but Cadarn circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadarn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana throws a head kick that misses.
Cadarn misses with a body shot.
Santana looks to land a combination but Cadarn avoids it well.
Santana throws a head kick that Cadarn semi-blocks.
Santana blocks a head kick by Cadarn.
Cadarn avoids the head kick by Santana.
Cadarn lands a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santana steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cadarn. That one must have hurt.
Santana takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cadarn swings for the body but Santana moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn throws a sloppy head kick and Santana moves out of range easily.
Cadarn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cadarn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santana if he has to take too many more of those.
Santana throws a head kick that Cadarn semi-blocks.
Santana scores with a three punch combo!

Cadarn is rocked!
Santana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oh Cadarn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Santana rushes Cadarn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santana.
Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santana lands an elbow inside.
Santana pushes off an throws an elbow but Cadarn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cadarn can't break the clinch.
Santana pushes Cadarn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Santana lands an elbow that stopped Cadarn in his tracks for a moment.
Cadarn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Cadarn is blocking nicely.
Cadarn wants to break free but Santana has control.
Nice elbow from Santana.
Santana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santana misses with a knee to the head.
Santana is breathing heavily.
Cadarn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, Santana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
Cadarn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Santana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cadarn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santana lands a right hand.
Santana misses with a knee to the head.
Cadarn wants to get back to striking at distance but Santana won't allow it.
Santana cracks Cadarn with a big elbow, right in the eye socket! Cadarn drops to his knees in obvious pain! The referee starts the count but it's plainly obvious that Cadarn isn't going to get back to his feet. The referee counts none the less and Santana struts around the mat, safe in the knowledge that this one is over. A big win for Santana!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Antonio Santana!
Our winner, Antonio Santana, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.