PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Pin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedro Santiago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santiago
vs
Pin

175 cm
20
142 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
20
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Pin!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pin misses with an uppercut.
Pin lands a slapping body shot.
Pin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King Pin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pin works Santiago's body with a nice hook.
Pin just misses with a punch to the body.
Pin stuns Santiago with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A combination from Pin does no damage.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Pin keeps it at a distance.
Pin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santiago checks it well.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Pin circles away.
Santiago walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Pin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santiago circles away quickly and effectively.
Pin lands with a hook. Santiago tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santiago moves out of range of the strikes.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santiago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago wants to clinch.
Pin throws a jab but it's blocked by Santiago.
Santiago slips a jab and a cross from Pin.
Pin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Pin keeps it at a distance.
Santiago ducks under a wild hook from Pin.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Pin keeps it at a distance.
Pin misses with a straight right.
Santiago moves in looking to clinch but Pin pushes him off.
Santiago wants to clinch.
Pin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Santiago counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Santiago obliges.
Santiago unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pin is trying to push Santiago away but Santiago has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pin presses Santiago against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pin's coach down at 11th Planet MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Pin.
Santiago lands a damaging elbow.
Pin can't find room to land a body shot as Santiago controls the action.
Santiago tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pin avoids it.
Pin misses with the head strike.

Pin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santiago is looking to clinch.
Pin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santiago moves away.
Pin cracks Santiago with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Santiago wants to clinch.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Pin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santiago moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Pin.
Santiago misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pin.
A right hand to the body from Pin.
Santiago trying to land knees to the body.
Santiago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Santiago.
Pin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Pin.
Santiago prevents a body shot from Pin.

Pin manages to break the clinch.
Pin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santiago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Pin tries to keep at a distance but Santiago has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santiago lands an uppercut.
Santiago creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pin's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pin tries to work over Santiago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santiago.
Santiago misses with a knee strike.
Pin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago has Pin pressed against the cage, preventing Pin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pin scores with a hook to the body.
Pin lands with a right to the head.
Santiago lands an elbow inside.
Santiago lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pin struggles to land a body shot inside as Santiago controls his hands.
Santiago blocks an elbow strike.
Santiago blocks a body shot from Pin.
A right hand to the body from Pin.
Santiago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santiago lands a nice elbow.
Pin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santiago pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Santiago obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santiago lands a damaging elbow.
Pin tries to break free but Santiago pushes him back against the cage.
Pin blocks an elbow strike from Santiago.
Santiago scores a nice knee to the body.
Pin misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but King Pin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pin lands a nice shot to the body.
King Pin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Pin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Pin circles away.
Santiago on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Pin is avoiding it.
Pin takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
Santiago takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago staying out of range there.
Pin lands a right hook to the body.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Pin circles away.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Pin circles away.
Santiago on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santiago checks a leg kick nicely.
Pin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Pin keeps it at a distance.
Pin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Pin does no damage.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pin throws a lazy right hand but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pin keeps the fight on the outside.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Pin is avoiding it.
Pin tries a low kick but Santiago avoids it.
Pin tries to bum rush Santiago with a series of wild strikes but Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santiago wants to clinch.
A lazy left from Pin finds it's target.
Santiago takes one to the side of the head.
Santiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pin.
Santiago wants to clinch.
Santiago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago slips a straight right by Pin.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago tries to clinch but Pin is having none of it.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pin lands a nice shot that snaps Santiago's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago defending well as Pin loads up on a big left hand.
Pin throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Pin throws a shot to the body.
Santiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pin.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Pin is avoiding it.
Santiago dodges the punch combination from Pin.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pin misses with an uppercut. Santiago saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santiago is out of range.
Pin keeps the fight on the outside.
Santiago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pin.
Santiago moves in looking to clinch but Pin pushes him off.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Pin throws a nice looking combination but Santiago bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pin lunges at Santiago with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Santiago's hand.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Pin circles away.
Santiago defending well as Pin loads up on a big left hand.
Pin just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Pin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santiago doesn't seem phased though.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Pin misses with an uppercut. Santiago saw that one coming.
Pin circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Pin circles away.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Pin circles away and keeps his distance.
Pin misses with a body shot.
Pin works Santiago's body with a nice hook.
A big left from Pin misses.
Santiago tries to clinch but Pin is having none of it.
Pin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pin throws a big shot that misses.
Pin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Pin. Those never looked like landing.
Pin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santiago manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santiago moves in looking to clinch but Pin pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Pin circles away.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Pin thows a body shot but no joy.

Santiago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Pin 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pin throws a big shot that misses.
Pin swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Pin scores with a jab to the body.
Pin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santiago tries to clinch but Pin is having none of it.
Pin misses with a two punch combination.

Santiago drives through and clinches with Pin against the cage.
Pin tries to work over Santiago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pin tries a body shot but Santiago blocks it.
Pedro Santiago has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pin tries to circle away but Santiago has him pinned against the cage.
Pin gets through Santiago's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Santiago.

It looks like King Pin has been cut.
Santiago prevents a body shot from Pin.
Santiago throws an elbow that misses.
Santiago landing knees to the head.
Santiago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pin tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Pin back against the cage.
Santiago tries to land knees in the clinch but Pin avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pin lands a left hand.
Pin managing to block the knees to the body from Santiago.
Pin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
Santiago gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pin takes an elbow to the temple.
Pin lands an uppercut.
Pin is trying to break the clinch but Santiago has him pressed against the cage.
Santiago lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pin can't break the clinch.
Santiago lands an elbow inside.

Pin is rocked!
Pin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santiago lands a good knee to the midsection. Pin won't want to take too many of those.
Pin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santiago lands an elbow just above Pin 's eye.
Pin is still on wobbly legs! Can Santiago finish him?
A knee to the head by Santiago.
Pin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Santiago.
Santiago lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago has Pin pressed against the cage. He pushes Pin back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Santiago throws a beautiful elbow that sends Pin crashing to the floor! Santiago piles on the pressure with more strikes! Pin is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Santiago!
Pedro Santiago bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.