PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnathon Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muriel Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Remenber The Name . Muriel Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrington
vs
Santana

208 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 5 - 2

175 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 2 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnathon Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Muriel Santana !
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santana darts in and clinches Harrington up against the cage.
Harrington has Santana pressed against the cage, preventing Santana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrington stalling against the cage.
Santana is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santana is pressed up against the cage. Harrington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Santana down to the mat. Santana avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Muriel Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harrington drives through and clinches with Santana against the cage.

Harrington gets control of Santana 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Harrington will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Santana preventing the sweep.
Santana is fighting to break Harrington's control of his arms but Harrington is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Harrington really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santana wants to get up but he can't break Harrington's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington is controlling Santana 's posture.
Santana stopping the sweep attempt from Harrington.
Harrington looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Harrington working for submissions but it's allowed Santana to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana blocks the strikes from Harrington.
Harrington keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Santana seems to be looking for submissions.
Harrington keeping hold of Santana 's head, controlling as best he can.
Harrington is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Santana 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Santana 's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrington has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Santana is in real trouble here. Harrington gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Santana is tapping out! Harrington wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Johnathon Harrington!