PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex De Paiva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes to the cage accompanied by RADIOACTIVE. Alex De Paiva Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jenkins
vs
De Paiva Santos

186 cm
39
200 lbs
32 - 16 - 3

189 cm
34
195 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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 32 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex De Paiva Santos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

De Paiva Santos lands a high kick to the side of Jenkins's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! De Paiva Santos dives into guard, looking to finish.

Jenkins is rocked!

It looks like Bruce Jenkins has been cut.

Jenkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Paiva Santos is aware though and is defending well.
Oh Jenkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jenkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Jenkins seems to have got his legs back now.

Jenkins is looking for a triangle but De Paiva Santos pushes his legs off easily.
De Paiva Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jenkins is really struggling to control De Paiva Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Jenkins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
De Paiva Santos wants to control from the top but Jenkins keeps moving.
Jenkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Paiva Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jenkins is keeping the position for now.

Jenkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Paiva Santos is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jenkins looking to control.
De Paiva Santos passes into half guard.
Ground and pound from De Paiva Santos.
Jenkins wants to control but De Paiva Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jenkins tries to get to full guard but De Paiva Santos has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins is looking to control De Paiva Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jenkins avoid being mounted?
De Paiva Santos tries to pass to full mount but Jenkins defends it.
De Paiva Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Jenkins is defending against the submission attempts here by De Paiva Santos.
Jenkins is controlling De Paiva Santos's trapped leg to prevent De Paiva Santos from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jenkins keeps working.
Jenkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jenkins is trying to maintain the position but De Paiva Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
De Paiva Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
De Paiva Santos is thwarting Jenkins's attempts to control the position.
Jenkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Jenkins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Paiva Santos is working away from the top position though.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jenkins knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
De Paiva Santos passes to side control.

De Paiva Santos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jenkins knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jenkins struggling a bit here.
Jenkins tries to bench press De Paiva Santos off him but De Paiva Santos keeps the position.
Jenkins sneaks back into half guard.

De Paiva Santos has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Jenkins defend it? De Paiva Santos steps over the head and cranks it - Jenkins is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for De Paiva Santos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alex De Paiva Santos!
A very excited looking Alex De Paiva Santos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.