PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Los Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Messer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Messer has chosen The sound of a chainsaw revving up!!!! as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

De Los Santos
vs
Messer

192 cm
26
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
252 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcos De Los Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Messer!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Los Santos's hands.
De Los Santos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Messer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Los Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Messer.
Marcos De Los Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Los Santos misses with a takedown
and Messer counters with a nice uppercut.
De Los Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
De Los Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Messer to score with a decent uppercut.
Messer connects with a body shot that sends De Los Santos's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Messer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Messer connects with a single shot there.
Messer throws a lazy right hand but De Los Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Los Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Messer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Messer cracks De Los Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

De Los Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
De Los Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Messer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Messer is looking for a sweep. De Los Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Los Santos lands with a punch from half guard.
De Los Santos is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Messer is hurt! He's hurt bad - De Los Santos fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Messer from any more punishment! Congratulations to De Los Santos! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos De Los Santos!
After the fight, Marcos De Los Santos was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Jeff Messer was interviewed post fight and said 'Lumberjack sad.......'.