PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ez Muney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santi Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santi Santoro acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Muney
vs
Santoro

175 cm
27
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
28
156 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ez Muney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Santi Santoro!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro darts in looking for a takedown but Muney gets double underhooks and turns Santoro into the cage.
Muney lands with a nice combination. Santoro backs away looking to recover.
Santoro is trying hard to land a takedown here. Muney sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santoro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muney circles away quickly and effectively.
Muney misses with a wild body shot.

Santoro throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Muney was covering up waiting for the punch and Santoro finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Santoro preventing the sweep.
Santoro passes Muney's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Muney is refusing to be controlled, as Santoro sits in half guard.
Muney is trying to stand back up but Santoro is controlling him
Muney is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Santoro jumps into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Muney parries the strikes from Santoro easily there. Santoro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Muney to escape.
Santoro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Muney is looking to reverse the position.
Muney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santoro working the ground and pound from side control.
Santoro landing strikes.
Santoro lands a nice forearm strike.
Muney tries to improve position but can't.
Muney knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santoro on the ground.
Santoro working the body and head with strikes.
Santoro laying and praying for a moment but Muney takes advantage and regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Santoro lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Muney tries to kick Santoro off in order to stand up. Santoro Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Santoro lands some shots froms side control.
Muney is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Muney's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Santoro lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santoro works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muney takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Santoro lands some shots froms side control.
Muney is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Muney is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Santoro asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Santoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santoro cracks Muney with an elbow. That is naaassty.

It looks like Ez Muney has been cut.
Santoro looks up at the clock and then as Muney takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Santoro smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Santoro working the head and body with strikes.
Santoro scores with punches from side control.
Muney on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Muney tries to get out of the position.
Muney on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muney takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Muney is rocked!

Ez Muney's cut is getting worse.
Santoro trying to control the action but Muney is working from the bottom.
Santoro lands some shots froms side control.
Oh Muney is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ez Muney's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ez Muney's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Santi Santoro!
Santi Santoro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.