PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Santoyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papas Kanamun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santoyo comes to the cage accompanied by Roots Bloody Roots. Papas Kanamun will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Santoyo
vs
Kanamun

183 cm
21
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

199 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Mystic Clothing
Machine Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Santoyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Papas Kanamun!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoyo swats away the attempt to clinch by Kanamun.
Santoyo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kanamun swinging wildly here.
Kanamun misses with a wild combination.

Santoyo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Kanamun makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanamun gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Santoyo counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santoyo is trying to trip Kanamun. He has hold of a leg but Kanamun is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Santoyo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Santoyo is breathing heavily.

Kanamun looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santoyo postures up.
Santoyo trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kanamun manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Kanamun is looking to work some ground and pound but Santoyo has wrist control.
Kanamun pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santoyo is keeping the position for now.
Kanamun pushing down on Santoyo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Santoyo is looking to escape.
Kanamun thows a huge punch but Santoyo dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanamun missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santoyo strikes from the bottom but Kanamun uses the opportunity to move to side control.

Kanamun tries for a kimura but Santoyo is defending well.
Santoyo wants to control but Kanamun postures up.
Santoyo defending against the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santoyo is not content to let Kanamun control the position.

Kanamun thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
My spies in Sentinel Sparring inform me that Kanamun has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santoyo is holding Kanamun down, trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santoyo trying to control but Kanamun flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Kanamun has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kanamun throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Santoyo covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Kanamun wants to control but Santoyo is keeping busy.

Santoyo is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Kanamun gets his way!
Kanamun missing with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoyo trying to control the hands but Kanamun breaks the grip.

Kanamun has got one arm under Santoyo's chin. This could be trouble... Santoyo trying to control the other hand but Kanamun gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Santoyo has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Papas Kanamun!