PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Calirante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dixie Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calirante kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff. This should be a great matchup!

Calirante
vs
Small

174 cm
34
150 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

167 cm
25
155 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Sun-Tzu

MayheM sportswear
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Santiago Calirante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Small!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small drops his hands momentarily and Calirante takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Small lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A thudding body kick lands there by Calirante!
Small connects with a looping right hand.
Small lands a jab to Calirante's midsection.
Calirante has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Lightning Kicks (MaxID260K) in the buildup to the fight.
Small rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Calirante counters with a shoot takedown. Small fights it but they end up in guard.

Small is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Calirante is aware though and is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Small looking for a sweep. Not yet Small, not yet.
Calirante wants to control from the top but Small keeps moving.
Calirante engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Small trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Small is looking to sweep but instead, Calirante has passed into half guard.
Small wants to control but Calirante is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Small wants to improve his position but Calirante is controlling well.
Calirante trying to control the action but Small is working from the bottom.
Small gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Small throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Small is adopting a defensive guard.
Small avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Small looking for a sweep. Not yet Small, not yet.
Small keeping full guard, as Calirante tries to pass.
Calirante has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Calirante keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Small's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small looking to control but Calirante passes into half guard.
Calirante is looking to take a break and control but Small is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Small is trying to control but can't.
Calirante not doing much here.
Calirante throwing shots but Small is blocking nicely.
Calirante throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Small to regain full guard.
Small has his hands on Calirante's head, controlling the position.
Small looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Calirante throwing strikes but missing.
Calirante throws a strike but Small rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Calirante keeping moving, preventing Small from controlling successfully.
Calirante manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Small manages to get himself to full guard.

Small not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Calirante works over Small with some ground and pound from guard.
Calirante missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Calirante throws an elbow that misses. Small uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Calirante's guard. Nice move by Small!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Calirante dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Small closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Small working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Calirante taking punishment in the form of punches.
Calirante managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Small.
Calirante wants to control but Small postures up.
Calirante is trying to improve his position.
Calirante is not content to let Small control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calirante avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Small.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calirante is not content to let Small control the position.
Small cracks Calirante with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Calirante is trying to improve his position.
Small landing a few strikes.
Calirante is looking for a sweep.
Small working the head and body with strikes.
Calirante is not content to let Small control the position.
You can see the frustration on Calirante's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Calirante tries to improve position but can't.

Small is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Calirante knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dixie Small has got the better of the ground game so far.
Calirante is trying to get back to half guard.
Small lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Calirante is looking for a sweep.
Calirante wants to control but Small postures up.
Small throwing strikes but Calirante manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Small regains full guard. Nicely done.
Calirante postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calirante scoring with punches to the head and body.
Calirante lands a couple of elbows.
Calirante pushing down on Small's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Calirante missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Small manages to get to full guard.
Calirante throwing strikes from guard but Small blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calirante is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Small working a defensive guard here.
Calirante won't allow Small to sweep him here.
Calirante trying to control the position from guard on top but Small is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Small controls Calirante momentarily but Calirante frees himself.

Small is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dixie Small showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Calirante.
Small digs a good hook to Calirante's body.
Calirante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Small.
Small lands a jab-cross combination.
Small tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Small forces Calirante back against the cage and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Calirante takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small is looking to take this one to the mat.
Small wants a takedown but no success here.
Small takes a shot to the head.
Calirante prevents a takedown attempt there.
Santiago Calirante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dixie Small.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calirante is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Small gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Calirante being controlled against the cage.
Small is looking for a takedown.
Small drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Calirante gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Calirante can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.

Small has Calirante pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Small pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Calirante tumbling to the mat - Small dives into Calirante's guard.
Calirante controls Small momentarily but Small frees himself.
Calirante wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calirante is working hard here to advance position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Small accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Small throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Calirante not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Calirante wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Small's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Calirante is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Small throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Small is looking to work some ground and pound but Calirante has wrist control.
Small is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Calirante has control of Small's left arm, preventing Small from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calirante keeping full guard, as Small tries to pass.
Small missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Calirante trying to keep a closed guard but Small is proving a slippery customer.
Calirante controlling Small's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Small takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Dixie Small has been cut.
Calirante throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A slow jab from Calirante misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small throws out a powerful jab.
Calirante gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Calirante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dixie Small seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calirante lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Small cracks Calirante with an open hand slap.
Small moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Small lands with an uppercut that bounces Calirante off the cage and back into range.
Small with a lazy takedown attempt

and Calirante counters with a head kick that drops Small to the mat! Small scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Small is rocked!
Calirante walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Small drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Calirante swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Small's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Calirante!
Santiago Calirante decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Dixie Small had this to say: 'It was a good win, but nevertheless, I'll still be bringing home my opponent's girl . Don't feel left out man. And as usual, we'll be making a pov video for all you fans out there. Sayonara'.