PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santana might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Check My Swag. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Santana
vs
Boyka

173 cm
31
159 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

160 cm
46
154 lbs
45 - 25 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 25 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana connects with a body shot.
Santana on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good leg kick by Santana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Santana throws a sloppy head kick and Boyka moves out of range easily.

Santana fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boyka, pushing him back against the cage.
Boyka tries to work over Santana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boyka swings wildly with an uppercut but Santana uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Santana.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Boyka blocks an uppercut.
Santana has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boyka.
Santana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Santana.
Santana lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boyka backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boyka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Santana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Santana - that will leave a mark!
Boyka avoids the head kick by Santana.
Boyka doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Boyka jabs Santana to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Santana lands with an overhand left.
Santana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boyka. That did some damage!
Santana slips under a jab from Boyka.
Santana tried to counter with a leg kick but Boyka avoided it.
Yuri Boyka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boyka.
Santana cracks Boyka with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Santana catches Boyka with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Yuri Boyka has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santana.
Boyka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Boyka.
An inside leg kick from Santana misses.
A shot to the body from Boyka misses
and Santana counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Santana closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Boyka.
Boyka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boyka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana prevents a body shot from Boyka.
Santana throws a punch but it's blocked by Boyka.
Santana lands with a short shot to the head.
Santana lands a nice uppercut.
Santana lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boyka backwards.
Santana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boyka lands a body punch.
Santana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyka's elbow.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boyka throws a head punch that misses.
Boyka tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Boyka back against the cage.
Santana softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boyka has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.
Boyka takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Santana scores with a nice short uppercut.

Boyka is rocked!
Santana misses with the head strike.
Boyka is still on wobbly legs! Can Santana finish him?
Boyka blocks an uppercut.
Santana creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Boyka's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Boyka drops to his knees and Santana pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Santana!
After winning the bout, Antonio Santana thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.