PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Espo Jaksinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Garota de Ipanema. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Jaksinen
vs
Santos

182 cm
28
169 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

175 cm
31
170 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

King of Fists

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Espo Jaksinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaksinen looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Santos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Santos is looking to slow Jaksinen down with leg kicks.
Santos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Jaksinen instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jaksinen blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jaksinen lands a right hand.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jaksinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jaksinen blocks the elbow strike.
Santos working aggressively here.
Santos is leaning against Jaksinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaksinen.
Santos blocks a body shot from Jaksinen.
Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos misses with the head strike.
Jaksinen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Espo Jaksinen has been cut.
Jaksinen takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaksinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jaksinen shrugs off.
Jaksinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Santos.
Jaksinen is breathing heavily.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Still in the clinch, Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jaksinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaksinen pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jaksinen misses with some punches.
A short right from Santos.
Jaksinen misses with some punches.
Jaksinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Santos.
A short right from Jaksinen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Santos.
Jaksinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jaksinen shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos pushes Jaksinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Jaksinen is rocked!
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Jaksinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jaksinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaksinen.
Jaksinen misses with the head strike.
Jaksinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jaksinen's defenses.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Jaksinen throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santos.
Jaksinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Santos.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Jaksinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Jaksinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaksinen's elbow.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaksinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jaksinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaksinen misses with a body punch.
Jaksinen misses with some punches.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos trying to control the position but instead, Jaksinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos into the cage.
Jaksinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jaksinen takes a shot to the head.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Jaksinen controls the action.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jaksinen tries to throw a body punch but Santos avoids it by throwing Jaksinen back against the cage.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos lands a body punch.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jaksinen.
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Jaksinen misses with some punches.
Jaksinen tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos pushes Jaksinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Jaksinen controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Jaksinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaksinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaksinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaksinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jaksinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neymar Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Espo Jaksinen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos cracks Jaksinen on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Jaksinen falls backwards against the cage. Santos follows up with more strikes that drop Jaksinen to his knees. Santos keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Jaksinen! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neymar Santos!
Neymar Santos thanked the fans post fight for their support.