PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linhares comes to the cage accompanied by Los Sicarios, Sokol, Koras - A veces. Santos has chosen Garota de Ipanema as his entrance music. Neymar Santos acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Linhares
vs
Santos

176 cm
35
165 lbs
33 - 15 - 1

175 cm
32
170 lbs
25 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Sully's Bar & Grill

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Linhares!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos dips to his left and cracks Linhares with an uppercut!
Linhares on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santos connects with a jab.
Linhares lands a glancing blow to the side of Santos's head.
Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Linhares throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Linhares counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Neymar Santos has been cut.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Linhares is looking to counter punch.
Santos's coach down at Fight Factory was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Santos's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Linhares walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.
Santos throws a hook to the side of Linhares's head but Linhares sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Linhares throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Linhares takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Linhares was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Linhares slips the punch.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Linhares's shoulder, as Linhares tries to avoid the shot.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linhares moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Linhares misses its target.
Santos throws a leg kick which misses Linhares's front leg but catches the back leg as Linhares tries to avoid it.
Santos throws a series of punches but Linhares moves out of range.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Linhares throws out the jab.
Linhares walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Linhares throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Santos lands with a straight right. Linhares didn't see that one coming.
Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Linhares slips under a jab.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares blocks a leg kick.
Linhares checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Santos throws a combination. Linhares tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Linhares throws out the jab.
Linhares missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Linhares counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Linhares misses with a looping right.
Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Santos tries to clinch up but Linhares circles away and keeps his distance.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos stalling.
Linhares blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Linhares.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Hector Linhares has been cut.
Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linhares backwards.
Linhares avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos tries a body shot but Linhares blocks it.
Linhares dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Linhares wants a takedown but no success here.
Santos is pressed up against the cage. Linhares has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Santos down to the mat. Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
A slow jab from Santos misses its intended target.
Neymar Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos misses with a left hand
and Linhares counters with a straight right hand.
Linhares throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Linhares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Santos clinches up with Linhares and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos blocks a body shot from Linhares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos lands with a light punch inside.
Linhares misses with some punches.
Linhares misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linhares's elbow.
Santos lands a nice elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Linhares.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Linhares creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Linhares prevents a body shot from Santos.
Linhares swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Santos lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Santos.
Linhares misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neymar Santos dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Linhares misses with an uppercut
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
A cross from Linhares lands.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linhares.
Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Santos.

Santos drives through and clinches with Linhares against the cage.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linhares pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Linhares.

Linhares breaks from the clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Linhares avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Neymar Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares misses with a wild body shot.
Santos motions for Linhares to come forward. Santos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Linhares misses with a hook.
A cross from Santos lands.
Linhares throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santos! But no joy.
Santos misses with a hook
and Linhares counters with a straight that turns Santos's legs to rubber! Linhares pushes forward with more strikes and Santos goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Linhares!
Hector Linhares retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Hector Linhares made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Neymar Santos stepped up to the mic, saying 'Merda!'.