PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gorilla Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorilla Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras's chin.

Santos
vs
Subestime O Palmeiras

157 cm
27
138 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

162 cm
38
135 lbs
23 - 33 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gorilla Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Palmeiras manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts O Palmeiras as he jumps to the side.

O Palmeiras closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
O Palmeiras working Santos over with strikes.
Still in half guard, O Palmeiras seems content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Palmeiras looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos has hold of O Palmeiras's hands but O Palmeiras slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
O Palmeiras seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos trying to hold on to O Palmeiras's head to control him but O Palmeiras postures up.
O Palmeiras takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santos is trying to stand back up but O Palmeiras is controlling him

O Palmeiras maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Santos could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but O Palmeiras has cracked it and Santos is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by O Palmeiras!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras!
Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.