PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lamont Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santo Cristo comes to the cage accompanied by Que país é esse?. Hawkins has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

De Santo Cristo
vs
Hawkins

174 cm
32
165 lbs
17 - 18 - 1

174 cm
39
164 lbs
26 - 14 - 2

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

King of Clothes

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Lamont Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawkins.
Hawkins thumps De Santo Cristo with a low kick.
De Santo Cristo lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo misses the shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo misses with a body shot.

De Santo Cristo gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawkins wants to get back to full guard.
De Santo Cristo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hawkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Santo Cristo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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!
De Santo Cristo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
De Santo Cristo is landing with some decent strikes but Hawkins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by De Santo Cristo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins tries to reverse the position but De Santo Cristo maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Santo Cristo looking to finish Hawkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hawkins!
Hawkins is squirming around, avoiding De Santo Cristo's attempts to control the action.
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but De Santo Cristo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Santo Cristo lands a nice shot to the head.

De Santo Cristo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hawkins manages to avoid the submission attempt.

De Santo Cristo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
De Santo Cristo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawkins down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo working the ground and pound from side control.
Hawkins is trying to control De Santo Cristo's posture but De Santo Cristo avoids it.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
De Santo Cristo lands a few punches from side control.
De Santo Cristo scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

De Santo Cristo is trying to get an arm triangle but Hawkins is defending well.
Hawkins dodges the ground and pound from De Santo Cristo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins tries to improve position but can't.
Hawkins can't do much from the bottom here.
Hawkins is looking to reverse the position.

De Santo Cristo is trying to get an arm triangle but Hawkins is defending well.
Hawkins is trying to control De Santo Cristo's posture but De Santo Cristo avoids it.
Hawkins gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Santo Cristo lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins actively working from the bottom here.
Hawkins trying to control here.

Hawkins actively working from the bottom here.
De Santo Cristo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
De Santo Cristo trying to control from Hawkins's half guard. Hawkins has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
De Santo Cristo is in close to Hawkins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Santo Cristo throws a good cross that connects.
Hawkins misses with a wild body shot.
De Santo Cristo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Santo Cristo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hawkins throws out the jab.
De Santo Cristo scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawkins should have avoided that one.
De Santo Cristo lands with a right hand.
De Santo Cristo throws a right and a left that Hawkins avoids nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Hawkins as De Santo Cristo shoots in.
A big right from De Santo Cristo misses.

De Santo Cristo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hawkins's half guard.
Hawkins tries to push off, looking to stand up, but De Santo Cristo manages to move to mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Santo Cristo working the ground and pound effectively.
Hawkins is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but De Santo Cristo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hawkins is squirming around, avoiding De Santo Cristo's attempts to control the action.
Hawkins is desperately trying to improve his position but De Santo Cristo has a good base and remains in mount.
De Santo Cristo lands a nice shot to the head.
De Santo Cristo landing shots from mount.
De Santo Cristo trying to control but Hawkins is having none of it.
De Santo Cristo unloading with bombs!
Lamont Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawkins is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Santo Cristo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Santo Cristo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hawkins?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawkins is in a horrible position here. De Santo Cristo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Hawkins is rocked!
A big strike lands for De Santo Cristo! That's really hurt Hawkins and he's turned his back - De Santo Cristo keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! De Santo Cristo jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao De Santo Cristo!
During a confident post fight interview, Joao De Santo Cristo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Lamont Hawkins was interviewed post fight and said 'Wu Tang fuh evah!'.