PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Kurabas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurabas comes to the cage accompanied by Wavy. Jorge Kurabas had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kurabas
vs
Santos

172 cm
19
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Red Light Coffeeshop - Q160/$250

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jorge Kurabas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Kurabas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kurabas with a hook.
Santos jabs Kurabas right on the nose. Kurabas blinks but takes it well.
Santos's corner calls for a 1-2. Santos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Santos moves out of range as Kurabas strikes.
Kurabas connects with the punch.
Kurabas works the jab nicely.
Kurabas missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kurabas throws a sloppy body shot
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kurabas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurabas scores with a hook.
Kurabas throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Santos misses with a looping right.
Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kurabas misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kurabas.
Santos cracks Kurabas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kurabas throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
Santos throws out a counter right but Kurabas avoids it with no problem.
Santos scores with a jab.
Santos slips a jab from Kurabas.
Kurabas thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Santos responds with a good body kick, but Kurabas manages to step out the way in time.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Kurabas is out of range.
Kurabas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kurabas catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kurabas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos staying out of range there.
Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurabas connects with a jab.
Kurabas scores with a shot to the body.
Santos slips a straight right by Kurabas.
Kurabas throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Jorge Kurabas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kurabas has time to react.
Santos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kurabas misses with the combination.
Kurabas defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.
Kurabas is looking to counter punch.
Santos lands an overhand right.
Kurabas throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice cross by Kurabas.
Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Kurabas is rocked!
Santos throws a leg kick but Kurabas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kurabas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kurabas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
A big left from Kurabas misses.
Kurabas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kurabas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurabas moves forwards but Santos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurabas was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
A left lands for Kurabas.
Santos avoids the body shot from Kurabas.
Kurabas misses with a hook.
Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kurabas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Santos finds it's way round the side to connect with Kurabas's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Kurabas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from Kurabas misses.
Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Santos slips a straight right by Kurabas.
Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kurabas with a jab.
Kurabas just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos throws an off balance right hand
and Kurabas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurabas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Santos walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos swings for the body but Kurabas moves out of range.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kurabas throws a big shot that misses.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Kurabas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Kurabas.
Kurabas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kurabas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Santos motions for Kurabas to come forward. Santos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kurabas throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Kurabas needs to keep his hands up - Santos had a free shot at his head there.
Kurabas throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kurabas misses the body punch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kurabas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Santos thows a leg kick but Kurabas checks it
and Kurabas counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jorge Kurabas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santos blocks a jab.
A jab lands there for Kurabas.
Santos swings for the body but Kurabas moves out of range.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Kurabas's shoulder, as Kurabas tries to avoid the shot.
Kurabas lands with a nice body punch.
Santos defending well as Kurabas loads up on a big left hand.
Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santos defending well as Kurabas loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kurabas throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Santos throws a leg kick but Kurabas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kurabas throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kurabas. Kurabas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed right hand from Kurabas misses the target.
A cross from Kurabas lands.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Santos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kurabass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands with an overhand left.
Kurabas throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kurabas.
Santos scores with the left hand. Kurabas knows he should have avoided that one.
Kurabas misses with a wild body shot.
Kurabas takes one to the chin there.
Kurabas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kurabas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurabas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kurabas counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
Kurabas was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kurabas just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurabas throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Kurabas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kurabas misses with an uppercut
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kurabas misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kurabas ducks right into an uppercut from Santos.
Oh Kurabas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kurabas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kurabas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos throws the left hand but Kurabas avoids the punch easily.
Kurabas seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Kurabas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kurabas scores with a nice strike.
Good shot there by Santos.
Kurabas misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Kurabas misses the target.
Santos moves forwards but Kurabas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kurabas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Kurabas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurabas misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Kurabas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kurabas shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Kurabas to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Kurabas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kurabas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santos doesn't seem phased though.
Santos looks to land a left hand but Kurabas moved out of range nicely.
Kurabas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Kurabas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos misses with a hook. Kurabas ducked under it nicely.
Jorge Kurabas is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Kurabas.
Kurabas was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kurabas throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Kurabas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurabas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
A little jabbing left from Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Santos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kurabas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kurabas looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos ducks right into an uppercut from Kurabas.
Kurabas misses with an uppercut.
Kurabas scores with a nice strike.
Kurabas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Kurabas lands with an uppercut that bounces Santos off the cage and back into range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santos scores with a jab.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Kurabas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Kurabas dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kurabas throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Kurabas slips a straight right by Santos.
Kurabas misses with a two punch combination.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kurabas.
Kurabas misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.
Kurabas just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Santos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kurabas.
Kurabas throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Kurabas is out of range.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kurabas manages to avoid it.
Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurabas is just out of range.
Kurabas looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kurabas.
Kurabas drops his hands momentarily and Santos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kurabas.
Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kurabas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santos scrambles back to his feet.

Santos has Kurabas up against the cage in a clinch.
Kurabas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kurabas lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos slows down the pace here.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kurabas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daniel Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jorge Kurabas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Santos.
Kurabas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.

Kurabas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kurabas walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurabas scores with a jab.
Santos motions for Kurabas to come forward. Santos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos misses with a looping left.

Santos drops Kurabas with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Kurabas looks back up at him and smiles so Santos waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurabas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kurabas misses with a wild body shot.
Kurabas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos drops Kurabas with a naaaaasty hook - Kurabas is in real trouble here! Santos dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Santos!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Daniel Santos made sure he mentioned Red Light Coffeeshop - Q160/$250, along with how happy he was to win his fight.