PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Libio Do Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Conchito Alonso might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to War - The Cisco Kid . Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antonio Conchito Alonso
vs
Do Santos

184 cm
28
200 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

196 cm
26
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Libio Do Santos !
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conchito Alonso shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Do Santos as he avoids it easily.
Do Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Do Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Do Santos throws a head kick but Conchito Alonso moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Do Santos blocks the leg kick.
Do Santos moves forwards but Conchito Alonso connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Do Santos lands a jab.
Do Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Conchito Alonso counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Do Santos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Conchito Alonso 's head.
Do Santos tries to land a front kick but Conchito Alonso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Do Santos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Conchito Alonso counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Conchito Alonso clinches up against the cage.
Do Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Conchito Alonso .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conchito Alonso blocks the elbow strike.
Conchito Alonso dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchito Alonso digs a right hand underneath Do Santos 's ribcage. Do Santos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Do Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Conchito Alonso is working for takedown but Do Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Do Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Conchito Alonso tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso . That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot in the inside from Conchito Alonso .
Conchito Alonso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Conchito Alonso lands with a left to the head.
Do Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Conchito Alonso is trying to trip Do Santos . He has hold of a leg but Do Santos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Conchito Alonso persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Do Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Conchito Alonso doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Do Santos is tightening it up a little... Conchito Alonso has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Conchito Alonso reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Conchito Alonso taps out! Nice BJJ there by Do Santos !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Libio Do Santos !
Libio Do Santos really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Red Light Coffeeshop - Q160/$250 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
The defeated Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso had this to say: 'Caramba!'.