PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Datsik (ranked 3054 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Santana (ranked 8022 p4p, 0 weight class). Datsik comes to the cage accompanied by Classic. Santana has chosen Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Datsik
vs
Santana

179 cm
35
148 lbs
15 - 11 - 1

155 cm
22
142 lbs
1 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, David Datsik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, Marcus Santana!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Datsik feints and then cracks Santana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santana down.
Santana doesn't manage to clinch there - Datsik circles away.

Santana takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Datsik.
Santana throws a punch but it's blocked by Datsik.
Datsik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santana.
Datsik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Datsik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Datsik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Datsik misses with a body punch.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santana prevents a body shot from Datsik.
Datsik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Datsik.
Datsik lands with a right to the head.
Datsik lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Datsik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Datsik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Datsik lands a good knee to the midsection. Santana won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Datsik.
Santana throws a head punch that misses.
Santana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Santana fails to land.
Datsik is leaning against Santana and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Datsik scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santana prevents a body shot from Datsik.
Datsik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Santana working aggressively here.

Datsik manages to break the clinch.
Santana walks into a stiff left hand from Datsik.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Datsik throws a big counter combination but Santana scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Santana gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Datsik.
Datsik throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Datsik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Santana rushes Datsik and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Datsik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santana is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Datsik misses with a punch to the body.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Datsik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Datsik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santana lands a nice uppercut.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Datsik swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Datsik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marcus Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Datsik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santana needs to keep his hands up - Datsik had a free shot at his head there.

Santana drives through and clinches with Datsik against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Datsik obliges.
Datsik misses with a knee to the head.
Datsik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Datsik manages to break the clinch.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Datsik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Datsik connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to clinch up but Datsik circles away and keeps his distance.
Santana is looking to clinch but Datsik is avoiding it.

Santana closes the distance and pushes Datsik back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Datsik.
Datsik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Datsik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Datsik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Datsik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santana's face.
Santana has a couple of punches blocked by Datsik.
A head punch on the inside from Santana fails to land.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Santana lands with a right to the head.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Datsik.
Datsik misses with a body punch.
Datsik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santana throws a punch but it's blocked by Datsik.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Datsik uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana lands a right hand that snaps the head of Datsik backwards.
Still in the clinch, Santana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Datsik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Datsik stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Datsik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santanas head.
Datsik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Datsik is working Santana over against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santana throws a head punch that misses.
Datsik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Santana misses with the head strike.
Datsik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Datsik tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Datsik back against the cage.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Datsik uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Datsik can't find room to land a body shot as Santana controls the action.
Santana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Santana fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Datsik dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Datsik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Datsik is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Santana tries to clinch but Datsik is having none of it.
Datsik fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santana tries to clinch up
and Datsik counters with a big head kick but Santana shrugs it off.
David Datsik is winning the standup battle so far.

Santana has closed the distance and engaged Datsik in a clinch.
Santana misses with a punch on the inside.
Santana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Datsik.
Datsik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Datsik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santana can do to turn this around?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Datsik.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Datsik uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Datsik.
Datsik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Datsik lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Datsik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Datsik. That's going to slow Santana down.
Datsik lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Datsik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santana momentarily.

Santana is rocked!
Santana moves in looking to clinch but Datsik pushes him off.
Santana is still on wobbly legs! Can Datsik finish him?
Datsik circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Santana tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Datsik wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Datsik!
A relieved looking David Datsik thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.