PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santos (ranked 2080 p4p, 249 weight class) and Padraig Harrington (ranked 2674 p4p, 305 weight class). Harrington has chosen The Game feat. Skrilex - El Chapo as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Santos
vs
Harrington

188 cm
26
204 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

186 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Harrington!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Harrington.
Harrington lands the left hand.
Harrington takes one on the button.
A shot to the body from Santos misses
and Harrington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrington throws an off balance right hand
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've been hearing reports that Santos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Santos.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harrington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big right from Santos misses.
The fighters circling - Harrington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Harrington napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Harrington wants to get back to his feet but Santos drags him back down.
A lull in the action here as Santos stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington wants to get back to his feet but Santos drags him back down.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos advances to full mount.
Harrington's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
Santos landing punches.
Santos controlling the pace for now.
Harrington taking shots to the head.

It looks like Padraig Harrington has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrington wants to get back to his feet.
Harrington is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
Santos content just to control the position here.
Harrington is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos content just to control the position here.
Harrington is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
You get the feeling that Harrington really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Santos wants to control the pace but Harrington is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrington is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Santos looking to control but Harrington is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Harrington's face.
Santos connects with a bit shot that sees Harrington covering up! More strikes from Santos and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Santos is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorge Santos!
A victorious Jorge Santos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.