PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 1784 p4p, 25 weight class) and Karin Olegav (ranked 20922 p4p, 107 weight class). Karin Olegav will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Santos
vs
Olegav

175 cm
36
137 lbs
37 - 13 - 1

186 cm
33
194 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Knockout power

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Karin Olegav!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos works on Olegav's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Santos as the two fighters clinch.
Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A frustrated look appears on Olegav's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santos.
Santos lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos taking a breather.
Santos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Olegav up against the ropes.
Santos seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Santos taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gustavo Santos.
Olegav misses the shot to the body.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Karin Olegav has been cut.

Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Santos is stalling here.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olegav or not.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Olegav's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santos taking a breather.
Olegav is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos works on Olegav's body with a couple of short punches.
Olegav trying to control the position but instead, Santos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Olegav into the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Santos.
Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santos holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a body punch.
Santos leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Santos.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Olegav misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Santos is struggling to control the position.
Santos is leaning against Olegav and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gustavo Santos.
Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Olegav at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A shot to the body from Olegav misses
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santos slips under a jab from Olegav.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Santos moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karin Olegav's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olegav.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Olegav backs away looking to recover.

Olegav gets tackled into the ropes by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
Santos presses Olegav against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gustavo Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Santos - that landed with a thud.
Santos stalls.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
The referee calls for Santos to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Santos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Santos.
A right hook to the body lands for Santos.
Olegav's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Santos.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Olegav being controlled against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Santos.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gustavo Santos.
Santos scores with a sloppy right hand. Olegav should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos forces Olegav back against the ropes and clinches.
Come on Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Santos is leaning against Olegav and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
Olegav is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olegav or not.
Olegav misses with an elbow strike.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olegav can do to turn this around?
Santos pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Santos stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Olegav up against the ropes.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olegav or not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gustavo Santos.
Santos scores with a hook to the body. Olegav takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Olegav gets tackled into the ropes by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
Olegav trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Santos.
Santos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Olegav backwards.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegav has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Olegav tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Olegav has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Santos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santos lands a body punch.
Santos leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Santos is pushing Olegav up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olegav wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karin Olegav's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos taking a breather.
Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Santos is pushing Olegav up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olegav backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olegav or not.
Santos lands a shot to the body.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Olegav can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olegav or not.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Olegav letting Santos take a breather here.
Santos cracks Olegav with a nice body shot.
Santos stalling.
Olegav trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegav wants to break free but Santos has control.
Santos holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gustavo Santos.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Olegav.
A bit of stalling here from Santos.
Olegav is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Olegav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Santos just leaning against Olegav, taking a breather.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olegav backwards.
Santos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Santos effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Santos.
Olegav being controlled against the ropes.
Olegav throws a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Santos.
Gustavo Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos is struggling to control the position.
A nice left hand lands by Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegav's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santos scores with a shoulder strike.
Olegav looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Olegav's ribcage. Olegav let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Santos.
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!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Santos stalling in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Santos!