PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uniesky Santaban (ranked 2169 p4p, 268 weight class) and HR Paperstacks (ranked 22643 p4p, 518 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santaban
vs
Paperstacks

195 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uniesky Santaban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, HR Paperstacks!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santaban scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like HR Paperstacks has been cut.

Santaban has taken the fight to the clinch.
Paperstacks looking to throw knees to the head but Santaban is blocking nicely.
Paperstacks prevents Santaban from breaking the clinch.

Santaban breaks from the clinch.
Jab, jab by Santaban - just one landing.
Santaban throws a hook to the side of Paperstacks's head but Paperstacks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santaban misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santaban, right into the meat.
Paperstacks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santaban is looking for a counter combo.
Nice defenses there by Paperstacks.
Paperstacks drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Santaban defends it well.
Paperstacks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paperstacks moves out of range of the strikes.
Santaban has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santaban there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santaban displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paperstacks.
Santaban comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Santaban gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paperstacks to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santaban is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Paperstacks throws a big right hand that misses.
Paperstacks throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santaban works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Santaban looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Paperstacks prevents Santaban from getting back to his feet.
Paperstacks lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santaban is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Paperstacks dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paperstacks is trying to ground and pound but Santaban uses the momentary lack of control by Paperstacks to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paperstacks prevents Santaban from improving his position.
Paperstacks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Santaban makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Uniesky Santaban is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santaban scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paperstacks is defended easily by Santaban.
Santaban looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santaban swinging wildly here.
Paperstacks fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santaban avoids it really well and circles away.
Uniesky Santaban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of HR Paperstacks.
Paperstacks darts in looking for a takedown but Santaban gets double underhooks and turns Paperstacks into the cage.
Santaban throws a hook but Paperstacks blocks it.
Paperstacks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santaban throws out the jab.

Paperstacks shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santaban is trying to defend but Paperstacks finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Paperstacks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santaban defends it well.
Santaban is trying to stand up here but Paperstacks is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santaban makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Santaban fails to land with a series of punches.
Paperstacks is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Paperstacks slips a straight right by Santaban.
Santaban walks into a straight right hand from Paperstacks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paperstacks misses with the combination.

Paperstacks closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Paperstacks lands in his opponent's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Santaban manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uniesky Santaban dominated that round.
The cut man is working on HR Paperstacks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Santaban lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santaban.
Santaban looks to land a right hand but Paperstacks moved out of range.
Santaban's corner calls for a 1-2. Santaban obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Santaban misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Paperstacks counters with a crisp one two that drops Santaban! Paperstacks thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Santaban to his feet! Santaban is in big trouble!

Santaban is rocked!
Santaban scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oh Santaban is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santaban misses with a body shot.

Santaban tries to keep at a distance but Paperstacks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Paperstacks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santaban avoids it.
Santaban can't break the clinch.
Santaban seems to have got his legs back now.

Santaban is fighting off a takedown attempt but Paperstacks is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Santaban to the mat. Santaban regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Santaban has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Paperstacks off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Paperstacks doesn't manage to clinch there - Santaban circles away.
Paperstacks lands with a right and another and another! Santaban is in big trouble! Paperstacks lands again and this time it's lights out for Santaban! A quality knockout there for Paperstacks.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). HR Paperstacks!