PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Voetsek (ranked 5002 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Santana (ranked 22962 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Voetsek
vs
Santana

192 cm
18
276 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
222 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Henry Voetsek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Santana!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voetsek fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Voetsek sets himself, and Santana steps forward looking for the clinch! Voetsek avoids it this time.
Voetsek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santana is fending him off so far but Voetsek persists. Nope, Santana circles away and we're back to standing.
Santana appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Voetsek closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Santana's guard.
Santana preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Santana not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santana can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Voetsek controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voetsek wants to control from the top but Santana keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Voetsek chips away with some ground and pound.
Santana is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voetsek trying to control the position from guard on top but Santana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santana working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santana shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Voetsek counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Santana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voetsek just content to control the position.
Voetsek lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Santana's face as Voetsek controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Santana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Santana is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Voetsek working the ground and pound from side control.
Voetsek advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voetsek content just to control the position here.
Voetsek scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santana?
A nice elbow there by Voetsek.
Voetsek working the ground and pound effectively.

Santana is rocked!
Voetsek sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Voetsek postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Santana in real trouble here! The ref calls for Santana to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Voetsek!
A very excited looking Henry Voetsek made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.