PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ze Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Summers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Bad to the Bone kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Summers

190 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

183 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ze Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher Summers!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Summers throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers throws a head kick that misses.
Summers misses with a few strikes there.
A clash of legs there as Santos blocks the low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Summers.
Summers stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Summers throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Summers looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Summers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Summers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ze Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos checks the leg kick.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Christopher Summers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Summers misses.
Summers throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Summers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Summers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, jab by Summers - just one landing.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Summers.
Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Summers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Summers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Summers throws a big shot that misses.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Summers, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Summers against the cage but Summers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Summers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Summers throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Summers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Summers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Summers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Summers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
No joy there for Summers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Summers tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Summers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Summers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Summers throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Summers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Christopher Summers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Santos blocks a jab.
Summers swinging wilding here.
Summers looks gassed!
Summers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Summers.
A combination from Summers does no damage.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Summers.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Summers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Summers circles away.
A big left from Summers misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Summers dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Summers misses with a few strikes there.
Summers throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Summers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Summers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santos checks it well.
Summers misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Summers.
Summers looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Summers.
Summers is breathing heavily.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Summers misses with a two punch combination.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A bone on bone clash there as Santos blocks the leg kick.
Summers misses with a looping right.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Summers.
A jab from Summers misses.
Summers misses with an uppercut.
Summers works over Santos's head and body with a nice combination.
Ze Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Summers scores with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Summers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Summers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos tries for a takedown but Summers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ze Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summers looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Santos staying out of range there.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Summers.
Summers misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Summers misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Summers tries to work over Santos's front leg with a kick but Santos checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers stuffs the takedown.
Summers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Summers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Summers.
Summers is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Summers tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Summers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice shot by Summers.
Santos looks for a takedown but Summers sprawls well.
Summers throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Summers fails to land with a series of punches.
Summers throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Summers's waist but Summers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Summers misses with a hook.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Summers.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Summers which made him look bad.
Summers throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Summers circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Summers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Summers.
A combination from Santos does no damage.

Santos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Santos throws an elbow but Summers slips to the side and avoids it well.

Santos decides to stand back up. Santos steps back and let's Summers get back to his feet.
Summers throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Summers takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Summers misses with a wild combination.
Summers scores with a nice head shot.
Summers throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Summers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers just misses with a punch to the body.
Summers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Santos drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Summers can't keep his opponent in guard - Santos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Summers pushes Santos off looking to stand but Santos dives back in and keeps control.
Santos is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Summers!
Santos wants to control the pace but Summers is squirming around nicely.

Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Summers has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Santos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Summers trying desperately to get to his feet.
Santos fails to move to back control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
Summers taking shots to the head.
Santos wants to control the pace but Summers is squirming around nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Christopher Summers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Summers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Poor strikes thrown by Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos wants to control the pace but Summers is squirming around nicely.
Summers really wants to buck Santos off and get back to his feet.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos won't let Summers get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos trying to control but Summers is having none of it.
Ze Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Summers is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ze Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Summers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christopher Summers!