PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tofu Lee (ranked 5712 p4p, 4610 weight class) and Juanito Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juanito Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lee
vs
Santos

178 cm
19
185
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
20
188
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tofu Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juanito Santos!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lee looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Santos wants to control but Lee is keeping busy.
Santos keeping hold of Lee's head, controlling as best he can.

Santos looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee prevents Santos from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is doing well to control the position and prevent Lee from advancing to side control.
Santos is looking to control Lee's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos avoid being mounted?
Santos keeping control of the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Lee changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Santos throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lee did well to prevent Santos getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos passes to full mount!
Santos content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee?
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Santos lands a big elbow.

Santos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lee is surviving well by controlling Santos's body position as best he can.
Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Santos isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juanito Santos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Santos throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.

Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Lee scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Santos manages to mount him!
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos lands a couple of good shots and Lee has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Lee is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Lee's body.
Santos is continuing to stall.
Santos loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Lee hold on?
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos is riding his opponent, not letting Lee buck him off.
Let's hope that Santos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee won't enjoy being in this position. Santos looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Lee is tapping - it's over boys! Santos picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Juanito Santos!