PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 267 p4p, 348 weight class) and Ethan Hawk (ranked 34 p4p, 44 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santo Amaro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to From Lima. Ethan Hawk acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Santo Amaro
vs
Hawk

175 cm
25
175
12 - 4 - 0

181 cm
31
174
24 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction
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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ethan Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santo Amaro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hawk, pushing him back against the cage.
Hawk prevents a body shot from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro scores with a shoulder strike.
Santo Amaro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santo Amaro misses with a body punch.
Hawk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santo Amaro's elbow.
Santo Amaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawk controls his hands.
Santo Amaro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hawk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hawk misses with a body punch.
Santo Amaro tries to throw a body punch but Hawk avoids it by throwing Santo Amaro back against the cage.
Hawk pushes Santo Amaro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawk throws a punch but it's blocked by Santo Amaro.
Hawk lands a right hand.
Santo Amaro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santo Amaro misses with a punch to the body.
Santo Amaro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hawk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santo Amaro tries a body shot but Hawk blocks it.
Hawk tries a body shot but Santo Amaro blocks it.
Santo Amaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Santo Amaro tries a body shot but Hawk blocks it.
Hawk pushes Santo Amaro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santo Amaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hawk backwards.
Santo Amaro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Santo Amaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawk controls his hands.
Hawk is leaning against Santo Amaro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Hawk.
Hawk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hawk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Hawk.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've been informed that Hawk has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Santo Amaro blocks an uppercut.
Hawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santo Amaro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santo Amaro takes a shot to the head.

Santo Amaro manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santo Amaro throws a body punch but Hawk moves out of range.
Santo Amaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Santo Amaro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hawk's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro throws a shot from downtown. Hawk moves away and avoids it.
Santo Amaro throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawk.
Hawk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hawk missing with a left hand there. Santo Amaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hawk is looking to score with low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Santo Amaro.
Hawk flicks out a counter leg kick but Santo Amaro steps away.
Hawk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santo Amaro.
Hawk throws a hook to the side of Santo Amaro's head but Santo Amaro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawk ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santo Amaro checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro with a jab.
Hawk throws an off balance right hand
and Santo Amaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawk lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santo Amaro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santo Amaro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santo Amaro misses with a wild body shot.
Hawk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santo Amaro connects with a single shot there.
Hawk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut.
Santo Amaro misses with a looping right.
Santo Amaro jabs at Hawk's body.
Santo Amaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawk moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Santo Amaro misses the target.
Santo Amaro misses with a left hand
letting Hawk counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Santo Amaro lands.
Santo Amaro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hawk's hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junqueiro Santo Amaro dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hawk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santo Amaro. Santo Amaro obviously looking to wear him down.
Santo Amaro is looking to clinch but Hawk is avoiding it.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick
and Hawk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hawk looks to land a left hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick from Hawk, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Hawk misses its intended target.
A jab from Hawk does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Santo Amaro avoids the head kick by Hawk.
Santo Amaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santo Amaro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hawk tests Santo Amaro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab by Santo Amaro.
Hawk defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
Hawk tries a quick counter leg kick but Santo Amaro is wise to it.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Hawk saw that one coming.
Hawk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santo Amaro.
Hawk moves forwards but Santo Amaro connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawk blocks a jab.
Hawk tries a quick counter leg kick but Santo Amaro is wise to it.
Santo Amaro checks a leg kick nicely.
Hawk throws out a leg kick but Santo Amaro moves out of range and Hawk only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from Santo Amaro misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santo Amaro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Santo Amaro misses the target.
Hawk counters with a body kick.
Hawk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawk ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
Hawk looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk slips under a jab from Santo Amaro.
Hawk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hawk defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
Santo Amaro looks to land a left hand but Hawk moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Hawk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hawk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santo Amaro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santo Amaro backing away here, and Hawk unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hawk throws a lazy right hand but Santo Amaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Santo Amaro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hawk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santo Amaro looks for the body kick but Hawk saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hawk slips a jab from Santo Amaro.
Hawk throws out a counter right but Santo Amaro avoids it with no problem.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy right hand but Hawk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Hawk saw that one coming.
Hawk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hawk scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hawk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Santo Amaro misses
and Hawk counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Junqueiro Santo Amaro has been cut.
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!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Hawk saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Junqueiro Santo Amaro will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Junqueiro Santo Amaro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Santo Amaro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Santo Amaro thumps Hawk with a low kick.
Santo Amaro misses with a looping left.
Santo Amaro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hawk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Santo Amaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hawk moves in looking to clinch but Santo Amaro pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hawk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hawk throws the kick towards the body but Santo Amaro avoids it.
Santo Amaro throws a jab when Hawk was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Santo Amaro scores with a punch to the head.
Hawk looks to land a right hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice shot lands for Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro throws a shot from downtown. Hawk moves away and avoids it.
Hawk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santo Amaro.
Hawk throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santo Amaro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hawk wants to slow Santo Amaro down by chopping away at his legs.
A little feinted left hand from Santo Amaro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ethan Hawk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawk attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hawk misses with a body kick.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santo Amaro throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hawk to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawk on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Santo Amaro defending well as Hawk loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Santo Amaro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hawk doesn't seem phased though.
Hawk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Santo Amaro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hawk.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hawk! But no joy.
Santo Amaro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hawk swings for the body but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Hawk looks to land a left hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range nicely.
Santo Amaro lands with a shot to the body.
Hawk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santo Amaro has time to react.
Hawk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Santo Amaro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Santo Amaro.
Hawk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santo Amaro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hawk's head backwards.
Hawk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro looks to land a right hand but Hawk moved out of range.
Hawk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Santo Amaro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santo Amaro looks to land a body kick but Hawk moved away.
Hawk explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hawk misses with a low kick.
Santo Amaro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Junqueiro Santo Amaro.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santo Amaro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
A victorious Junqueiro Santo Amaro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.