PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Santos (ranked 4520 p4p, 4782 weight class) and Execute Game Plan (ranked 0 p4p, 523 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Santos
vs
Game Plan

163 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
171
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Un-Kaged Nutrition

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Execute Game Plan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos closes the distance and pushes Game Plan back into the cage.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.

Santos drags the fight down to the ground.

Game Plan stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.

Santos drives through and clinches with Game Plan against the cage.
Game Plan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Game Plan.

Game Plan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Santos rushes Game Plan and presses him up against the cage.
Game Plan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Game Plan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santos.
Execute Game Plan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Game Plan misses with a head kick.
Game Plan throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Game Plan misses with a kick to the body.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Game Plan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.

Game Plan breaks the clinch.
Game Plan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Game Plan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Game Plan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Game Plan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Game Plan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Game Plan looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Game Plan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Game Plan avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Game Plan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Game Plan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Game Plan looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Execute Game Plan has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Game Plan.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.

Santos jumps into guard, dragging Game Plan to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Game Plan looking to pass the guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Santos manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Santos moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Game Plan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Game Plan breaks the clinch.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGame Plan.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Santos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Game Plan defends it easily.

Santos is looking for a triangle but Game Plan pushes his legs off easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Execute Game Plan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos rushes Game Plan and presses him up against the cage.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Game Plan can do to turn this around?

Game Plan breaks the clinch.
Game Plan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santos.
Game Plan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Game Plan lands a head kick. Santos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Santos lands a leg kick that knocks Game Plan off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos is looking to slow Game Plan down with leg kicks.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Game Plan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Game Plan tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Game Plan misses with a knee strike.
Game Plan is breathing heavily.

Game Plan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Santos throws a counter high kick but Game Plan was just alert enough to avoid it.

Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Game Plan takes a shot to the head.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Game Plan is defending well for now.

Santos pulls Game Plan into guard.

Game Plan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Santos, up you get!

Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Santos pulls guard successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Game Plan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Santos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Game Plan working a defensive guard here.

Game Plan is working an open guard so Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Execute Game Plan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Game Plan rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Game Plan looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Game Plan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good leg kick by Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Santos jumps guard.
Marcos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Game Plan stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Game Plan checks a leg kick.

Santos has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Santos clinches.
Game Plan misses with a knee to the head.
Game Plan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Santos stalling.

Santos breaks the clinch.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Game Plan tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Santos manages to break the clinch.

Santos moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Execute Game Plan's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Game Plan darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Game Plan connects with a knee to the head.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Santos closes the distance and pushes Game Plan back into the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos throws a head kick but Game Plan moves out of range.
Game Plan throws a sloppy head kick
and Santos counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Game Plan! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Santos!