PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunner Bond (ranked 17 p4p, 86 weight class) and Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 2 p4p, 13 weight class). Santo Amaro has chosen дигга на юг as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bond
vs
Santo Amaro

180 cm
27
175
19 - 6 - 0

175 cm
29
175
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conviction
NARCOS

Conviction
© Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunner Bond!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santo Amaro scores with a hook.
Bond with a hook.
Santo Amaro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santo Amaro throws an off balance right hand
and Bond counters with a nice uppercut.
Santo Amaro misses with a low kick as Bond jumps back.
Santo Amaro throws a wild body kick that Bond sees coming a mile off.
Bond thinks about countering with a body kick.
Bond takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bond thuds his right hand into Santo Amaro's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bond defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
Santo Amaro scores with a decent looking hook.
Bond tries to land a leg kick but Santo Amaro saw it coming and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bond chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santo Amaro can pounce on him.
Bond scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Bond's head coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bond is looking to slow Santo Amaro down with leg kicks.
Bond is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santo Amaro.
Bond was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santo Amaro misses with a body shot.
Bond lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bond misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santo Amaro throws a hook but Bond blocks it.
Bond looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Santo Amaro throws out a powerful jab.
Santo Amaro throws a sloppy body shot
and Bond connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bond misses with a body kick.
Bond misses with a body kick.
Bond ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
A counter left hand to the body from Bond misses its target.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Santo Amaro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santo Amaro thuds a left hand into Bond's body.
Santo Amaro thuds a left hand into Bond's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santo Amaro misses with a hook
and Bond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Santo Amaro. Bond does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters circling a little - Bond finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Bond jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Santo Amaro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santo Amaro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Bond is just out of range.
Bond tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bond connects with an inside leg kick.
Santo Amaro throws a head kick but Bond moves out of range.
Bond throws a quick counter kick to the body but Santo Amaro avoids it.
Santo Amaro misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy uppercut
and Bond connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santo Amaro scores with a hook to the body. Bond takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bond scores with a push kick.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Bond is just out of range.
A big left from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Santo Amaro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santo Amaro takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santo Amaro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab from Bond.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Bond is just out of range.
Bond throwing a counter right hand but Santo Amaro manages to avoid it.
Bond chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santo Amaro can pounce on him.
Santo Amaro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Santo Amaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bond was well out of range. Poor timing from Santo Amaro.
Bond swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bond lands a glancing blow to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Santo Amaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab lands there for Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bond moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Bond wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bond dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bond defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gunner Bond will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut
and Bond counters with a left to the body.
Santo Amaro jabs Bond right on the nose. Bond blinks but takes it well.
Bond throws the left hand but Santo Amaro avoids the punch easily.
Santo Amaro throws the left hand but Bond avoids the punch easily.
Santo Amaro lands a jab to Bond's midsection.
Bond blocks a low kick nicely.
Bond slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
Bond is looking to counter with head kicks.
Santo Amaro throws a body kick that misses
and Bond connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice straight punches there by Bond. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bond.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bone on bone clash there as Santo Amaro blocks the leg kick.
Santo Amaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bond fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Santo Amaro looks to throw the jab but Bond is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond misses with the body kick
and Santo Amaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Santo Amaro tries to bum rush Bond with a series of wild strikes but Bond uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bond throws a quick counter kick to the body but Santo Amaro avoids it.
Santo Amaro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Santo Amaro needs to keep his hands up - Bond had a free shot at his head there.
Santo Amaro misses with a right hand
and Bond counters with a nice body kick.
Bond gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Santo Amaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bond fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santo Amaro.
Bond looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gunner Bond is winning the standup battle so far.
Santo Amaro throws the kick towards the body but Bond avoids it.
It looked like Bond was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Santo Amaro.
Bond connects with a looping right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Santo Amaro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bond takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro thuds his shin into the meat of Bond's side.
Bond connects with an inside leg kick.
Bond throws an overhand right that lands on Santo Amaro's shoulder, as Santo Amaro tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santo Amaro! But no joy.
Santo Amaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bond lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Santo Amaro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Santo Amaro with the inside leg kick.
Bond jabs Santo Amaro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Santo Amaro slips a straight right by Bond.
Santo Amaro throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Bond tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bond ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro misses with a shot to the body
and Bond counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro misses with a hook. Bond ducked under it nicely.
Bond is looking to slow Santo Amaro down with leg kicks.
Santo Amaro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bond lands a nice hook to Santo Amaro's body. Santo Amaro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santo Amaro looks to land a left hand but Bond moved out of range nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Santo Amaro might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bond has got the better of the exchanges.
Santo Amaro checks a low kick from Bond.
Bond misses with a head kick.
Santo Amaro blocks the body kick.
Santo Amaro misses with a right hand
and Bond counters with a stiff right hand.
Santo Amaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bond fires out a quick counter leg kick but Santo Amaro just manages to avoid it.
Santo Amaro throws a push kick but Bond slaps the foot to one side.
Bond appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Santo Amaro misses
and Bond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick
enabling Bond to counter with a crisp jab.
Santo Amaro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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 closes the distance and clinches.
Santo Amaro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Bond breaks the clinch.
Bond throws a looping overhand right but Santo Amaro ducks down to avoid it.
Santo Amaro misses with a right hand
and Bond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bond checks the leg kick.
Santo Amaro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santo Amaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Santo Amaro slips a straight right by Bond.
Bond lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Santo Amaro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bond is out of range.
Bond swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gunner Bond dominated that second 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.

Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santo Amaro lands with an overhand left.
Santo Amaro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bond.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bond. Santo Amaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santo Amaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bond misses the target.
Bond uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Santo Amaro throws a push kick but Bond slaps the foot to one side.
Bond throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Santo Amaro takes the fight into the clinch.
Santo Amaro scores with a hook to the body.
Bond misses with a punch on the inside.
Bond working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond lands with a short shot to the head.
Santo Amaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santo Amaro misses with the head strike.
Bond stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Santo Amaro fails to land.

Bond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Bond thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bond with a nice calf kick.
Bond connects with a body shot that sends Santo Amaro's belly button to the back.
Santo Amaro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santo Amaro misses with a body shot.
Bond throws a looping overhand right but Santo Amaro ducks down to avoid it.
Santo Amaro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bond looks to throw the jab but Santo Amaro is out of range.
Santo Amaro misses with a lunging right hand

and Bond counters with a head kick that drops Santo Amaro to the mat! Santo Amaro scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Santo Amaro is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bond fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Santo Amaro out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Gunner Bond!
Gunner Bond retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Gunner Bond 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.