PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Cantrell (ranked 1736 p4p, 1919 weight class) and Bentley Santos (ranked 237 p4p, 259 weight class). Tyrone Cantrell has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cantrell
vs
Santos

189 cm
25
215
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
213
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Sakura Style

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 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Cantrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bentley Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cantrell swinging wildly here.
Cantrell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santos is defended easily by Cantrell.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cantrell's sensitive parts.
Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Cantrell to counter with a crisp jab.
Santos misses with an uppercut
and Cantrell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cantrell looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cantrell punishes Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Santos misses with a leg kick
and Cantrell counters with a straight right hand.

Santos is rocked!
Cantrell cracks Santos with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Santos tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Cantrell pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Santos is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Cantrell!
Tyrone Cantrell bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.