PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joao Santos (ranked 2871 p4p, 5069 weight class) and Ken Griffey Jr (ranked 291 p4p, 437 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Griffey Jr

180 cm
19
165
1 - 1 - 0

167 cm
18
160
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joao Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ken Griffey Jr!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Griffey Jr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Griffey Jr trying to hold on to Santos's head to control him but Santos postures up.
Nice strikes from Santos there.
Santos passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos working Griffey Jr over with strikes here.
Santos controlling the pace for now.
Griffey Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Griffey Jr taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Griffey Jr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Griffey Jr is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Griffey Jr's face.
Santos dominating with strikes here.
Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Griffey Jr is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos landing strikes from the mount.
Griffey Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos dominating with strikes here.
Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Griffey Jr tries to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Santos raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Griffey Jr's face.
Santos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Griffey Jr hang on?
Santos prevents Griffey Jr from getting the reversal.
Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Griffey Jr looks a forlorn figure.
Santos controlling his opponent.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
Griffey Jr taking shots to the head.
Santos raining down shots from the mount!

Griffey Jr is rocked!
Santos controlling from the full mount.
Griffey Jr is still in real trouble! Can Santos finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos unloading with bombs!
Santos lands a big elbow.
Griffey Jr in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santos raining down hammerfists from mount.
Griffey Jr is trying desperately to improve position.
Santos connects with a bit shot that sees Griffey Jr covering up! More strikes from Santos and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Santos is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao Santos!