PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alan Arnolds (ranked 363 p4p, 1465 weight class) and Michel Santos (ranked 40 p4p, 143 weight class). Arnolds comes to the cage accompanied by Free and Easy - The Almighty. Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by DMX - Intro. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Arnolds
vs
Santos

173 cm
24
150
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
32
151
18 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
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Excellent grappler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Arnolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michel Santos!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arnolds throws a head kick that misses.
Santos let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Santos cracks Arnolds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Arnolds cracks Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santos goes for a double leg but Arnolds avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Arnolds continues to drive forward.
Santos tries to clinch there but Arnolds circles away.
Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Arnolds has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Forge 👊 in the buildup to the fight.
Santos moves away from the strike by Arnolds.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Arnolds.

Santos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arnolds is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnolds is working hard here to advance position.
Arnolds prevents Santos from improving position.
Santos is staying tight to Arnolds's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Arnolds is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Santos trying to control the position but Arnolds is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Arnolds is trying to improve his position.
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Arnolds struggling a bit here.
A lull in the action here.
Arnolds manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Arnolds is keeping him busy.
Arnolds works his way to full guard. Good work.
Arnolds is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Arnolds wants to hit a sweep here but Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Arnolds there!
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos scoring with strikes but Arnolds is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Arnolds that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Santos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Arnolds wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Arnolds takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos tries to control but Arnolds wriggling away.
Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arnolds?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos lands a couple of good shots and Arnolds has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Arnolds turns into Santos and is now in his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michel Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Arnolds swinging wildly here.
Santos misses with a combination
and Arnolds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos throws a series of punches but Arnolds moves out of range.
Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Santos throws a hook but Arnolds blocks it.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Arnolds on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Arnolds tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Santos clinches.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arnolds.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santos misses with a knee strike.

Arnolds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Arnolds misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arnolds lands a head shot.
Arnolds takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Arnolds is rocked!

It looks like Alan Arnolds has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Santos.
Oh Arnolds is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arnolds lands an overhand right.

Santos is rocked!
Santos throws a shot from downtown. Arnolds moves away and avoids it.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Arnolds finish him?
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arnolds.
Arnolds misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Santos tries to clinch there but Arnolds circles away.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Arnolds throwing a counter right hand but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Arnolds slips under a jab from Santos.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
A big left from Santos misses.
Arnolds scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arnolds.

Santos drives through and clinches with Arnolds against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arnolds tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arnolds blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Arnolds blocks it.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos avoiding damage as Arnolds throws knees to the body.

Arnolds manages to break the clinch.
Arnolds closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Santos! Arnolds dives in looking to finish! Santos is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Arnolds!
Alan Arnolds seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.