PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brain Game (ranked 3283 p4p, 2782 weight class) and Bentley Santos (ranked 393 p4p, 347 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Game
vs
Santos

190 cm
26
208
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
28
213
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Powerful

BANZAI NUTRITION

BANZAI NUTRITION
Wrestler Wayfare

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brain Game!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bentley Santos!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Game throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Game slips under a jab from Santos.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Game manages to break the clinch.
Game lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Game misses with a shot to the body

and Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Game's head but Game avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Game on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Game is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos wants to control but Game is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Game is looking to regain half guard here but Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
Santos working the ground and pound from side control.
Santos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Game taking a bit of punishment here - Santos scoring with strikes.
Santos working the ground and pound.
Santos trying to control the action but Game is working from the bottom.
Santos controlling the position from side mount.
Game is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Game is looking for a sweep.
Game on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Game tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos in side control, throwing shots but Game defends.

Santos has hold of Game's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Game tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Santos cranks the arm and Game screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Game, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bentley Santos!
Bentley Santos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Brain Game spoke after the fight, saying 'I wanna run that shit back. Some BS Voodoo shit happened here.'.