PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Malakai Rios (ranked 3383 p4p, 2593 weight class) and Triston Santos (ranked 303 p4p, 254 weight class). Triston Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rios
vs
Santos

175 cm
26
155
5 - 7 - 0

187 cm
27
165
8 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Malakai Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Triston Santos!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios scores with a nice body kick.
Rios lands a head kick. Santos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.

Santos sends Rios crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Santos is motioning to the referee to let Rios up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Rios is rocked!
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!
A head kick misses from Rios.
Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Oh Rios is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rios gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Santos points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Rios wakes up just in time to hear Santos thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Triston Santos!
Triston Santos was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.