PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jerome delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stafford Shire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). delos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by I'm A Gangster. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

delos Santos
vs
Shire

175 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome delos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stafford Shire!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shire misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from delos Santos.
delos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shire shoots in but no luck this time.

delos Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
delos Santos is looking to stand up but Shire isn't so interested in that idea.
Shire working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of delos Santos's head.

Shire stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Shire closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shire prevents delos Santos from escaping the position.

delos Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A head kick misses from delos Santos.
delos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Shire shoots in and drives through. delos Santos sprawls well.
No joy there for Shire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Shire darts in and clinches delos Santos up against the cage.
delos Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shire.
delos Santos can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos wants to break free but Shire has control.
delos Santos can't break the clinch.
delos Santos can't break the clinch.
Shire prevents delos Santos from breaking the clinch.

Shire turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Shire manages to end up in side control.
delos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
delos Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Shire lands some shots froms side control.
delos Santos stops Shire from passing to mount.
delos Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
delos Santos is breathing heavily.

Shire working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Shire landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Shire drags him back down.
Shire manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Shire has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shire stops delos Santos from getting back to his feet.

Shire is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Shire is working for a submission of some sort.

Shire is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Shire swings for the body but delos Santos moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shire counters with a nice low kick that buckles delos Santos's knee momentarily.
delos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
delos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shire avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from delos Santos does no damage.
delos Santos tests Shire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shire, right into the meat.
Shire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts delos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Jerome delos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stafford Shire.

Shire bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
delos Santos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Shire stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Shire avoids a punch combination nicely.

Shire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Shire is trying for a kimura here. delos Santos looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Shire wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stafford Shire!