PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blanco kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is In The Air Tonight . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blanco
vs
delos Santos

178 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

163 cm
27
153 lbs
5 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel delos Santos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Nice body punch from delos Santos.
delos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanco moves away.
delos Santos staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Blanco.
Blanco lands a jab to the nose.
Blanco shoots in looking for a takedown. delos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Blanco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. delos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A combination from delos Santos does no damage.
delos Santos misses with a combination
and Blanco counters with a series of strikes. delos Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Blanco throws a left and a right that both miss
and delos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blanco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Blanco misses with a double jab.
delos Santos moves out of range as Blanco throws a body kick.
Jose Blanco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from delos Santos.
Nice shot lands for Blanco.
delos Santos cracks Blanco with a right hand to the side of the head.
delos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Blanco.
delos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blanco.
Blanco's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Blanco duly obliges.
Blanco lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Blanco takes a swing at delos Santos's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A leg kick checked by delos Santos.
Blanco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and delos Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blanco tries to clinch there but delos Santos circles away.
Blanco shoots in looking for a takedown. delos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Blanco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. delos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Blanco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blanco lands with a nice combination. delos Santos backs away looking to recover.
delos Santos misses with the combination.
Blanco falls off balance throwing a combination
and delos Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco misses with a double jab
and delos Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
delos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanco was well out of range. Poor timing from delos Santos.
Blanco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but delos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Blanco.
delos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Blanco falls off balance throwing a combination
and delos Santos counters with a huge left! Blanco is in big trouble! He's backing up but delos Santos isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Blanco from any more damage. A dominating finish by delos Santos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel delos Santos!