PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between King Sloth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rikardo Santinos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sloth comes to the cage accompanied by all the lights. Rikardo Santinos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with King Sloth's chin.

Sloth
vs
Santinos

225 cm
21
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

165 cm
19
146 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Sloth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rikardo Santinos!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloth wants to clinch but Santinos slips to the side
and Santinos counters with a head kick.
Sloth looks to clinch
and Santinos counters with an inside leg kick.
Santinos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santinos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sloth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloth tries for a takedown but Santinos circles away easily
and Santinos counters with a left to the body.
Santinos throws a sloppy head kick
and Sloth counters with a left and a right that stings Santinos.
Santinos throws a head kick but Sloth moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloth doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sloth misses with a takedown attempt
and Santinos counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Sloth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santinos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Santinos throws a head kick that misses

and Sloth counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Santinos wants to get back to his feet.
Sloth is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santinos is refusing to be controlled, as Sloth sits in half guard.
Sloth looks to land a strike but Santinos avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sloth trying to control but Santinos is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because King Sloth just wasn't active enough.
Sloth tries for a takedown but Santinos circles away easily
and Santinos counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Santinos lands but Sloth takes it in his stride.
Santinos connects with a high kick.

Sloth is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santinos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oh Sloth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santinos tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloth on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santinos. Santinos obviously looking to wear him down.
Sloth misses with a takedown
and Santinos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sloth seems to have got his legs back now.
Santinos misses with the combination.
Santinos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sloth blocks a head kick by Santinos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santinos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
King Sloth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloth blocks a head kick by Santinos.
Santinos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santinos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santinos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santinos throws a head kick but Sloth moves out of range.
Santinos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sloth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rikardo Santinos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santinos.
Sloth throws a lazy head kick
and Santinos counters with an inside leg kick.
Sloth with a poor takedown
and Santinos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sloth is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sloth blocks a head kick by Santinos.
Santinos throws a leg kick which misses Sloth's front leg but catches the back leg as Sloth tries to avoid it.
Santinos throws a sloppy head kick and Sloth moves out of range easily.
Santinos misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santinos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sloth was well out of range. Poor timing from Santinos.
Sloth avoids the head kick by Santinos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santinos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santinos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sloth. That did some damage!
Santinos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sloth will feel that in the morning.
Good leg kick by Santinos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santinos.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rikardo Santinos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Santinos.
Good leg kick by Santinos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
King Sloth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santinos misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloth avoids the head kick by Santinos.
Santinos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick misses from Santinos.
Santinos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloth has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Santinos.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santinos throws a nice head kick!
Santinos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sloth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santinos.
Santinos with a hook.
Santinos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick from Santinos lands but Sloth takes it in his stride.
Santinos throws a head kick that Sloth semi-blocks.
Santinos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloth avoids the head kick by Santinos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santinos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santinos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Whack! Santinos lands a heavy head kick that drops Sloth. The ref tackles Santinos to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Sloth was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Rikardo Santinos!