PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mason Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Simon Says. Paolo Santana has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mason Anderson's chin.

Anderson
vs
Santana

183 cm
31
197 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

184 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mason Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paolo Santana!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Santana scores with a head kick. Anderson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Santana.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Santana moves out of range of the leg kick from Anderson.
Santana throws a nice head kick!

Santana gets a clinch.
Santana tries for a takedown. No joy.
Anderson gets underhooks to prevent Santana's takedown attempt.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santana counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santana as he avoids it easily.
Santana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Anderson blocks a head kick by Santana.
Santana scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santana moves away.

Santana has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.

Santana is trying to trip Anderson. He has hold of a leg but Anderson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Santana persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Santana trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson trying to keep a closed guard but Santana is proving a slippery customer.
Santana advances position into side control!
Anderson tries to buck Santana off but Santana is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is not content to let Santana control the position.
Santana might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anderson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Anderson is looking for a sweep.
Santana wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Paolo Santana has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Anderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santana swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson shoots and misses
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santana wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Santana stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Anderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santana lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Santana lands a head kick. Anderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Santana shoots in looking for a takedown but Anderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santana's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Anderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Anderson throws a hook but Santana blocks it.
Nice shot by Santana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Santana.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santana.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Santana displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santana doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Anderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson takes one to the chin there.
A big right from Santana misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Santana dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Santana.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
Santana has a takedown stuffed.
Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Santana.
Santana misses with a left hand

and Anderson counters by clinching up.
Santana is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anderson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santana jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Santana around his waist. Santana gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mason Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Santana.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Santana.

Anderson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Santana tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Anderson is in Santana's guard.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Santana manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Santana tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santana controlling from the full mount.
Anderson can't escape the position.
Santana trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Santana avoids the attempt from Anderson to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to escape the mount.
Anderson wants to control but Santana is having none of it.
Santana sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santana tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana fails to advance to Anderson's back.
Santana tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Santana misses with a head shot.
Santana wants to take Anderson's back but he can't do it this time.
Anderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Santana wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
Santana takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Anderson controls the position.
Paolo Santana has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santana sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Santana wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santana controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Santana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santana is fending him off so far but Anderson persists. Nope, Santana circles away and we're back to standing.
Santana lands a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Santana finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Santana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Santana throws a head kick that misses.

Anderson scores with a takedown into Santana's guard.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santana swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santana utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santana has control of Anderson's left arm, preventing Anderson from doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.

Anderson is sitting in close to Santana's body. Santana has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Anderson is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Anderson is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Santana.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Paolo Santana!