PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Santos Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Garcia
vs
Santos Jr

176 cm
21
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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, Ryan Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mauricio Santos Jr!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santos Jr.
Garcia slaps away a takedown attempt from Santos Jr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Santos Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Ryan Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mauricio Santos Jr.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Santos Jr circles away easily

and Santos Jr counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Garcia!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Santos Jr with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Santos Jr with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to get to half guard.
Santos Jr lands a heavy elbow.
Santos Jr looking to ground and pound but Garcia is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos Jr sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santos Jr breaks from Garcia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos Jr thowing shots but they're missing.
Santos Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Santos Jr working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Santos Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Garcia looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Garcia looks a forlorn figure.
Santos Jr looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Garcia is rocked!
Santos Jr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Santos Jr is working for a guillotine from mount but Garcia frees his head quite easily.
Santos Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!

Santos Jr goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Garcia turns into him and now he's in Santos Jr's guard.

Santos Jr looking for a triangle here. Garcia is fighting it but it looks tight! Santos Jr pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Garcia is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mauricio Santos Jr!