PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Jiminez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Jiminez

170 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

167 cm
21
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luis Jiminez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos clinches up with Jiminez and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Jiminez tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jiminez wants a takedown.
Santos stalls.
Jiminez managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Jiminez tries to pull guard but Santos won't allow it.
Jiminez is trying to drag Santos to the mat but Santos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
George Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Jiminez.
Jiminez has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jiminez is defending well for now.
Jiminez managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos lands a nice elbow.
Jiminez looking for a takedown.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jiminez shrugs off.
Santos prevents a body shot from Jiminez.
Santos stalling the fight.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jiminez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jiminez goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jiminez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Jiminez or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
George Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Santos instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Santos gets a clinch.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Luis Jiminez has been cut.
Jiminez tries for a takedown but Santos manages to get underhooks.
Jiminez looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos lands an elbow just above Jiminez 's eye.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but Jiminez moves out of range.
Santos tries to clinch up but Jiminez circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jiminez shoots for a takedown but Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Santos rushes Jiminez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santos is struggling to control the position.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jiminez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez is trying to stall.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jiminez in his tracks for a moment.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jiminez is defending well for now.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Jiminez avoids the damage to the body.
Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jiminez's defenses.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jiminez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Jiminez pushes him off.
Jiminez with a poor takedown

and Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Jiminez circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jiminez in his tracks for a moment.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jiminez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Jiminez avoids the damage to the body.
Jiminez working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Santos.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jiminez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice takedown defense from Santos. No joy for Jiminez on that attempt.

Santos closes the distance and pushes Jiminez back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luis Jiminez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jiminez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jiminez shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jiminez wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Jiminez fails with a takedown attempt.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Jiminez in a clinch.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jiminez avoids it.
Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Santos.
Jiminez being controlled against the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos darts in and clinches Jiminez up against the cage.
Jiminez avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jiminez's efforts to push away.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Jiminez dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jiminez shrugs off.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos slowing the pace effectively.
Jiminez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
George Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Jiminez.
Jiminez is breathing heavily.
Jiminez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
George Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos tries to clinch up but Jiminez circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jiminez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Jiminez pushes him off.
Santos throws a head kick but Jiminez moves out of range.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jiminez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jiminez misses with a few strikes there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jiminez.
Jiminez circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jiminez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Jiminez pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos tries to clinch but Jiminez moves out of range.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jiminez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jiminez shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jiminez throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Jiminez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos closes the distance and pushes Jiminez back into the cage.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Jiminez managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos lands an elbow just above Jiminez 's eye.
Santos is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Santos.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jiminez in his tracks for a moment.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jiminez shrugs off.
Jiminez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jiminez.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Luis Jiminez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Santos clinches up with Jiminez and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jiminez avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Santos.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jiminez shrugs off.
Jiminez avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
George Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jiminez tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiminez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jiminez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jiminez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jiminez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jiminez fails with an attempt to clinch.

Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jiminez, pushing him back against the cage.
Jiminez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Jiminez shrugs off.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jiminez's defenses.
Jiminez misses with a punch to the body.
Jiminez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands an elbow just above Jiminez 's eye.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Jiminez avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Santos.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Jiminez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jiminez can do to turn this around?
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jiminez fails with a takedown attempt.
George Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Jiminez.
Jiminez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Jiminez persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.

Santos pushes Jiminez up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jiminez avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Santos rushes Jiminez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Santos dodges an elbow strike from Jiminez.
Santos stalling.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Jiminez blocks a head kick by Santos.
George Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Jiminez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jiminez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jiminez in his tracks for a moment.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jiminez's defenses.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but Jiminez is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Jiminez gets tackled into the cage by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Luis Jiminez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
George Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jiminez misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Santos!
After the fight, George Santos was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.