PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Sutherland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sutherland comes to the cage accompanied by Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Boom (Shake The Room). Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by RAWR. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sutherland
vs
Santos

185 cm
20
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

184 cm
23
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Sutherland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Santos!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutherland shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Sutherland to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Santos throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sutherland tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Santos is in Sutherland's guard.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Sutherland blocks nicely.
Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Santos stays in close to Sutherland's body and controls the position.
Sutherland throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Santos passes Sutherland's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos connects with a nice short shot to Sutherland's temple.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos wants to control but Sutherland is keeping him busy.
Santos works his way into side control.

Santos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sutherland knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sutherland tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sutherland keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos working the ground and pound.

Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Sutherland is defending well.

Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sutherland has escaped the position, nice work there.
Santos passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sutherland!
Sutherland is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Santos working Sutherland over with strikes here.
Santos prevents Sutherland from getting the reversal.
Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutherland is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos cracks Sutherland with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Sutherland is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sutherland is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Santos.
Santos trying to control but Sutherland is having none of it.
Santos landing shots from mount.
Sutherland takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sutherland taking shots to the head.
Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Sutherland is rocked!

Santos swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Santos!
Jack Santos thanked the fans post fight for their support.