PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Santucho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and League Of League Champion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Champion has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! League Of League Champion will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Santucho
vs
Of League Champion

195 cm
25
253 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

214 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Santucho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, League Of League Champion!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champion checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Champion looks gassed!
Champion misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Santucho gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Santucho pressing his opponent against the cage.
Champion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santucho.
Champion trying to control the position but instead, Santucho has worked for underhooks and has pushed Champion into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Santucho.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Santucho for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champion throws an elbow that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santucho takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Champion is trying to break the clinch but Santucho has him pressed against the cage.
Champion trying to control the position but instead, Santucho has worked for underhooks and has pushed Champion into the cage.
Santucho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pablo Santucho.

Santucho shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santucho showed some decent athleticism there.
Santucho wants to free his trapped foot but Champion is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Santucho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santucho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Champion with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santucho controlling the pace.
Santucho working over Champion with some ground and pound. Champion looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santucho controlling the action here.
Champion avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santucho.
Santucho is pressing down on Champion's thigh, looking to free his foot. Champion is holding on for now.
Santucho working Champion over with strikes.
Champion avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santucho.
Santucho lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santucho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santucho is keen to just control but Champion is a slippery customer.
Ground and pound from Santucho.
Champion avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santucho.
Champion wants to get back to his feet.
Santucho wants to pass the guard but Champion is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santucho is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santucho missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Santucho dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Decent striking displayed by Santucho there.
Santucho tries to score with a low kick but Champion moves his leg out of the way.
Santucho misses with an uppercut. Champion saw that one coming.
Champion blocks a jab.
Champion moves out of range of the leg kick from Santucho.
Santucho misses with a leg kick.

Santucho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Champion!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santucho controlling the pace for now.
Champion tries to lock up and control but Santucho gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santucho controlling his opponent.
Champion is breathing heavily.
Santucho working Champion over with strikes here.
Champion avoids a series of strikes thrown by Santucho.
Santucho controlling from the full mount.
Santucho seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Champion for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champion blocking the ground and pound.
Santucho punching from mount but Champion doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Santucho looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pablo Santucho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santucho looking to control but Champion is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Santucho dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santucho landing strikes from the mount and Champion is in trouble!

Champion is rocked!
Santucho fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Champion is still in real trouble! Can Santucho finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santucho looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Champion covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Santucho!