PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Benji Danilison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Riding All Night And Day. George Santos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Danilison
vs
Santos

170 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
130 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benji Danilison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, George Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos slips a jab from Danilison.
Danilison misses with a few strikes there.
Danilison misses with a kick to the body.
Danilison misses with a low kick.
Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Danilison.
Santos tries to clinch but Danilison moves away

and Danilison holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Danilison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
A bit of stalling here from Danilison.
Danilison tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danilison tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danilison leaning against his opponent.
Danilison managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danilison tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Danilison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilison trying to land knees to the body.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Danilison drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos tries to clinch but Danilison moves away
and Danilison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
George Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Danilison does no damage.
Santos checks a low kick from Danilison.
A head kick misses from Danilison.
Santos wants to clinch
and Danilison counters with a two punch combo.
Danilison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Danilison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Danilison. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Danilison will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Danilison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danilison thumps Santos with a low kick.
Danilison circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Danilison counter with a right hand.
Danilison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Danilison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Danilison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danilison controlling the action here.
Santos is not content to let Danilison control the position.
Danilison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Danilison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Danilison is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Danilison is thwarting Santos's attempts to control the position.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Danilison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danilison lands strikes from half guard.
Danilison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Danilison controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Danilison lands a nice short elbow.
Danilison controlling the action here.
Danilison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
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.
Danilison looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benji Danilison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Santos looks to clinch
and Danilison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danilison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Danilison.
Danilison tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Danilison counters by moving into the clinch.
Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Benji Danilison has been cut.
Danilison takes a knee to the side of the body.
Danilison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Danilison misses with a body punch.
Danilison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Danilison is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Danilison trying to stall but Santos improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Danilison blocks the elbow strike.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Danilison.
Danilison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danilison's defenses.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Danilison.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Danilison being controlled against the cage.
Danilison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Danilison takes an elbow to the temple.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danilison avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Danilison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Danilison blocks an elbow strike.
Danilison blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Danilison.
Danilison avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos lands a nice elbow.
Danilison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Danilison.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Danilison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Danilison has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Santos after a bit of a struggle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danilison lands a knee to the body.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Danilison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danilison blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Danilison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Santos is keeping busy.
Danilison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Santos.
Santos prevents a body shot from Danilison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danilison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Santos.

Benji Danilison's cut is getting worse.
Danilison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Danilison letting Santos take a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danilison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Danilison's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but George Santos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Benji Danilison's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danilison will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danilison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danilison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos wants to clinch up but Danilison keeps it at a distance.
Santos wants to clinch but Danilison slips to the side
and Danilison counters with a good, hard body kick but Santos shrugs it off.
Santos wants to clinch
and Danilison counters with a leg kick.
Danilison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos wants to clinch
and Danilison counters with a nice body kick.
Santos tries to clinch but Danilison is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danilison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Danilison.
Sloppy strikes from Danilison. Those never looked like landing.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos stuffs the takedown.
Benji Danilison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos wants to clinch.
Danilison looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Danilison pushes him off.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Danilison counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to clinch but Danilison is avoiding it.
George Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos looks to clinch
and Danilison finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Danilison.
Santos tries to clinch there but Danilison circles away.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Danilison in a clinch.
Danilison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Santos avoiding damage as Danilison throws knees to the body.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Danilison trying to land knees to the body.
Danilison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Santos is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos stalling against the cage.
Danilison trying to land knees to the body.
Danilison tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Danilison taking a breather.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Danilison shrugs off.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danilison is defending well for now.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Santos wants to stall.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Santos.
Santos lands an elbow just above Danilison 's eye.

Benji Danilison's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Danilison tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is stalling here.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos blocks a body shot from Danilison.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Danilison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos effectively controlling the action here.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Danilison.
Danilison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Danilison.
Danilison avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danilison missing with knees to the body.
Danilison managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Danilison missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... George Santos!
George Santos decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.