PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titing BayawaK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BayawaK comes to the cage accompanied by Ariking-king. Santiago is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tom Waits - 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Santiago Santiago was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

BayawaK
vs
Santiago

165 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

202 cm
25
293 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Titing BayawaK!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santiago Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago lands a nice shot to the body.

BayawaK tries to keep at a distance but Santiago has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santiago misses with the head strike.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as BayawaK controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BayawaK.
Santiago working aggressively here.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Santiago.
A head punch on the inside from Santiago fails to land.
Santiago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BayawaK wants to stall.
BayawaK lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
BayawaK blocks a body shot from Santiago.
BayawaK scores with a hook to the body.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as BayawaK controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BayawaK.
BayawaK blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as BayawaK controls the action.
BayawaK misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as BayawaK controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Santiago as BayawaK tries to tie him up.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Santiago on the inside.
Santiago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santiago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from BayawaK.
BayawaK lands with a right to the head.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santiago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, BayawaK scores with a nice short uppercut.
BayawaK blocking some punches.
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with BayawaK's elbow.
Santiago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by BayawaK.
BayawaK prevents a body shot from Santiago.
Santiago misses with some punches.
BayawaK lands an uppercut.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BayawaK.
BayawaK has Santiago pushed against the cage.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by BayawaK.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but BayawaK avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
BayawaK lands with a short shot to the head.
Santiago tries to break the clinch but BayawaK is controlling the position.
Santiago tries to work over BayawaK's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BayawaK lands an uppercut.
BayawaK lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
A short right from BayawaK.
Santiago misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BayawaK.
BayawaK tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing BayawaK back against the cage.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but BayawaK avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
BayawaK tries to work over Santiago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
BayawaK lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santiago.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BayawaK goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santiago misses with a body punch.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by BayawaK.
BayawaK lands with a light punch inside.
BayawaK tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing BayawaK back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Santiago.
BayawaK wants to stall.
BayawaK tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with BayawaK's elbow.
BayawaK scores with an uppercut up the middle.
BayawaK lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santiago.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as BayawaK controls his hands.
BayawaK is looking to control Santiago's arms but Santiago gets an underhook and turns him. Now BayawaK has his back to the cage.
Santiago blocks a body shot from BayawaK.
Santiago misses with a punch to the body.
BayawaK lands with a short shot to the head.
BayawaK tries to stall but Santiago uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but BayawaK avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for BayawaK.
BayawaK lands an uppercut.
Santiago struggles to land a body shot inside as BayawaK controls his hands.
BayawaK pushes Santiago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
BayawaK prevents Santiago from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from BayawaK.
BayawaK looking to slow down the pace here.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but BayawaK avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BayawaK.
BayawaK lands with a short shot to the head.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as BayawaK controls the action.
Santiago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Santiago breaks from the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Santiago misses.
Santiago looks gassed!
Santiago takes a swing at BayawaK's ribcage but misses.
BayawaK lands with a hook. Santiago tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
BayawaK blocks a low kick nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
BayawaK throws a shot to the body.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses.
BayawaK throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
BayawaK comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
BayawaK jabs Santiago right on the nose. Santiago blinks but takes it well.
BayawaK looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
BayawaK is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santiago.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses.
BayawaK lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Santiago throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Santiago gets tackled into the cage by BayawaK. BayawaK maintains the clinch.
BayawaK is struggling to control the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
BayawaK blocks a punch to the side of the head.
BayawaK lands a shoulder strike.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
BayawaK scores with a shot to the side of Santiago's head.
BayawaK lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santiago or not.
BayawaK lands an uppercut.
BayawaK lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
BayawaK lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santiago or not.
A short left from BayawaK.
BayawaK lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as BayawaK takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Santiago tries a body shot but BayawaK blocks it.
BayawaK lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Santiago misses with some punches.
BayawaK lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for BayawaK.
BayawaK scores with a hook to the body.
BayawaK lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from BayawaK.
BayawaK stalling in the clinch but Santiago improves position.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by BayawaK.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
BayawaK blocks an uppercut.
BayawaK blocks an uppercut.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by BayawaK.
Santiago misses with some punches.
BayawaK goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
BayawaK lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from BayawaK.
A head punch on the inside from Santiago fails to land.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
BayawaK scores with an uppercut up the middle.
BayawaK wants to stall.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santiago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santiago working aggressively here.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but BayawaK avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
BayawaK is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BayawaK leaning against his opponent.
BayawaK lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
BayawaK tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santiago's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Titing BayawaK showed his dominance in that final round.
Well BayawaK 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Titing BayawaK!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Titing BayawaK!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Titing BayawaK!

Titing BayawaK wins by unanimous decision!
Titing BayawaK decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.