PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tee Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bone comes to the cage accompanied by Somebody's gonna get it. Santiago has chosen Asesinos - Los Crudos as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bone
vs
Santiago

180 cm
36
195 lbs
27 - 26 - 0

188 cm
37
198 lbs
26 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tee Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bone closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Santiago quickly recovers to half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Bone looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Bone is looking for a kimura here.
Santiago on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santiago manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Santiago wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.
Santiago trying to control the position.
Santiago is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone trying to control the position from guard on top but Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bone has a takedown stuffed.
Bone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Santiago works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bone displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santiago.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bone enables Santiago to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bone manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Santiago postures up in Bone's guard and throws a big left but Bone blocks it.

Bone looking for a guillotine here but Santiago defends easily.

Bone working for a triangle but Santiago defends it easily.
Santiago sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bone looking for a guillotine here but Santiago defends easily.
Santiago lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santiago won't allow Bone to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bone is on top in guard.

Santiago is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bone defends well.
Santiago manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santiago can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bone is looking to escape.
Santiago punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bone is looking to get to half guard.
Santiago looking to finish Bone with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bone!
Santiago landing punches.
Santiago has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bone's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bone is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santiago fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Santiago scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Bone is rocked!
Santiago postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Bone out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Santiago goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Antonio Santiago!
Antonio Santiago thanked the fans post fight for their support.