PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alucard Darkim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Darkim might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'm new in da city. Santiago has chosen Baauer - Harlem Shake as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alucard Darkim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Darkim
vs
Santiago

178 cm
26
206 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

176 cm
22
214 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute
Russian Top Magazin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alucard Darkim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.
A left lands for Darkim.
Santiago takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darkim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santiago.
Darkim scores with a jab to the jaw.
Santiago takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Darkim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santiago was well out of range. Poor timing from Darkim.
Darkim lands a lovely overhand right.
Santiago misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Santiago.
Darkim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkim connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santiago's hands.
Darkim looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santiago slaps away a takedown attempt from Darkim, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Darkim misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkim jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santiago lands a high kick!
Darkim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jorge Santiago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darkim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santiago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Darkim.
Santiago throws a wild body kick that Darkim sees coming a mile off.
Darkim shoots in for a takedown but Santiago shows good takedown defense.
Darkim throws a lazy uppercut
and Santiago counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santiago slips a straight right by Darkim.
Darkim connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santiago's hands.
Santiago swings widly with a right hand
and Darkim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws an overhand right that lands on Darkim's shoulder, as Darkim tries to avoid the shot.

Darkim darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Santiago looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Darkim is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Santiago has managed to free his arm - good work.
Santiago is looking for a sweep. Darkim is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Darkim sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santiago defending well though.
Darkim has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Darkim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Santiago is staying active underneath Darkim, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Darkim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santiago's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santiago actively working from the bottom here.
Darkim trying to control from half guard but Santiago is working away.
Darkim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Darkim seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Santiago does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Darkim is looking to advance position but Santiago won't allow it.
Darkim wants to take a breather but Santiago is having none of it.
Darkim throwing shots but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Darkim is trying to control. Santiago wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Santiago keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Darkim working Santiago over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Darkim there.
Santiago moves into full guard.
Darkim wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.

Santiago is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago has momentary wrist control but Darkim slips an elbow through the middle.
Darkim advances to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darkim throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Darkim there.

Darkim is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Santiago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Darkim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alucard Darkim dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Darkim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darkim throws a hook but Santiago avoids it easily.
Darkim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darkim is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santiago sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Darkim thumps Santiago with a low kick.
Santiago closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Darkim throws a right and a left that Santiago avoids nicely.
Santiago slips under a jab.
Darkim fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Darkim fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Santiago on the side of the head.
Santiago just misses with a punch to the body.
Santiago drops his hands momentarily and Darkim takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santiago avoids the body shot from Darkim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santiago wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alucard Darkim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darkim throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Darkim scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darkim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santiago throws a leg kick that misses.
Darkim fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santiago turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darkim on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alucard Darkim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santiago takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Darkim.
Darkim has a takedown stuffed.
Darkim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santiago.
Santiago moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Santiago darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darkim tries to move into range but Santiago moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A head kick misses from Santiago.
Darkim misses with a takedown
and Santiago counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darkim misses with a body shot.
Darkim misses with a body shot.
Santiago throws a chopping leg kick but Darkim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santiago fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Darkim is out of range.
Santiago connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago misses the jab.
Darkim misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Darkim misses its intended target.
Santiago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkim.
Santiago throws a body kick that misses.
Darkim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darkim shoots in but no luck this time.
Santiago swings for the body but Darkim moves out of range.
Darkim rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santiago makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darkim looks to throw the jab but Santiago is out of range.
Santiago looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice shot by Darkim.
Alucard Darkim is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkim misses with a hook.
Santiago scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice jab there from Santiago.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Darkim closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Darkim lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Darkim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santiago working a defensive guard here.

Darkim got a little sloppy there for a moment and Santiago has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Darkim has managed to get both his arms back between Santiago's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Santiago looking for subs off his back but Darkim has passed one foot through into half guard.
Santiago wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Santiago showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Darkim bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Darkim shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Santiago manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Santiago throws his legs up looking for a submission but Darkim uses it to pass to side control.
Santiago is trying to get back to half guard.
Darkim throwing strikes but Santiago manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Darkim is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago wants to control for a moment but Darkim uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Santiago tries to pass to full mount but Darkim defends it.
Darkim wants to control but Santiago is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Santiago wants to stand but Darkim has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Darkim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago trying to control the pace.
Alucard Darkim overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jorge Santiago was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Darkim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Darkim misses with a straight right.
Santiago has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Santiago.

Darkim shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Darkim showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santiago keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Darkim wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
Darkim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santiago's head.
Santiago is looking for a sweep. Darkim is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Santiago regains full guard. Nicely done.
Darkim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Santiago is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Darkim defends well.
Santiago keeping full guard, as Darkim tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkim makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Santiago throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Darkim trying to control the position from guard on top but Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Santiago is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Darkim frees his head nicely. Oh but Santiago has switched to an armbar! Darkim is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jorge Santiago!
Jorge Santiago is the new light heavyweight champion!
Post fight, Jorge Santiago stared into the camera and said 'Hey, Amsterdam, eh? haha - Id like you all to know that Im here for two reasons - the pot, and for the women. Beautiful European women. And beautiful European bud. I like it here. '.