PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gino Abate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gino Abate is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Santos
vs
Abate

177 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
156 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gino Abate!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abate shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Abate to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Abate misses with the combination.
Abate throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abate.
Santos tries to clinch up but Abate circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Abate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Abate lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Abate throws a one two combo.
A head kick from Santos lands but Abate takes it in his stride.
Abate tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos throws a head kick that Abate semi-blocks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Abate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Santos.
Santos tries to clinch but Abate moves out of range.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a body punch but Abate moves out of range.
Abate moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Abate throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Abate does no damage.
Abate throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Santos rushes Abate and presses him up against the cage.
Abate tries to break free but Santos pushes him back against the cage.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Abate tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abate has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Abate.
Abate looks winded!
Abate misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abate.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Abate in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Abate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abate wants to break free but Santos has control.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Abate.

Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos blocks a head kick by Abate.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Abate.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abate takes a kick to the side of the head.
Santos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Abate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Abate bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos scores with a head kick.
Abate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Abate counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
Abate throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Abate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos cracks Abate with an open hand slap.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Abate circles away.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abate lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Santos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Abate.
Abate takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santos misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a leg kick but Abate sees it coming and moves out of range.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Abate throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Abate lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Abate scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Abate swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abate throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Santos throws a head kick that Abate semi-blocks.
Abate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Abate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abate lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos is looking to clinch but Abate is avoiding it.
Abate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
That kick from Santos tenderised Abate's leg. Abate is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Santos lands with a right hand.
Santos tries to clinch there but Abate circles away.
Santos cracks the inside of Abate's front leg.
Some wild striking there from Abate.
Abate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Santos lands a high kick!
Abate throws a front kick aimed at Santos's knee but Santos avoids it well.
Abate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eduardo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Abate does no damage.
Abate misses with a wild body shot.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Abate pushes him off.
Abate throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Abate is breathing heavily.
Santos tries to clinch but Abate moves out of range.
Santos throws a head kick but Abate moves out of range.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Abate moves out of range easily.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Abate.
Abate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abate takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos wants to clinch up but Abate keeps it at a distance.
Abate ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Abate lands a jab-cross combination.
Santos is looking to clinch but Abate is avoiding it.
Santos wants to clinch up but Abate keeps it at a distance.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Abate does no damage.
Abate misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santos is looking to clinch but Abate is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abate swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
A combination from Abate does no damage.
Santos throws a nice head kick!
Abate looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Abate is working the combinations to good effect here.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Abate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Eduardo Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Abate bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abate avoids the head kick by Santos.
Abate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abate swinging wildly here.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abate throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Santos. That's going to slow Abate down.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos tries to break free but Abate pushes him back against the cage.
Santos keeps control of Abate as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Santos tries to clinch up but Abate circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Abate.
Abate throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Abate is just out of range.
Abate throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Santos lands a head kick. Abate smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abate.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abate slips a straight right by Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Abate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Abate.
Abate misses with a double jab.
Abate takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Abate misses with a few strikes there.
Abate dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abate throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abate misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Abate throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Santos dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Abate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Abate fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick from Santos lands but Abate takes it in his stride.

Santos forces Abate back against the cage and clinches.
Abate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abate is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Abate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Abate wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Abate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Abate.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Abate circles away.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Abate misses.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Abate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Abate pushes him off.
Abate throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abate takes a kick to the side of the head.
No joy there for Abate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Abate moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Abate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos scores with a head kick.
Abate lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abate swinging wildly here.
Santos lands a high kick!
Santos tries to clinch up.
Abate throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Abate looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Santos looks to land a left hand but Abate moved out of range nicely.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Abate lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Abate misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abate lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos wants to clinch up but Abate keeps it at a distance.
Santos wants to clinch
and Abate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abate misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Abate is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Abate misses with a double jab.
Abate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abate circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abate avoids the head kick by Santos.
Abate checks a low kick from Santos.
Gino Abate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abate closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abate misses with a series of wild punches.
Abate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Eduardo Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abate circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Abate wants to slow Santos down by chopping away at his legs.
Santos lands a high kick!
Abate throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Abate circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos tries to clinch but Abate moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Abate shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Abate to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Santos throws a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos lunges at Abate with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Abate's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Abate.
Santos tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Abate misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Santos!