PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santiago has chosen I'm a Souljah as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Justice
vs
Santiago

170 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Santiago!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago moves away from the strike by Justice.
Santiago walks into a straight right hand from Justice.
Santiago needs to keep his hands up - Justice had a free shot at his head there.
Santiago thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santiago throws a big shot that misses.
Justice just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice swings widly with a right hand
and Santiago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Santiago walks into a straight right hand from Justice.

Santiago is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago fails with the takedown.
Justice ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Justice misses the jab.
Santiago takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santiago throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Justice's waist but Justice gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santiago off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santiago throws a big shot that misses.
Justice throws a jab when Santiago was well out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Justice scores with a four punch combination!
Santiago is still on wobbly legs! Can Justice finish him?
Santiago misses with a hook.
Justice dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santiago seems to have recovered his senses.
Justice misses with a straight left.
Santiago misses with a hook.
Santiago ducks under a wild hook from Justice.
Santiago avoids the body shot from Justice.
A jab from Justice misses.
Justice misses with a few strikes there.
Justice throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santiago there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago dodges the punch combination from Justice.
Santiago misses with a hook. Justice ducked under it nicely.
Jon Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Justice.
Justice lands with a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santiago.
Jon Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Santiago.
Justice throws a nice looking combination but Santiago bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Justice throws a big shot that misses.
Justice lands with a good body shot.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown but Justice shows good takedown defense.
Santiago is trying desperately to land a takedown but Justice is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Santiago.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santiago blocks a low kick nicely.
Santiago keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Jon Justice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Santiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Justice slips under a jab from Santiago.
Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Justice.
Justice throws the left hand but Santiago avoids the punch easily.
Justice throws a hook to the side of Santiago's head but Santiago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santiago looks to land a left hand but Justice moved out of range nicely.
Justice looks to land a right hand but Santiago moved out of range.
Justice throws a hook but Santiago blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Santiago does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
Santiago missing with a left hand there. Justice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Santiago saw that one coming.
Justice throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Santiago checks a leg kick.
Justice ducks right into an uppercut from Santiago.
Justice digs a good hook to Santiago's body.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justice slaps away a takedown attempt from Santiago, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Justice lands with a nice body punch.
Santiago might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justice misses with a wild body shot.
Justice lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Justice 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.

Santiago shoots for a double leg takedown but Justice sprawls well. He's pushed Santiago's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santiago moves away from the strike by Justice.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santiago manages to avoid it.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santiago moves away.
Santiago pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santiago manages to avoid it.
Justice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santiago.
Justice is looking to slow Santiago down with leg kicks.
Santiago jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justice throws a nice looking combination but Santiago bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Justice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santiago throws out the jab.
An inside leg kick from Justice misses.
Justice throws a right and a left that Santiago avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago throws a looping overhand right but Justice ducks down to avoid it.
Justice scores with a shot to the body.
Justice throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Justice swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Justice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Justice scores with a hook to the body. Santiago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Justice misses with a looping right.
Justice lands with a straight right. Santiago didn't see that one coming.
Justice throws a lazy right hand but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santiago throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santiago.
Nice defenses there by Santiago.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws a hook to the side of Santiago's head but Santiago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Justice moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Justice is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santiago can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice lands with a nice body punch.
Santiago looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jon Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Santiago.
Santiago throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Justice counters with a single leg into guard. Santiago didn't expect that.
Justice wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.
Santiago throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Santiago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Justice is posturing up here but Santiago has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Justice tries to roll out but it's too tight and Justice has to tap! Slick submission there by Santiago!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Santiago!
After the fight, Tommy Santiago was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.