PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dong Hyun Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dong Hyun Lee has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Antonio Santana's chin.

Santana
vs
Hyun Lee

173 cm
18
158 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dong Hyun Lee!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee misses with a lunging right hand

and Santana counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lee!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Santana goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Lee has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Santana but great work by Lee.

Lee swings around for an armbar but Santana sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Lee's guard.
Santana is stalling in the full guard.
Lee tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santana throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Santana knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.
Santana sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Lee is looking for a triangle but Santana pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana throws a big right hand that misses.
Santana's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Santana.
Santana looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Santana throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Santana is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santana avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santana is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Santana slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Antonio Santana has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Santana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santana tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Santana stalls.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Santana prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Lee avoiding damage as Santana throws knees to the body.
Santana lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santana scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Lee being controlled against the cage.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Santana is controlling the position.
Santana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santana taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Santana dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lee enables Santana to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lee manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lee is trying to control the position but Santana postures up.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Lee is trying to keep Santana in close.
Santana sitting in guard here, content to control.
Antonio Santana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Santana clinches up against the cage.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee avoiding damage as Santana throws knees to the body.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Santana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dong Hyun Lee has been cut.
Santana scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
Santana pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Santana lands a nice uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Santana after a bit of a struggle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Santana.
Santana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santana tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Lee is trying to break free.
A nice left hand lands by Santana.
Santana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
Santana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana effectively controlling the action here.
Santana blocks the elbow strike.
Santana misses with a knee strike.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Santana crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Santana has Lee pushed against the cage.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Santana is controlling him.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Santana has him pressed against the cage.
Lee blocks a body shot from Santana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santana.
Santana missing with knees to the body.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santana pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee wants to take the fight to the mat but Santana manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Antonio Santana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dong Hyun Lee.
Santana lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee tries to score a body lock takedown but Santana shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Santana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santana leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santana holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Santana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dong Hyun Lee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lee avoids the head kick by Santana.

Santana has managed to clinch.
Lee tries to pull guard but Santana won't allow it.
Santana missing with knees to the body.
Santana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Santana unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Lee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santana pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Santana closes the distance and pushes Lee back into the cage.
Santana digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Santana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana stalling.
Santana keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santana avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Antonio Santana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dong Hyun Lee.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Antonio Santana has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
Santana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santana prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Santana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santana prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Santana pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Santana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Santana.
Lee has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santana is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana stops a takedown attempt from Lee.
Santana displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Santana for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A body shot lands from Santana.
Lee wants to take the fight to the mat but Santana manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lee tries to break free but Santana pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Santana scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Nice elbow from Santana.
Lee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Antonio Santana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee letting Santana take a breather here.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
Dong Hyun Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Santana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santana 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Santana!
Antonio Santana decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.