PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yushin Ming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ming
vs
Santos

196 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
165 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yushin Ming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to clinch up

and Ming decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santos is looking to stand up but Ming isn't so interested in that idea.
Ming is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ming with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ming chips away with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ming defends it easily.
Ming works over Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Ming lands a couple of elbows.
Ming is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ming postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Santos is rocked!
Santos has momentary wrist control but Ming slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Ming finish him?
Ming keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.

Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Ming is having none of it.
Ming trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos is looking to stand up but Ming isn't so interested in that idea.
Ming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ming controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ming lands a couple of elbows.
Ming postures up and lands a big shot to Santos's brow.

Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ming doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ming manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ming is working Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Ming from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ming chips away with some ground and pound.

Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ming really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santos looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ming chips away with some ground and pound.
Ming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ming lands a couple of digs.
Ming is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ming controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ming trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Ming working some strikes from top position.
Ming will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ming postures up and lands a big shot to Santos's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming works over Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Ming scoring with some ground and pound.

Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ming is aware though and is defending well.
Ming working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santos's head.

Santos is working an open guard so Ming takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Eduardo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ming dives in and grabs Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes down on Ming's head and hops out.
Eduardo Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Santos misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Ming chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santos can pounce on him.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos misses with a hook. Ming ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ming shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A combination from Santos does no damage.

Ming gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ming tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos tries to break free but Ming pushes him back against the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ming trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ming 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.
Ming controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yushin Ming dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Santos throws a head kick but Ming moves out of range.
Ming on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santos. Santos obviously looking to wear him down.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ming has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ming wants to take the fight to the mat but Santos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ming goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ming takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ming fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yushin Ming. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ming looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Ming persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ming blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ming.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Ming circles away.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Ming swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos tries to clinch there but Ming circles away.
Ming is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ming stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ming circles away from the clinch attempt

and Ming decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Ming is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ming is working Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ming landing with the ground and pound.
Santos is trying to control the position but Ming postures up.
Ming throwing strikes but missing.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ming is in close to Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Santos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Yushin Ming overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ming won't allow Santos to get back to his feet.
Ming scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming is stalling in the full guard.
Ming postures up and lands a big shot to Santos's brow.
Ming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ming can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ming postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ming trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Ming working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santos's head.
Ming working some strikes from top position.
Ming scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ming stops Santos from standing up.
Ming with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ming scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ming manages to get himself to full guard.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos is fighting to break Ming's control of his arms but Ming is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Ming is retaining full guard.
Ming pulls Santos in close to prevent any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Ming has wrist control.

Santos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ming manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Santos has Ming in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yushin Ming will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ming fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Ming won't allow it.

Ming turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Santos pushes Ming away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ming gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ming working the ground and pound from side control.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ming works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet here but Ming is keeping cool and he's managed to take Santos's back.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ming is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Santos. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Santos is trapped and Ming is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ming scores with punches from the back.
Ming throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Santos!
Santos grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Santos takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Ming lands punches and elbows.
Ming is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Santos up.
Ming is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ming lands a series of strikes from the back and Santos goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yushin Ming!
Yushin Ming tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.