PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Latendresse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Latendresse comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Bissonnette - La machine à scorer. Oliver Latendresse had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Latendresse
vs
Santos

185 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Meet the Future
Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Latendresse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lionel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latendresse fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Latendresse gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Santos tries to sprawl but Latendresse drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Latendresse thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.

Latendresse looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Latendresse wants to work for an arm triangle but Santos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've been hearing good reports from Latendresse's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Latendresse not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Latendresse 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santos lands a jab to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Santos there.
Latendresse fails with the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Latendresse thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Latendresse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Latendresse backs away looking to recover.
Latendresse misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Latendresse with a lazy takedown attempt
and Latendresse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Latendresse looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Latendresse misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Latendresse is breathing heavily.
Latendresse misses with a takedown
and Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Santos drives through and clinches with Latendresse against the cage.
Santos is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santos tries to work over Latendresse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Oliver Latendresse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands with a good body shot.
Latendresse tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.

It looks like Oliver Latendresse has been cut.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos cracks a nice hook into Latendresse's ribs.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Santos punishes Latendresse's body with a nice straight punch.
Latendresse will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Santos scores with a jab to the body.
Santos jabs Latendresse to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.

Santos rushes Latendresse and presses him up against the cage.
Latendresse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Latendresse's ribcage. Latendresse let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos is working Latendresse over against the cage.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Latendresse or not.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Latendresse takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Latendresse changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Santos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Latendresse rather than just go for the knockout.
Santos throws out a powerful jab.
Santos connects with a body shot that sends Latendresse's belly button to the back.
Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Santos lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Latendresse gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santos.
Nice takedown defense from Santos. No joy for Latendresse on that attempt.
Latendresse shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos jabs at Latendresse's body.
Santos jabs at Latendresse's body.
Latendresse with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lionel Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
A shot to the liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Santos lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Santos. Beautiful body shot.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Latendresse's hands.
Santos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Latendresse had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Latendresse takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Santos clinches.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos digs a good body shot into Latendresse's ribs.
Latendresse takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos cracks Latendresse with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lionel Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Latendresse's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Santos cracks a nice hook into Latendresse's ribs.
A nice combination there by Santos.
Latendresse gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santos.
Santos connects with a looping right hand.

Santos pushes Latendresse up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Latendresse controls the action.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Latendresse avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Santos is looking to control Latendresse's arms but Latendresse gets an underhook and turns him. Now Santos has his back to the cage.
Latendresse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Latendresse is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Santos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Latendresse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Latendresse drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Latendresse looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Latendresse takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Oliver Latendresse's cut is getting worse.
Santos punishes Latendresse's body with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by Latendresse or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Lionel Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos works Latendresse's body with a nice hook.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos lands with an uppercut that bounces Latendresse off the cage and back into range.
Latendresse with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Latendresse backpedaling.
Santos tests Latendresse's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Latendresse with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Santos cracks Latendresse with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
Latendresse doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Latendresse tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Latendresse's ribcage. Latendresse let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latendresse looking for a takedown.
Good body shot from Santos.
Santos is leaning against Latendresse and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

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

Santos forces Latendresse back against the cage and clinches.
Santos prevents the takedown attempt.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Latendresse at a distance.
Santos connects with a jab.
Santos throws a shot to the body.
Santos connects with a right hand. Latendresse shakes it off.
Santos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Latendresse takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Latendresse gets tackled into the cage by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
Latendresse is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Latendresse's ribcage. Latendresse let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santos lands a body shot.
Lionel Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Latendresse prevents a body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santos digs a right hand into Latendresse's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Latendresse's gas tank.
Latendresse wants to take the fight to the mat but Santos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Latendresse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Latendresse tries for a takedown but Santos manages to get underhooks.
A body shot lands from Santos.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Latendresse.
Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos slowing the pace effectively.
Santos lands a shot to the body.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santos scores with a hook to the body.
Santos is leaning against Latendresse and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Santos.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Latendresse avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Latendresse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Santos taking a breather.
Latendresse looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Latendresse takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lionel Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oliver Latendresse's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Latendresse takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Latendresse shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Latendresse takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Latendresse fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Latendresse at a distance.
Latendresse fails with the takedown
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Latendresse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Santos jabs at Latendresse's body.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Latendresse takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos lands a body shot.
Santos connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheers as Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Latendresse doesn't seem phased though.
Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Santos thuds a left hand into Latendresse's body.
Santos works Latendresse's body with a nice hook.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Latendresse tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Santos has Latendresse up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos cracks Latendresse with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Santos tries to work over Latendresse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Latendresse has Santos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Santos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Santos works on Latendresse's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets underhooks to prevent Latendresse's takedown attempt.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Santos.
Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Latendresse backwards.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Latendresse controls the action.
Santos lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Santos.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Latendresse has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Latendresse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Latendresse drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos thuds a left hand into Latendresse's body.
Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Latendresse eats them both and turns towards Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Latendresse backs away looking to recover.

Oliver Latendresse's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Santos gets a clinch.
Latendresse is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Santos lands a body shot.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos digs a good body shot into Latendresse's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Latendresse.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Latendresse tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
letting Santos counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a body shot.
Latendresse takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos lands a jab to Latendresse's midsection.
Latendresse ducks right into an uppercut from Santos.
Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Latendresse's hands.
Lionel Santos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Latendresse shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Latendresse on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos throws a shot to the body.

Santos drives through and clinches with Latendresse against the cage.
Latendresse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Latendresse is looking for a takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos pushes Latendresse back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Santos presses Latendresse against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oliver Latendresse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Santos - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lionel Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

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