PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Los Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calixtro Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marcos De Los Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

De Los Santos
vs
Guerrero

192 cm
27
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Spartan Nutrition
GREEN!160

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos De Los Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Calixtro Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Los Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by De Los Santos.
Guerrero fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Los Santos misses with a takedown attempt

and Guerrero moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Guerrero - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guerrero.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've been informed that Guerrero has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Guerrero lands with a right to the head.
De Los Santos blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Guerrero takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero swings wildly with an uppercut but De Los Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerrero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Los Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Guerrero working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Guerrero to work.
Guerrero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guerrero misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that De Los Santos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
De Los Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guerrero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Los Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Guerrero fails to land.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Los Santos is trying to break the clinch but Guerrero is controlling him.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Los Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guerrero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guerrero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Guerrero scores with a shoulder strike.
Guerrero has a couple of punches blocked by De Los Santos.
Guerrero throws a punch but it's blocked by De Los Santos.
Guerrero swings wildly with an uppercut but De Los Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Guerrero scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guerrero creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Los Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Guerrero swings wildly with an uppercut but De Los Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerrero lands a nice shot to the body.
Guerrero is struggling to control the position.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.
De Los Santos takes a shot to the head.
Guerrero prevents the takedown attempt.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero working aggressively here.
Guerrero can't find room to land a body shot as De Los Santos controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guerrero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guerrero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Los Santos blocking some punches.
Guerrero tries to throw a body punch but De Los Santos avoids it by throwing Guerrero back against the cage.
Guerrero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerrero.
De Los Santos tries to circle away but Guerrero has him pinned against the cage.
De Los Santos blocks a body shot from Guerrero.
A frustrated look appears on De Los Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Guerrero gets through De Los Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guerrero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Los Santoss head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guerrero throws a punch but it's blocked by De Los Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calixtro Guerrero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Los Santos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Los Santos scores with a shot to the body.
De Los Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Los Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guerrero.
De Los Santos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Guerrero tries to clinch but De Los Santos moves out of range.
De Los Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Los Santos throws a combination that misses

and Guerrero counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Guerrero.
Guerrero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guerrero tries a body shot but De Los Santos blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guerrero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero pushes De Los Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guerrero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Los Santos is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guerrero swings wildly with an uppercut but De Los Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Los Santos blocks an uppercut.
De Los Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guerrero presses De Los Santos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Guerrero stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guerrero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guerrero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guerrero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guerrero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guerrero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Los Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Los Santos is trying to drag Guerrero to the mat but Guerrero just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Guerrero lands a body punch.
De Los Santos blocking some punches.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Guerrero fails to land.
Guerrero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Guerrero.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero misses with some punches.
Guerrero tries to work over De Los Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guerrero tries to throw a body punch but De Los Santos avoids it by throwing Guerrero back against the cage.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
De Los Santos blocks an uppercut.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Los Santos.
De Los Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guerrero throws a punch but it's blocked by De Los Santos.
Guerrero lands with a light punch inside.
Guerrero lands with a right to the head.
Guerrero stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero misses with a punch on the inside.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Guerrero.
Calixtro Guerrero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Guerrero is working De Los Santos over against the cage.
Guerrero pushes De Los Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

De Los Santos has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Guerrero regains guard immediately.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guerrero wants to stand but De Los Santos is controlling the position.
De Los Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Guerrero is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Los Santos is controlling him.
De Los Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guerrero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calixtro Guerrero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

De Los Santos throws a head kick but Guerrero moves out of range.
De Los Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guerrero moves away.
De Los Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guerrero counters with a nice uppercut.
Guerrero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Los Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guerrero tries to clinch but De Los Santos is having none of it.
Guerrero moves to clinch but De Los Santos breaks away
and De Los Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Los Santos lands with a cross.
De Los Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guerrero was well out of range. Poor timing from De Los Santos.

De Los Santos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Los Santos lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Los Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Guerrero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Los Santos.
De Los Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Guerrero has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Los Santos throwing strikes but missing.
De Los Santos stops Guerrero from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Los Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Guerrero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Los Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Los Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Los Santos distracts Guerrero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De Los Santos trying to control but Guerrero is working from the bottom.
Guerrero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Los Santos throws a big right hand that misses.

De Los Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Los Santos throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Los Santos landing with the ground and pound.

De Los Santos drops back looking for a leg! Guerrero is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Guerrero manages to kick De Los Santos off! De Los Santos jumps back into Guerrero's guard.
De Los Santos trying to control but Guerrero is working from the bottom.
Guerrero is trying to control the position from the bottom.

De Los Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Los Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Guerrero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Los Santos.
De Los Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De Los Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De Los Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Calixtro Guerrero is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guerrero has momentary wrist control but De Los Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Guerrero can do anything to dispel that myth.
Guerrero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Los Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
De Los Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guerrero is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Los Santos is controlling him.

De Los Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Los Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

De Los Santos drops back looking for a leg! Guerrero is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Guerrero manages to kick De Los Santos off! De Los Santos jumps back into Guerrero's guard.
Marcos De Los Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos De Los Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Los Santos throws a big elbow that misses.
De Los Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guerrero is trying to keep De Los Santos in close.
De Los Santos throws a big elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos De Los Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Guerrero has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calixtro Guerrero!