PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franco Santo (ranked 3079 p4p, 128 weight class) and Frank Greene (ranked 3564 p4p, 140 weight class). Greene has chosen Tiger rap-by ANDRE NICOTINA as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Franco Santo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Franco Santo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Santo
vs
Greene

194 cm
20
290 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Pit Bull Development
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Dr. Dogood (160 quality for $135)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Franco Santo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Greene!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Greene gets a double leg takedown into Santo's guard.
Greene is fighting to break Santo's control of his arms but Santo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Santo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Santo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Greene is working Santo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greene is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santo is controlling Greene's posture.
Greene lands a couple of digs.
Santo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Greene is fighting to break Santo's control of his arms but Santo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Greene told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Santo keeping moving, preventing Greene from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene tries to free his leg and advance position but Santo is retaining full guard.
Greene keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santo's head.
Greene landing with the ground and pound.
Santo is pulling down on Greene's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Greene.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greene connects with a couple of short punches.
Greene is looking to work some ground and pound but Santo has wrist control.
Santo has his hands on Greene's head, controlling the position.
Santo has momentary wrist control but Greene slips an elbow through the middle.
Greene throws a big elbow that misses.
Greene missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Greene trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Greene throwing strikes from guard but Santo blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Greene is in close to Santo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Santo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Greene trying to control the position from guard on top but Santo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Greene stopping the sweep attempt from Santo.
Greene throwing strikes but missing.
Greene missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santo is controlling Greene's posture.
Greene throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Greene loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Santo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Greene misses with a takedown attempt
and Santo counters with a low kick, right behind Greene 's knee.
Greene scores with a nice strike.
Greene tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santo swivels and escapes.
Santo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Greene.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Greene scores with a jab to the head.
Greene looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santo is fending him off so far but Greene persists. Nope, Santo circles away and we're back to standing.
Franco Santo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Greene.
Santo scores with the left hand. Greene knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Greene 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.

A swing and a miss from Greene.

It looks like Frank Greene has been cut.
Greene gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santo counters with a big right hand! Oh Greene is in trouble here! Santo follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franco Santo!
Franco Santo is the new super heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Franco Santo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.