PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Santos (ranked 1101 p4p, 131 weight class) and Billy Jack (ranked 2006 p4p, 226 weight class). Jack has chosen The Legend of Billy Jack as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Santos
vs
Jack

182 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Jack!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with an uppercut.
Jack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Jack clinches with his opponent.
Santos scores with a hook to the body.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jack working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santos cracks Jack with a nice body shot.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Jack avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jack lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Jack.
A right hand to the body from Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
Jack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Jack is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Jack blocking some punches.
We've been hearing reports that Santos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jack.
Santos prevents a body shot from Jack.
Jack lands with a left to the head.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Jack lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos is trying to pull guard but Jack turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Jack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Santos gets control of Jack's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Santos throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jack uses it to pass to side control.
Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jack wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Santos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jack scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Santos to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Santos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jack is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jack is working Santos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jack has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to buck Jack off but Jack is having none of it.
Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santos wants to get back to full guard but Jack has mounted him!
Jack landing strikes from the mount and Santos is in trouble!
Jack scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santos?
Jack lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Santos is rocked!
Jack scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
BOOM! Jack connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jack prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Jack connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Santos scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Jack land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Jack stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Jack!
During a confident post fight interview, Billy Jack thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.