PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amana Kelekolio (ranked 1908 p4p, 234 weight class) and Johnny Santos (ranked 3655 p4p, 394 weight class). Santos has chosen Nazareth- Let Me Be Your Leader as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kelekolio
vs
Santos

191 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Paradise Health and Nutrition

Condemned

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amana Kelekolio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Santos!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos forces Kelekolio back against the cage and clinches.
Kelekolio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos is trying to pull guard but Kelekolio has him pressed against the cage.
Kelekolio trying to land knees to the body.
Santos tries to pull guard but Kelekolio holds him up against the cage and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.
Kelekolio lands a shoulder strike.
Santos tries to pull guard but Kelekolio won't allow it.
Amana Kelekolio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Santos.
Kelekolio pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelekolio digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Santos tries to pull guard but Kelekolio forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kelekolio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Kelekolio misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelekolio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kelekolio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kelekolio lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Johnny Santos has been cut.
Kelekolio looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to pull guard but Kelekolio forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelekolio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santos's brow.
Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kelekolio walks away with a smile on his face. Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kelekolio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Santos is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Kelekolio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kelekolio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Kelekolio gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Santos is rocked!
Kelekolio has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Santos - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Kelekolio, and another! Santos is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Amana Kelekolio!
An out of breath and clearly excited Amana Kelekolio thanked MMA Underwear Laundry for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).