PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Santos (ranked 24366 p4p, 2970 weight class) and Fabinho Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabinho Tavares has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Tavares

190 cm
25
210
5 - 8 - 0

188 cm
24
222
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabinho Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Tavares.
Tavares tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Tavares.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tavares. Tavares obviously looking to wear him down.
Tavares thows a leg kick but Santos checks it

and Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Tavares fights it but they end up in guard.
Santos preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Santos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tavares for as long as he can get away with.
Tavares wants to sweep here but Santos controlling him for the moment.
Tavares can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Santos controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.

Tavares has his foot on Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tavares looking for a sweep. Not yet Tavares, not yet.
Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Tavares throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Tavares working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.

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.
Santos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tavares.

Tavares knocks Santos to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Luis Santos has been cut.
Tavares trying to control the position but Santos is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tavares tries for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Tavares in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tavares is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Tavares goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Santos rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Tavares's guard! Nice work there by Santos!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Tavares is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Santos defends well.

Tavares looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Tavares is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tavares is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fabinho Tavares dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luis Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tavares with a nice calf kick.
Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tavares.
Tavares catches Santos with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Santos forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Fabinho Tavares!
In his post fight interview, Fabinho Tavares started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.