PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Lodge. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santos
vs
Silva

193 cm
22
248 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch.
Santos throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Fernando Silva has been cut.
Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.

Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Santos lands a nice short elbow.
Santos is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Santos is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Santos throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Santos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Santos is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Santos seems content to control.
Santos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santos trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Patrick Santos just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva wants to sweep but Santos has passed to side control!
Santos trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Santos connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee asks Santos politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Santos prefers to stall for the moment though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Silva's cut.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Fernando Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Santos counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos lands a couple of digs.
Santos slips nicely into half guard.
Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santos is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Patrick Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos lands a big elbow.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
Santos controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Santos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Santos controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Santos.
Santos lands a heavy elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos landing strikes from the mount.
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Patrick Santos just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Santos connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Santos moves into full guard.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Santos content to stall in guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a solid body kick.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick by Silva misses

and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Santos controlling the pace for now.
Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Santos content just to control the position here.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Santos scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Santos controlling from mount.
Silva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Santos breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Santos cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Santos avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Santos landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Santos prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Santos lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Santos unloading with bombs!
Santos landing shots from mount.
Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fernando Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Santos!