PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hipolito Adalberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanadi De Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hipolito Adalberto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adalberto
vs
De Santana

179 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Winning Edge INC.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hipolito Adalberto !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanadi De Santana!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adalberto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Santana stuffs the takedown attempt from Adalberto . Adalberto gets slowly back to his feet.

Adalberto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Adalberto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Adalberto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
De Santana is looking to improve his position.
Adalberto drops an elbow to the side of De Santana's head.
De Santana has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Adalberto is working away from the top position though.
De Santana is trying to get back to full guard.
De Santana gets full guard.
De Santana looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De Santana trying to keep a closed guard but Adalberto is proving a slippery customer.

De Santana kicks Adalberto off and gets to his feet.
De Santana stuffs the takedown attempt from Adalberto . Adalberto gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santana throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Adalberto .
Adalberto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Santana but De Santana pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hipolito Adalberto . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adalberto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Santana but De Santana pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Adalberto is breathing heavily.
De Santana lands a big uppercut and Adalberto crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Adalberto looks OK.

Adalberto is rocked!
De Santana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Adalberto . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Santana prevents Adalberto from improving his position.
Oh Adalberto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adalberto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from De Santana.

Adalberto actively working from the bottom here.
Adalberto seems to have got his legs back now.
De Santana throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Adalberto won't allow De Santana to pass to mount.
Adalberto tries to get to full guard but De Santana has control of the leg.
De Santana tries to pass the half guard into mount. Adalberto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

De Santana stands up and beckons Adalberto to join him on the feet.
De Santana is looking to clinch but Adalberto is avoiding it.
De Santana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santana uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Santana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adalberto fails with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

De Santana pushes Adalberto up against the cage in a clinch.
De Santana landing knees to the body.
De Santana unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adalberto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adalberto can't get the takedown.
Adalberto managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
De Santana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adalberto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Santana gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Adalberto is blocking nicely.
Adalberto tries to score a body lock takedown but De Santana shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Santana tries to stall but Adalberto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adalberto wants a takedown.
Adalberto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Santana gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Santana crunches a lovely knee into Adalberto 's ribcage.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Adalberto in his tracks for a moment.
De Santana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adalberto changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De Santana fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Adalberto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Adalberto lands in his opponent's guard.
Adalberto passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santana gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
De Santana gets back to full guard.
De Santana looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adalberto is one step ahead there.
De Santana lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Adalberto !
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Santana postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Adalberto bigstyle! Two more strikes land for De Santana and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wanadi De Santana!