PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Syrian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Strange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Santos
vs
Strange

192 cm
22
277 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Syrian Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Strange!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strange moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos is pressed up against the cage. Strange has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Santos down to the mat. Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Strange, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Strange moves into the clinch.

Strange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Strange.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Strange sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Strange stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Strange sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Strange pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

Strange breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos has his takedown stuffed

and Strange moves into the clinch.
Strange tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strange is keeping busy.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strange has him pressed against the cage.

Strange manages to break the clinch.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Strange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strange jabs at Santos's body.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Strange drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.

Strange successfully pulls guard.
Santos trying to control but Strange is working from the bottom.
Santos wants to get up but he can't break Strange's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Strange lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Santos!
Strange misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Strange lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strange content just to control the position here.
Strange really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Strange has a good base and remains in mount.
Strange trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Strange can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Strange lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Strange tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Strange landing punches.
Strange tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Strange lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Strange is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Santos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Strange looks gassed!
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Strange is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Strange stalling away here and it's allowed Santos to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Strange dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Strange misses with a straight left.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Strange leaves Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Strange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Strange.
Nice takedown defense from Strange. No joy for Santos on that attempt.
Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Strange.
A lazy left from Strange finds it's target.
Strange will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Strange misses with a double jab.
Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Strange avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos closes the distance but Strange moves to the side
and Strange counters with a nice uppercut.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Strange pushes him off.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Strange backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Adam Strange has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Strange circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch up but Strange circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos tries to clinch but Strange is having none of it.
Strange fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Strange showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Strange tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Strange to the ground. Strange escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Strange pinned against the cage. Strange gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Strange circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Santos. No joy for Strange on that attempt.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Strange circles away.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos tries to clinch there but Strange circles away.
Syrian Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Santos wants to clinch up but Strange keeps it at a distance.
Strange will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Strange.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Strange tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos tries for a takedown but Strange sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Strange but Strange pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Strange shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strange swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Strange moves into range and clinches up with Santos.

Strange escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Strange instigates a clinch.
Strange prevents a takedown attempt there.
Strange scores with a hook to the body.
Santos wants a takedown.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Strange.
Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Strange pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Strange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Strange counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strange is trying to maintain a safe position but Santos gets an underhook and turns Strange into the cage.
Strange gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos takes a shot to the head.

Santos manages to pull guard.
Strange wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santos wriggles free and stands up.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Strange.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Strange swivels and escapes.
Strange throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Syrian Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Strange's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Strange has a takedown stuffed.
Adam Strange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos tries to clinch
and Strange counters with a low kick, right behind Santos 's knee.
Strange scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santos in his tracks.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Strange counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
Strange looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Strange sprawls well.
Strange circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos looks for a takedown but Strange sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strange is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strange stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Strange scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strange is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Strange looks to land a strike but Santos avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Santos is looking to stand up but Strange isn't so interested in that idea.
Strange wants to stand but Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Strange looking to sit in guard and control but Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Strange has a closed guard, preventing Santos from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Strange looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santos pushes down on Strange's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santos trying to control the action but Strange is working from the bottom.
Strange is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Strange because Santos loaded up on that one.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Santos looking for a guillotine from mount but Strange is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Strange can do anything to dispel that myth.

Santos get's back to his feet.
Santos tries to clinch but Strange moves out of range.
Strange misses with a two punch combination.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Strange circles away.
Strange shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strange leaves Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Strange shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strange shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Strange stuffs the takedown.

Strange closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Santos has Strange pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Strange manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.

Strange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strange misses with a two punch combination.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Strange defends it nicely.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Strange sprawls well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Adam Strange.
Well Strange has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Strange!