PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramiro Crisp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Lodge. Ramiro Crisp is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Santos
vs
Crisp

193 cm
23
249 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
275 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ramiro Crisp!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos lands a front kick.
Crisp misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crisp throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santos's waist but Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Crisp off to one side.

Santos shoots in and bounces Crisp off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Santos wants to control from the top but Crisp keeps moving.

Crisp is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Santos postures up in Crisp's guard and throws a big left but Crisp blocks it.
Santos postures up in Crisp's guard and throws a big left but Crisp blocks it.
Santos won't allow Crisp to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A solid leg kick lands there for Santos.
Crisp looks gassed!
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crisp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Crisp on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santos. Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
Crisp needs to keep his hands up - Santos had a free shot at his head there.
Santos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Crisp will feel that in the morning.
Santos scores with a body shot.
Crisp tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Santos feints and as Crisp raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Crisp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Crisp avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crisp seems keen to control Santos's posture.

Santos has gone for a leg lock! Crisp slips out almost immediately though and dives into Santos's 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 is pulling down on Crisp's head to control his posture.

Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crisp is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crisp wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Santos is trying to control. Crisp wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crisp missing with punches from the bottom.
Santos is keen to just control but Crisp is a slippery customer.
Crisp tries to get to full guard but Santos has control of the leg.
Crisp slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Crisp wants to sweep here but Santos controlling him for the moment.
Crisp throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's four 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 wants to control from the top but Crisp keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Santos drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Crisp blocks nicely.
Crisp keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
Crisp trying to strike off his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos lands a couple of digs.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Crisp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crisp keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Crisp.
Santos regains half guard.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crisp is working away from the top position though.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Santos here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Crisp is just content to waste time from the top position. Santos takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Crisp pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Crisp loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crisp trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Crisp from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Crisp.
Santos lands a left hand.

Crisp has picked Santos up - he's going for a ride! Crisp dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Santos wants to improve his position but Crisp is controlling well.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crisp is working away from the top position though.
Crisp looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos is looking for a sweep. Crisp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Santos wants to control but Crisp is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crisp looks to land a strike but Santos avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Crisp from controlling successfully.
Crisp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crisp cracks Santos with a solid left hand.
Santos looking to control.
Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Crisp is desperately trying to improve his position but Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Crisp can't escape the position.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crisp hang on?
Crisp throwing hammer fists to the chest of Santos. What's that going to do exactly?
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 Crisp's face.
Santos tries to control but Crisp wriggling away.
Crisp is trying desperately to improve position.

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.
Crisp is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Crisp is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crisp regains half guard.
Santos trying to control from half guard but Crisp is working away.
Crisp tries to roll over but Santos keeps him under control.
Crisp wants to control but Santos passes into side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ramiro Crisp will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Crisp doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Santos counters with a low kick, right behind Crisp 's knee.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos scoring well with a low kick there.

Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crisp keeps working.
Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Crisp taking a bit of punishment here - Santos scoring with strikes.
Santos blocks the strikes from Crisp.
Santos wants to control but Crisp is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patrick Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos cracks Crisp with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crisp is looking for a sweep.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crisp keeps working.
Crisp tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Santos. That snapped Crisp's head back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santos.
Crisp gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santos.
Santos stalks Crisp and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crisp's face. Crisp staggers backwards, shaken.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crisp shoots and misses
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Santos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Crisp's half guard.
Santos prevents Crisp from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Crisp is keeping him busy.
Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Crisp missing with punches from the bottom.
Crisp punching from the bottom.
Crisp flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Crisp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Crisp doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crisp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Patrick Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramiro Crisp.
Crisp stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Crisp's calf.
Santos cracks the inside of Crisp's front leg.
Santos scores with a spinning back kick!
Santos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A solid body kick from Santos.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santos.
Santos scores with a leg kick.
Crisp's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Santos lands with an uppercut that bounces Crisp off the cage and back into rage.
Santos cracks the inside of Crisp's front leg.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Santos duly obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Crisp's head backwards.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Santos - that will leave a mark!
Crisp fails with the takedown
and Santos counters with a big head kick but Crisp shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos works the jab nicely.
Crisp takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crisp fails with the takedown
and Santos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Crisp really felt that one!

Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Crisp sprawls well initially but Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Crisp is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Crisp manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crisp controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.
Crisp is striking from the bottom but Santos uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:26

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