PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maria de Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arman Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorh has chosen Todo poderoso as his entrance music. Maria de Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de Santana
vs
Dorh

165 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
156 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maria de Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arman Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dorh has taken the fight to the clinch.
de Santana is trying to break the clinch but Dorh has him pressed against the cage.

Dorh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de Santana throws a hook but Dorh blocks it.
Dorh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dorh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dorh throws a sloppy head kick and de Santana moves out of range easily.
de Santana defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dorh.
de Santana cracks Dorh with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorh misses with the combination.
Nice straight punches there by de Santana. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of de Santana.
Dorh misses with an uppercut. de Santana saw that one coming.
de Santana thuds a left hand into Dorh's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
de Santana chopping away at his opponent's legs.

de Santana darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dorh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from de Santana.
Dorh pushes de Santana off looking to stand but de Santana dives back in and keeps control.
de Santana missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dorh has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. de Santana is working away from the top position though.
Dorh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from de Santana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Santana lands with a punch from half guard.
de Santana throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dorh wants to control but de Santana is keeping busy.
de Santana not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dorh gets full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells de Santana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Santana is looking to work some ground and pound but Dorh has wrist control.
de Santana throws and elbow that misses. Dorh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de Santana's guard. Nice move by Dorh!
de Santana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dorh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorh stopping the sweep attempt from de Santana.
Dorh being controlled here momentarily.
Dorh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Santana is keeping the position for now.
Dorh controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Santana is trying to control the position but Dorh postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dorh stopping the sweep attempt from de Santana.

Dorh stands up from de Santana's guard - Dorh perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dorh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
de Santana with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dorh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dorh tries to clinch there but de Santana circles away.
Some wild striking there from Dorh.
Dorh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maria de Santana dominated that round.
That's time! de Santana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

de Santana lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to de liver by de Santana. Beautiful body shot.

de Santana shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dorh can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, de Santana cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dorh wants to try and get back to his feet.
de Santana unloads with some shots from mount but Dorh bucks and avoids them well.
Dorh is trying desperately to improve position.
Dorh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by de Santana.
A nice elbow there by de Santana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Santana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dorh?
de Santana throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dorh regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. de Santana lands a nice short elbow.
de Santana is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
de Santana throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
de Santana thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from de Santana.
de Santana throws a strike but Dorh avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
de Santana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Dorh kicks de Santana off and gets to his feet.
Dorh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arman Dorh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Santana fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dorh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
de Santana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dorh wants to clinch up but de Santana keeps it at a distance.
de Santana slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dorh tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dorh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dorh is looking to work some ground and pound but de Santana has wrist control.
de Santana looking for a sweep. Not yet de Santana, not yet.
Dorh wants to control from the top but de Santana keeps moving.
de Santana working a defensive guard here.
Dorh trying to control the position from guard on top but de Santana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
de Santana wants to sweep but no luck.
Dorh stands and throws de Santana's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Dorh seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dorh moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dorh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dorh has his takedown stuffed
and de Santana counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dorh thinking.
Dorh is breathing heavily.

Dorh gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows de Santana to score an easy takedown into full guard.
de Santana stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dorh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Maria de Santana will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

de Santana lands a nice hook to Dorh's body. Dorh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
de Santana scores with a jab to the body.
Dorh is looking to clinch but de Santana is avoiding it.
Dorh lands with a nice combination. de Santana backs away looking to recover.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by de Santana!

de Santana shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dorh's guard.
Dorh pulls de Santana in to control the position.
de Santana throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Santana throwing strikes but missing.
Maria de Santana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
de Santana throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Santana postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dorh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Dorh is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, de Santana has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dorh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
de Santana wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dorh.
de Santana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Maria de Santana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Poor strikes thrown by Dorh there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
de Santana tries to hold on but Dorh pushes him away.
Dorh looking to control but de Santana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dorh might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control de Santana kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
de Santana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dorh wants to get back to his feet but de Santana is holding on tight.
de Santana can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorh looking to control but de Santana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
de Santana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
de Santana blocking the ground and pound.
de Santana is trying to escape the mount.
de Santana tries to hold on but Dorh pushes him away.
Dorh with a couple of short strikes.
Dorh 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.
de Santana wants to hold on but Dorh pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dorh wants to control the pace but de Santana is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Dorh.
de Santana blocking the ground and pound.
de Santana is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
de Santana wants to hold on but Dorh pushes him away.
de Santana is desperately trying to improve his position but Dorh has a good base and remains in mount.
Arman Dorh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dorh 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
de Santana is working to get back to half guard.
de Santana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Arman Dorh.
I think de Santana has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maria de Santana!