PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao O Dragao de Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

O Dragao de Santos
vs
Lima

187 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao O Dragao de Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Lima!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Dragao de Santos jabs Lima right on the nose. Lima blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Carlos Lima has been cut.
O Dragao de Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
O Dragao de Santos lands with an uppercut that bounces Lima off the cage and back into rage.
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!
O Dragao de Santos throws a sloppy body shot

and Lima counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in O Dragao de Santos's guard now.
Lima pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Dragao de Santos is keeping the position for now.
O Dragao de Santos wants to sweep here but Lima controlling him for the moment.

O Dragao de Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lima can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lima tries to free his leg and advance position but O Dragao de Santos is retaining full guard.
Lima throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
O Dragao de Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lima is one step ahead there.

O Dragao de Santos has his foot on Lima's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lima works his way back into a safe position though.
O Dragao de Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Dragao de Santos working a defensive guard but Lima manages to pass into side control anyway.
Lima creates some space and throws a big elbow, but O Dragao de Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lima lands some shots froms side control.
Lima connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused O Dragao de Santos some visible discomfort.
Lima landing a few strikes.
O Dragao de Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lima has control of an arm but O Dragao de Santos manages to advance to Lima's back!
Lima's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling O Dragao de Santos's hands.

O Dragao de Santos is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Lima knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Lima for a finish.
Lima prevents O Dragao de Santos from getting a body triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

O Dragao de Santos is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Lima is defending well though. O Dragao de Santos let's go of the attempt for now.
O Dragao de Santos missing with punches from the back.

O Dragao de Santos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

O Dragao de Santos is looking for a choke. Lima gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Lima manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lima is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lima is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lima throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Dragao de Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

O Dragao de Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lima is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Dragao de Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lima won't allow O Dragao de Santos to get back to his feet.
Lima wants to pass the guard but O Dragao de Santos is keeping the position.

O Dragao de Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
O Dragao de Santos is breathing heavily.
Lima stopping the sweep attempt from O Dragao de Santos.
Lima working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Dragao de Santos's head.
Lima lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lima looking to pass the guard.
Lima postures up and lands a big shot to O Dragao de Santos's brow.
Lima throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Dragao de Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Dragao de Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
O Dragao de Santos wants to improve his position but instead Lima has moved into half guard.
O Dragao de Santos wants to get back to full guard.
O Dragao de Santos is working hard here to advance position.
O Dragao de Santos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lima's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lima's back!
O Dragao de Santos avoiding Lima 's attempts to control his hands.

Lima fending off the submission attempt from O Dragao de Santos.

Lima fending off the submission attempt from O Dragao de Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lima breaks O Dragao de Santos's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao O Dragao de Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Lima's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lima moves away from the strike by O Dragao de Santos.
O Dragao de Santos tries for a takedown but Lima circles away easily
and Lima counters with a right hand to the body.

Lima fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. O Dragao de Santos sprawls well initially but Lima persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to improve his position.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to control but Lima manages to pass to mount!
O Dragao de Santos taking shots to the head.
O Dragao de Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lima landing shots from mount.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to improve his position but Lima isn't that keen on the idea.
Lima breaks from O Dragao de Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lima in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lima breaks from O Dragao de Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
O Dragao de Santos wants to hold on but Lima pushes him away.
O Dragao de Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Lima has a good base and remains in mount.
O Dragao de Santos tries to hold on but Lima pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lima lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
O Dragao de Santos regains half guard.
Lima looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Dragao de Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carlos Lima has got the better of the ground game so far.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to stand up here but Lima is controlling him well.
Lima seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lima trying to pass the guard but O Dragao de Santos defending well.
Lima scoring with strikes to the body and head.
O Dragao de Santos tries to roll over but Lima keeps him under control.

O Dragao de Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lima pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
O Dragao de Santos tries to get to full guard but Lima has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
O Dragao de Santos misses the jab.
O Dragao de Santos tries for a takedown but Lima circles away easily
and Lima counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Lima feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
O Dragao de Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lima working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
O Dragao de Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lima with a nice head shot there.
O Dragao de Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lima's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
O Dragao de Santos looking to control but Lima passes into half guard.
Lima prevents O Dragao de Santos from improving his position.
Lima working the head and body with strikes.
Lima is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
O Dragao de Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Lima drops an elbow to the side of O Dragao de Santos's head.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to control Lima's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can O Dragao de Santos avoid being mounted?
Lima lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Dragao de Santos is looking for a sweep. Lima is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to control but Lima passes into side control!
O Dragao de Santos struggling a bit here.
O Dragao de Santos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lima scores with punches from side control.
O Dragao de Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
O Dragao de Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lima preventing the sweep.
O Dragao de Santos looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lima passes O Dragao de Santos's left leg - he's now in half guard.
O Dragao de Santos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for O Dragao de Santos.
Lima postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Lima showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Lima's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

O Dragao de Santos gets caught flat footed, as Lima shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
O Dragao de Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lima's guard.
O Dragao de Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Lima.
Lima not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O Dragao de Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
O Dragao de Santos wants to control from the top but Lima keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joao O Dragao de Santos.
A big right from O Dragao de Santos misses.
O Dragao de Santos throws a hook but Lima avoids it easily.
O Dragao de Santos fails with the takedown

and Lima counters with a nice double leg into guard.
O Dragao de Santos controls Lima momentarily but Lima frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lima throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Dragao de Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Dragao de Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet O Dragao de Santos, not yet.
Lima postures up.
Lima won't allow O Dragao de Santos to sweep him here.
Lima with a nice head shot there.
O Dragao de Santos controlling the position.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
O Dragao de Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
O Dragao de Santos has momentary wrist control but Lima slips an elbow through the middle.
Lima landing with the ground and pound.
Lima with a flurry of punches that miss.

O Dragao de Santos looking for a guillotine here but Lima defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
O Dragao de Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lima is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Lima got a little sloppy there for a moment and O Dragao de Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lima has managed to get both his arms back between O Dragao de Santos's legs - danger averted.
Lima passes easily into side control. Nice work.
O Dragao de Santos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lima has his hands clasped together around O Dragao de Santos's back. He's all about the action.
Lima is looking to improve his position.
Lima slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Dragao de Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lima swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lima keeping moving, preventing O Dragao de Santos from controlling successfully.
O Dragao de Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Lima is retaining full guard.
O Dragao de Santos wants to stand but Lima is controlling his posture from full guard.

O Dragao de Santos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lima dives on top into guard.
O Dragao de Santos wants to hit a switch here but Lima passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for O Dragao de Santos there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lima cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
O Dragao de Santos wants to control but Lima is having none of it.
Lima working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Lima.
Lima is landing with some decent strikes but O Dragao de Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lima avoids the attempt from O Dragao de Santos to control.
O Dragao de Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lima postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. O Dragao de Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Lima unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Lima connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lima connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
O Dragao de Santos is working to get back to half guard.
O Dragao de Santos regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Lima comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lima has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Lima!