PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danilo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Tribbiani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by CXA - Contos do Crime. Tribbiani has chosen Killswitch Engage - Eye of the Storm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Angelo Tribbiani is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Santos
vs
Tribbiani

171 cm
21
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danilo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angelo Tribbiani!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tribbiani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos tries to clinch there but Tribbiani circles away.
Tribbiani keeps the fight on the outside.
Tribbiani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tribbiani keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tribbiani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tribbiani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Tribbiani or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Tribbiani avoids the head kick by Santos.
Danilo Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribbiani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos throws a right hand that Tribbiani ducks under and follows up with a left that Tribbiani also avoids with ease.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tribbiani.
Danilo Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angelo Tribbiani.
Santos throws a right hand that Tribbiani ducks under and follows up with a left that Tribbiani also avoids with ease.
Tribbiani fails to land the takedown.
Tribbiani shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tribbiani looks gassed!
Santos tries to clinch up but Tribbiani circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos throws a shot to the body.
Santos tries to clinch but Tribbiani moves out of range.
Santos tries to clinch but Tribbiani is having none of it.

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.
Tribbiani dives in and grabs Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes down on Tribbiani's head and hops out.
Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Angelo Tribbiani has been cut.
Danilo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.

Santos gets a clinch.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Tribbiani shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Tribbiani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a jab to the head.
Tribbiani circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos throws a shot to the body.

Santos forces Tribbiani back against the cage and clinches.
Tribbiani keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Tribbiani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos is looking to clinch but Tribbiani is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tribbiani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tribbiani is trying desperately to land a takedown but Santos is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Tribbiani.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos throws a right hand that Tribbiani ducks under and follows up with a left that Tribbiani also avoids with ease.
Santos tries to clinch but Tribbiani moves out of range.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos tries to clinch but Tribbiani is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danilo Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Tribbiani's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tribbiani has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Santos is looking to clinch but Tribbiani is avoiding it.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos throws a right and a left that Tribbiani avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tribbiani circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos throws a series of punches but Tribbiani moves out of range.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Tribbiani is out of range.

Tribbiani gets the takedown into side control.

Tribbiani thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tribbiani is breathing heavily.

Tribbiani tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tribbiani prevents Santos from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tribbiani is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tribbiani is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tribbiani tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tribbiani has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Santos is pushing Tribbiani's head away, looking to escape. Tribbiani manages to hold on to the position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tribbiani fails with the takedown.
Santos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tribbiani swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos wants to clinch.

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.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tribbiani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Tribbiani moves out of range easily.
Tribbiani shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Tribbiani backpedaling.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tribbiani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danilo Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Tribbiani's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tribbiani.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danilo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tribbiani slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Tribbiani slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Tribbiani dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Danilo Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tribbiani circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
Santos is looking to clinch but Tribbiani is avoiding it.
Santos throws a series of punches but Tribbiani avoids them all with ease.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tribbiani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Santos tries to bum rush Tribbiani with a series of wild strikes but Tribbiani uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos is looking to clinch but Tribbiani is avoiding it.
Tribbiani shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Tribbiani's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tribbiani takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santos.
Tribbiani fails to land the takedown.
Danilo Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angelo Tribbiani.
Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tribbiani's head.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Tribbiani fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Tribbiani persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tribbiani is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tribbiani.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tribbiani on the ground.

Tribbiani is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Santos has managed to free his arm - good work.

Tribbiani is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Santos is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four 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.

Tribbiani is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Santos sees it coming and defends easily.
Santos is trying to stand up here but Tribbiani is controlling him well.

Santos makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Tribbiani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tribbiani keeps the fight on the outside.
Angelo Tribbiani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danilo Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tribbiani.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danilo Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26

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