PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Horgorth Whoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whoa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, emsiferum-token of time. This should be fireworks!

Whoa
vs
Santos

180 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

178 cm
19
172 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Horgorth Whoa!
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, Ricardo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whoa moves out of range as Santos throws a body kick.
Whoa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Whoa wants to clinch.
Whoa tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whoa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Whoa pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Whoa breaks from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Nice sprawl there from Whoa as Santos shoots in.
Horgorth Whoa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Santos.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
Whoa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.

Whoa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Santos to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Whoa blocks nicely.
Whoa keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whoa 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.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
Whoa has a closed guard, preventing Santos from standing up.
Santos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's two 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 throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whoa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whoa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Whoa is keeping the position.
Whoa looking to control.

Santos stands up and waves to Whoa to follow him.

Santos clinches up against the cage.
Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Santos breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.

Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Whoa's ribcage. Whoa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Santos.
Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santos tries to break free but Whoa pushes him back against the cage.

Santos gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Whoa regains guard.
Whoa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Santos scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santos postures up.
Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Whoa's head.
Santos controlling from the top position.
I looks like Santos might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Santos wanted to stand there but Whoa had control of the position.
Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whoa's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Santos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Santos has Whoa up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Santos.
Santos receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Santos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Whoa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Whoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Whoa tries for a takedown but Santos manages to get underhooks.

Santos has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Whoa uses from the top position.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Whoa is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whoa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Whoa trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Whoa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whoa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santos wants to stand but Whoa is controlling the position.
Whoa trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

That's two 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.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Whoa throws a strike but Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Whoa is trying to control the position but Santos postures up.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Whoa, up you get!

Santos rushes Whoa and presses him up against the cage.
Santos is trying to drag Whoa to the mat but Whoa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos jumps guard and drags Whoa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Santos wants to stand up but Whoa is controlling him.
Whoa wants to stand and escape but instead Santos has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Santos prevents Whoa from getting back to his feet.
Whoa looking for a sweep. Not yet Whoa, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos advances to half guard.
Santos is thwarting Whoa's attempts to control the position.
Santos wants to free his trapped foot but Whoa is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Santos trying to control the pace.
Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Whoa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Whoa is defending well.
Whoa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santos.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos throwing shots but Whoa is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whoa tries to clinch up.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whoa, pushing him back against the cage.
Santos tries to pull guard but Whoa holds him up against the cage and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whoa misses with a punch to the body.

Santos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Whoa can't fight it off and eventually Santos manages to take the fight to the floor. Whoa looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Santos stands up from Whoa's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whoa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Whoa walks away with a smile on his face. Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Horgorth Whoa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Santos.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Whoa shoots and misses
and Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Whoa backing up. Whoa nods at Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
Whoa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Whoa tries to clinch

and Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Whoa's guard now.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Whoa blocks nicely.
Santos stays in close to Whoa's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whoa trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Whoa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Whoa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Horgorth Whoa wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Whoa misses with a double jab

and Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Whoa fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whoa looking to control.
Whoa being controlled here, momentarily.
Santos stops Whoa from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Santos is in close to Whoa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Whoa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Whoa looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Santos puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Santos is pressing down on Whoa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Whoa is holding on for now.

Santos decides to stand and escape the position.
Whoa wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whoa shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whoa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Santos avoiding damage as Whoa throws knees to the body.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whoa tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily

and Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Whoa's guard.
Horgorth Whoa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricardo Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whoa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santos 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30

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