PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanadi De Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva has chosen Domination as his entrance music. Rafael Da Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Santana
vs
Da Silva

185 cm
30
198 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanadi De Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Santana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Santana blocks it with crossed arms.
De Santana scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rafael Da Silva has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
De Santana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Santana wants to stall.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Wanadi De Santana has been cut.
Da Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Santana.
De Santana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Santana avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
De Santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Santana manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Da Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
De Santana stalling in the clinch but Da Silva improves position.
Da Silva being controlled against the cage.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Santana obliges.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santana is defending well for now.
De Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
De Santana landing knees to the body.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Santana.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Da Silva in his tracks for a moment.
De Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
De Santana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Da Silva's brow.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
De Santana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Santana lands a knee to the body.
De Santana is stalling here.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from De Santana.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
Da Silva dodges an elbow strike from De Santana.
De Santana misses with an elbow over the top.
De Santana lands a good knee to the midsection. Da Silva won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Santana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Santana throws an elbow that misses.
De Santana pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Santana scores with a shot to the side of Da Silva's head.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Santana is blocking nicely.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Da Silva is defending well for now.
Da Silva is trying to push De Santana away but De Santana has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Santana is blocking nicely.
De Santana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Da Silva's defenses.
De Santana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Da Silva's defenses.
De Santana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Santana blocks it with crossed arms.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santana avoids a wild elbow strike from Da Silva.
De Santana stalling the fight.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Santana is blocking nicely.
De Santana misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santana is defending well for now.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Da Silva 's eye.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from De Santana.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Da Silva wants to stall.
De Santana working Da Silva over with knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santana is struggling to control the position.
De Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Santana tries to land a knee to the head but Da Silva blocks with his arms.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
De Santana avoids a wild elbow strike from Da Silva.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
De Santana content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wanadi De Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with De Santana.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from De Santana, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Santana throws an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Da Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but De Santana is controlling him.

Da Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Da Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Santana lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Da Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Da Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Santana throws a looping overhand right but Da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Santana.
De Santana defending well as Da Silva loads up on a big left hand.

Da Silva closes the distance and pushes De Santana back into the cage.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Santana is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De Santana connects with a right hand. Da Silva shakes it off.

De Santana gets tackled into the cage by Da Silva. Da Silva maintains the clinch.
De Santana has Da Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Santana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Santana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santana is defending well for now.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
Wanadi De Santana has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
De Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
De Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
Da Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Santana lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva wants to stall.
De Santana lands a knee to the body.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from De Santana.
A short body shot lands from De Santana as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from De Santana.
De Santana lands a body punch.
De Santana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Da Silva avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
De Santana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Da Silva avoids it.
Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva blocks the elbow strike.
De Santana just leaning against Da Silva, taking a breather.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but De Santana blocks it.
De Santana is pushing Da Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Da Silva blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Santana.
De Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Santana is keeping busy.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but De Santana blocks it.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but De Santana gets an underhook and turns Da Silva into the cage.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Santana obliges.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
De Santana pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
De Santana lands a damaging elbow.
De Santana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Santana.
Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from De Santana, against the cage.
Da Silva avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
De Santana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
De Santana tries a knee to the head but Da Silva blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Da Silva looking to stall.
De Santana leaning against his opponent.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but De Santana blocks it.
De Santana lands an elbow inside that Da Silva shrugs off.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Santana.
De Santana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
Da Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De Santana walks away with a smile on his face. Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
De Santana throws a sloppy head kick and Da Silva moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Santana.
De Santana throws a nice looking combination but Da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
De Santana stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santana is defending well for now.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Santana is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
De Santana lands an elbow inside that Da Silva shrugs off.
De Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Santana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from De Santana.
Da Silva avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
De Santana blocks an elbow strike.
De Santana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Da Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but De Santana blocks with his arms.
Da Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
De Santana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Da Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Left hook, right uppercut from Da Silva.
De Santana throws a half hearted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Santana - that will leave a mark!
Da Silva slips a straight right by De Santana.

Da Silva drives through and clinches with De Santana against the cage.
De Santana landing knees to the body.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
De Santana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Santana effectively controlling the action here.
De Santana avoids a wild elbow strike from Da Silva.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santana looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
De Santana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Santana.
De Santana is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
De Santana lands with a short shot to the head.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
De Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
De Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
With the fighters up against the cage, Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
De Santana crunches a lovely knee into Da Silva's ribcage.
Da Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Santana gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Santana.
De Santana throws an elbow that misses.
De Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Da Silva is defending well for now.

Da Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santana throws a head kick that misses.
De Santana clobbers Da Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Da Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Santana - the referee stops the clock and Da Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Santana. Da Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Da Silva tries to keep at a distance but De Santana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rafael Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santana softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Da Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Da Silva avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
Da Silva dodges an elbow strike from De Santana.
Da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. De Santana won't want to take too many of those.
De Santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Santana wants to stall.
Da Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Da Silva is defending well for now.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Santana blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but De Santana avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but De Santana gets an underhook and turns Da Silva into the cage.
De Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santana is defending well for now.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Da Silva 's eye.
De Santana trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Da Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but De Santana pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wanadi De Santana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Da Silva.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Da Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Santana's brow.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Santana blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Santana.
Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but De Santana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Da Silva blocks an elbow strike from De Santana.
Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Santana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Da Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Santana trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Santana into the cage.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for De Santana.
De Santana is pressed up against the cage. Da Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Santana down to the mat. De Santana avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Da Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by De Santana. De Santana maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santana misses with an elbow strike.
Da Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but De Santana gets an underhook and turns Da Silva into the cage.
De Santana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Da Silva wants to stall.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but De Santana has him pressed against the cage.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Da Silva 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Santana throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but De Santana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wanadi De Santana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Santana stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Come on De Santana - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Da Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from De Santana.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Da Silva looking for a takedown.
Nice elbow from De Santana.
De Santana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Da Silva avoids it.
De Santana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanadi De Santana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Santana 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanadi De Santana!