PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanadi De Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Ernieson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ernieson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Its Raining Men. Wanadi De Santana had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

De Santana
vs
Ernieson

185 cm
30
198 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

201 cm
29
195 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 14 - 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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bert Ernieson!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ernieson throws a right and a left that De Santana avoids nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ernieson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ernieson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ernieson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ernieson scores with a nice head shot.
Ernieson throws a jab but it's blocked by De Santana.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ernieson, as that shot connected.
De Santana throws a head kick but Ernieson moves out of range.
Bert Ernieson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Santana throws a right hand that Ernieson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ernieson also avoids with ease.
Ernieson throws a nice looking combination but De Santana bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from De Santana misses the target.
Ernieson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ernieson duly obliges.

De Santana is rocked!
Ernieson looks to throw a body kick
and De Santana counters with a good, hard body kick but Ernieson shrugs it off.
Oh De Santana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Santana misses with a looping left.
De Santana slips under a jab from Ernieson.
De Santana seems to have got his legs back now.
De Santana lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ernieson moves out of range as De Santana throws a body kick.
Ernieson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Santana has time to react.
Ernieson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Santana counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ernieson misses with a low kick as De Santana jumps back.
Ernieson swinging wildly here.
Ernieson tries to score with a low kick but De Santana moves his leg out of the way.
Ernieson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ernieson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Santana slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santana throws a right hand that Ernieson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ernieson also avoids with ease.
Ernieson looks to score with a jab to the body but De Santana is just out of range.
Ernieson with a hook.
Ernieson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Ernieson.
Ernieson clobbers De Santana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Santana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ernieson was well out of range. Poor timing from De Santana.
De Santana throws a leg kick which misses Ernieson's front leg but catches the back leg as Ernieson tries to avoid it.
Ernieson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Santana.
De Santana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ernieson.
De Santana looks to land a left hand but Ernieson moved out of range nicely.
De Santana blocks a low kick nicely.
Ernieson moves out of range as De Santana throws a body kick.
Ernieson cracks De Santana with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ernieson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Santana had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Santana throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A head kick from De Santana lands but Ernieson takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Santana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Santana loads up on a big right hand but Ernieson slips the punch.
De Santana misses with a hook. Ernieson ducked under it nicely.
Ernieson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Ernieson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. De Santana catches Ernieson right on the button with a cross.
Ernieson misses with a double jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ernieson, as that shot connected.

De Santana moves into the clinch.
De Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bert Ernieson has been cut.
Ernieson managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
Ernieson misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ernieson.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
De Santana blocks a body shot from Ernieson.
Ernieson blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ernieson's brow.
Ernieson throws a head punch that misses.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
Ernieson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Santana backwards.
De Santana scores a nice knee to the body.
Ernieson looks gassed!
Ernieson avoids the elbow strike from De Santana, against the cage.
De Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ernieson tries to stall but De Santana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Santana works on Ernieson's body with a couple of short punches.
De Santana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Santana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Santana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santana lands an elbow inside.
De Santana throws an elbow that misses.
Ernieson takes an elbow to the temple.
Ernieson takes an elbow to the temple.
Ernieson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ernieson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De Santana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ernieson's defenses.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Ernieson 's eye.

That has opened up Bert Ernieson's cut even more.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ernieson.
De Santana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santana lands a nice knee to the body.
De Santana landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from De Santana - that landed with a thud.
De Santana trying to land knees to the body.
De Santana crunches a lovely knee into Ernieson's ribcage.
Ernieson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
Ernieson is trying to maintain a safe position but De Santana gets an underhook and turns Ernieson into the cage.
De Santana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ernieson managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Santana obliges.
De Santana working Ernieson over with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Santana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
De Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Santana lands a knee to the head.
De Santana avoiding damage.
De Santana lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Ernieson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Santana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ernieson.
Ernieson drops his hands momentarily and De Santana takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Santana fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ernieson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A low kick from Ernieson is predictable there
and De Santana counters with a nice leg kick.
De Santana thows a body kick. Ernieson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ernieson fails to land with a series of punches.

De Santana closes the distance and clinches.
De Santana stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bert Ernieson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Santana scores with a nice right hand.
De Santana lands a really nice looking cross but Ernieson seems unphased.
De Santana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ernieson.
De Santana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ernieson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Santana is looking to slow Ernieson down with leg kicks.
Jab by De Santana.
Ernieson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Santana throws out the jab.
De Santana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

De Santana clinches with his opponent.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from De Santana.
Ernieson tries a body shot but De Santana blocks it.
Ernieson blocks an elbow strike.
De Santana lands a damaging elbow.
Ernieson is breathing heavily.
Ernieson avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.
Ernieson throws a punch but it's blocked by De Santana.
De Santana leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Santana with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Ernieson 's eye.
De Santana blocking some punches.
Ernieson avoids the elbow strike from De Santana, against the cage.
Ernieson trying to control the position but instead, De Santana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ernieson into the cage.
De Santana trying to land knees to the body.
De Santana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ernieson's efforts to push away.
De Santana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
De Santana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ernieson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ernieson tries a body shot but De Santana blocks it.
Ernieson throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Santana throws an elbow that misses.
De Santana missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ernieson just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Santana's brow.
Nice elbow from De Santana.
Ernieson is looking to control De Santana's arms but De Santana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ernieson has his back to the cage.
Ernieson takes a knee right on the jaw!

The cut above Bert Ernieson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ernieson blocks an elbow strike.
De Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santana lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Ernieson in his tracks for a moment.
De Santana controlling the action here for a moment.
Ernieson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Santana landing knees to the body.
De Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Ernieson in his tracks for a moment.
De Santana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ernieson blocks it with crossed arms.
De Santana'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.
De Santana lands a knee to the body.
De Santana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ernieson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ernieson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Santana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ernieson blocks it with crossed arms.
De Santana scores a nice knee to the body.
Ernieson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ernieson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ernieson avoiding damage as De Santana throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Santana.

Ernieson breaks from the clinch.
Ernieson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Ernieson.
De Santana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ernieson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ernieson moves out of range as De Santana strikes.
De Santana connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ernieson's hands.
Ernieson connects with a solid leg kick.
Ernieson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ernieson slips a straight right by De Santana.
Good leg kick by Ernieson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Santana throws an overhand right that lands on Ernieson's shoulder, as Ernieson tries to avoid the shot.
Ernieson misses with a double jab
and De Santana counters with a big head kick but Ernieson shrugs it off.

Bert Ernieson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ernieson misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Santana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Santana throws the left hand but Ernieson avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santana throws a hook to the side of Ernieson's head but Ernieson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ernieson ducks under a wild hook from De Santana.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ernieson. De Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Ernieson does no damage.
Bert Ernieson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ernieson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Santana counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Santana catches Ernieson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A chopping leg kick lands by Ernieson.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Santana.
De Santana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ernieson lands a slapping body shot.
Ernieson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ernieson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from De Santana misses the target.
De Santana lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Santana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ernieson misses with an uppercut.
De Santana throws a wild body kick that Ernieson sees coming a mile off.
Nice shot lands for De Santana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bert Ernieson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

De Santana tries to clinch but Ernieson moves out of range.
Wanadi De Santana is winning the standup battle so far.
Ernieson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Santana moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Santana.
Ernieson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Santana.
Ernieson throws a one two combo.
Ernieson throws out a leg kick but De Santana moves out of range and Ernieson only half commits.
Ernieson throws the left hand but De Santana avoids the punch easily.
A leg kick checked by De Santana.
Ernieson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

De Santana takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from De Santana.
De Santana throws an elbow that misses.
De Santana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ernieson tries to work over De Santana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Santana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ernieson lands a hook that snaps the head of De Santana backwards.
De Santana has Ernieson pushed against the cage.
Ernieson lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Santana backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ernieson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Santana or not.
De Santana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ernieson is trying to break free.
Ernieson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ernieson is looking to break free of the clinch but De Santana has double underhooks.
De Santana misses with an elbow strike.
Ernieson managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
Ernieson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ernieson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ernieson trying to control the position but instead, De Santana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ernieson into the cage.
De Santana lands a damaging elbow.
Ernieson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Santana is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Ernieson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Santana trying to land knees to the body.
De Santana lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ernieson misses with some punches.
De Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ernieson.
De Santana lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bert Ernieson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wanadi De Santana!