PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Santana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ricardo Arona's chin.

Santana
vs
Arona

182 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
192 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arona closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Arona lands in his opponent's guard.
Arona preventing the sweep.

Arona drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Santana dives on top into guard.

Arona is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Arona is looking for a triangle but Santana pushes his legs off easily.
Arona keeping full guard, as Santana tries to pass.
Santana has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Arona is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santana gets to his feet. Arona looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Arona darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Arona is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santana defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Arona looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santana wants to improve his position but Arona is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana is looking to escape.

Arona is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Arona is working for a submission of some sort.
Santana is looking to control Arona's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santana avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Arona is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Arona is working for a kimura but Santana is defending it quite comfortably.
Santana is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Arona is looking for a kimura here.
Arona is thwarting Santana's attempts to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Arona is trying for a kimura here. Santana looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Arona wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Arona!
A very excited looking Ricardo Arona made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.