PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tiberio Mito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thi Santanna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mito might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver. Tiberio Mito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mito
vs
Santanna

170 cm
26
166 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
164 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Happy Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiberio Mito!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thi Santanna!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Santanna misses.
Santanna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Santanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mito.

Mito closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santanna to the mat! Santanna manages to get full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Santanna keeping moving, preventing Mito from controlling successfully.
Santanna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mito is one step ahead there.
Mito trying to control but Santanna is working from the bottom.
Mito throws a strike but Santanna rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Santanna sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santanna missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santanna trying to move into half guard but instead Mito has managed to sweep!
Mito throws a big right hand that misses.
Mito working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santanna trying to control the position here.
Santanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mito is looking to work some ground and pound but Santanna has wrist control.
Mito postures up in Santanna's guard and throws a big left but Santanna blocks it.
Mito working some strikes from top position.
Santanna is controlling Mito's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mito tries to free his leg and advance position but Santanna is retaining full guard.
Mito has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santanna is trying to keep Mito in close.
Mito lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mito wants to pass the guard but Santanna is keeping the position.
Santanna is trying to keep Mito in close.
Mito throws a big elbow that misses.
Santanna keeping moving, preventing Mito from controlling successfully.
Mito is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santanna is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna wants to sweep but no luck.
Mito trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mito lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mito landing some decent shots from guard.
Santanna looking for a sweep. Not yet Santanna, not yet.
Mito in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mito lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mito's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mito throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mito postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mito pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santanna is keeping the position for now.
Mito in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santanna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mito throws a big right hand that misses.
Mito postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mito accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mito stands up over Santanna, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mito trying to control but Santanna is working from the bottom.
Santanna looking to control but Mito passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiberio Mito dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santanna manages to avoid it.
Santanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mito manages to avoid it.
Santanna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santanna keeps the fight on the outside.
Mito misses with a straight left.
Mito moves out of range as Santanna strikes.
A leg kick checked by Santanna.
Mito throws a head kick but Santanna moves out of range.
Mito misses with a jab to the body
enabling Santanna to counter with a crisp jab.

Mito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santanna lands a right hand.
Santanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mito blocks a body shot from Santanna.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santanna.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito has Santanna pressed against the cage.
Santanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mito's elbow.
Santanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santanna trying to stall but Mito improves his position.
Mito manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mito takes a shot to the head.
Santanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Santanna works on Mito's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santanna scores with a shot to the side of Mito's head.
Santanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Santanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santanna managing to block the knees to the body from Mito.
Santanna is leaning against Mito and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santanna trying to control the position but instead, Mito has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santanna into the cage.
Mito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Mito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santanna misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Santanna.
Mito looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mito trying to stall but Santanna improves his position.
Santanna is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mito is keeping busy.
A short left from Santanna.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santanna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mito misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Santanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Mito controls his hands.
Santanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mito tries to work over Santanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Santanna misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thi Santanna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mito tries a low kick but Santanna avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Mito misses.
Mito slips under a jab.
Mito misses with a head kick.
Santanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Mito closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santanna to the mat! Santanna manages to get full guard.
Santanna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mito is one step ahead there.
Mito throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santanna not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santanna wants to sweep here but Mito controlling him for the moment.
Mito being controlled here momentarily.
Mito trying to control but Santanna is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santanna seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mito trying to control the position from guard on top but Santanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tiberio Mito wasn't doing enough on the ground.
The fighters circling - Santanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mito.
Santanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santanna lands a nice shot to the body.
Santanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Mito is just out of range.
Thi Santanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mito throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mito.
Santanna moves out of range as Mito throws a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Santanna misses the target.
Santanna scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mito doesn't seem bothered though.
Santanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mito was well out of range. Poor timing from Santanna.
Santanna swings for the body but Mito moves out of range.
Mito misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santanna counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santanna throws a hook but Mito blocks it.
Mito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santanna throws a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Horrible takedown by Mito or perhaps it was just good defense by Santanna which made him look bad.
Mito is looking to land body kicks.
Santanna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mito under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Santanna.
Mito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Mito scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mito creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Santanna sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Tiberio Mito overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mito grinds an elbow into Santanna's temple.
Santanna is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mito off and has taken his back!
Santanna lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Santanna keeps control of the position as Mito tries to break free.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Santanna's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Santanna lands shots from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mito covering up well and avoiding damage.
Santanna gets his hands free as Mito looks to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mito is in bad spot here.
Mito staying busy and making it hard for Santanna to control.
Santanna somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good control from Santanna.
Santanna is trying to stick to Mito's back but Mito is turning into Santanna. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Santanna's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Mito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Thi Santanna just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santanna misses with the combination.
Mito looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santanna misses with an uppercut.
Tiberio Mito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santanna thuds a left hand into Mito's body.
Santanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mito ducks under a wild hook from Santanna.
Santanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mito throws out the jab.
Santanna misses with a wild combination.
Santanna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Santanna stalks Mito and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mito's face. Mito staggers backwards, shaken.
Mito walks into a jab.
Mito takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito throws a series of punches but Santanna moves out of range.
Mito tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santanna is able to avoid easily.
Santanna lands with a right hand.
Mito moves away from the strike by Santanna.
Mito takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santanna misses with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Santanna. Beautiful body shot.
Santanna scores with a sloppy right hand. Mito should have avoided that one.
Mito throws a low kick but Santanna avoids it.
Mito slips a jab and a cross from Santanna.
Santanna misses with an uppercut.
Mito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santanna throws a big shot that misses.
Mito is looking to wear down Santanna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Santanna works Mito's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mito with a poor takedown
letting Santanna counter with a right hand.
Mito throws a chopping leg kick but Santanna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santanna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Mito is just out of range.
Mito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santanna.
Santanna misses with an uppercut. Mito saw that one coming.
Santanna throws an overhand right that lands on Mito's shoulder, as Mito tries to avoid the shot.
Mito misses with a straight right.
Mito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santanna's sensitive parts.
Santanna keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mito shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santanna as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiberio Mito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santanna looks to throw the jab but Mito is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Santanna misses with a straight right.
Mito swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mito has a takedown stuffed.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nice body punch from Santanna.
A combination from Mito does no damage.
Mito slips under a jab.
Santanna lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santanna misses with a body shot.
Mito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santanna.
Mito thows a body shot but no joy.
Santanna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mito moves out of range as Santanna strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Santanna.
Santanna thows a body shot but no joy.
Mito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santanna.
Santanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mito moves away.
Mito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santanna misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santanna checks the leg kick.
Mito throws a right hand that Santanna ducks under and follows up with a left that Santanna also avoids with ease.
Mito misses with a body shot.
Mito is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Mito is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Santanna misses the target.
Mito misses with a low kick.
Santanna fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mito on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thi Santanna dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mito staying out of range there.
Mito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Santanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santanna lands a head shot.
Oh Mito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thi Santanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santanna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mito moves out of range as Santanna strikes.
Mito defending well as Santanna loads up on a big left hand.
Mito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santanna throws out the jab.

Mito shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mito missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mito lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mito looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santanna wants to sweep here but Mito controlling him for the moment.
Mito landing some decent shots from guard.
Mito in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santanna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Santanna looking for a sweep. Not yet Santanna, not yet.
Santanna is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mito wants to control from the top but Santanna keeps moving.
Mito seems to have got his legs back now.
Santanna trying to keep a closed guard but Mito is proving a slippery customer.
Mito is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mito throwing strikes but missing.
Mito is in close to Santanna's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mito wants to control from the top but Santanna keeps moving.
Santanna is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mito is looking to control Santanna's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mito avoid being mounted?
Mito is looking to improve his position.
Santanna is taking a breather. Mito says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Thi Santanna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna is looking to take a break and control but Mito is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santanna content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santanna prevents Mito from improving his position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Thi Santanna wasn't active enough on the ground.
Mito shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mito fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santanna avoids it really well and circles away.
Tiberio Mito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mito fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Mito is just out of range.
Mito takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Santanna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santanna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mito looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Santanna uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mito has time to react.
A cross from Santanna lands.
Santanna scores with a jab.
Santanna throws a hook but Mito avoids it easily.
Santanna scores with the left hand. Mito knows he should have avoided that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santanna lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santanna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santanna throws a body punch but Mito moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thi Santanna.
I think Santanna has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 47:48
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 47:49
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thi Santanna!
Thi Santanna is the new lightweight champion!