PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

West
vs
Santos

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Pure Gold Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Steve West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but West has taken the fight into the clinch.

West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos tries to stand but can't do so whilst West controls his leg.
West keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Santos gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Santos clinches but West breaks the clinch

and West counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by West.
West scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by West.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

West manages to break the clinch.
West is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steve West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West is looking to clinch.
West throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
West looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos dodges the punch combination from West.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
Santos avoids the head kick by West.
West is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from West.
Santos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos checks the leg kick.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos blocks a jab.
West stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

West fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
West stalling in the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
West tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from West.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
West showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos scores with a nice strike.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. West tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. West manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos looks gassed!
West tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

West gets in close and instigates a clinch.
West landing knees to the body.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
West misses with some punches.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West scores with a knee to the head.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
West doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

West manages to break the clinch.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. West tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag West to the ground. West escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Steve West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martos Santos.
West misses with a looping right.

West takes the fight into the clinch.
Santos stalling in the clinch but West improves position.
West can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
West wants to clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
West keeps the fight on the outside.

Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West stalling.
West with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for West.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
West working aggressively here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
West dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but West has him pressed against the cage.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but West has double underhooks.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.

West breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Santos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for West to stand up.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have West backpedaling.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around West's waist but West gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. West tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. West manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
West is looking to clinch.
West looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
West tries a head kick but it misses.
West showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with West, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes West against the cage but West circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Steve West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martos Santos.

West clinches up against the cage.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from West.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
Santos is trying to stall.
West is stalling here.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West slows down the pace here.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West landing knees to the body.
West has Santos pressed against the cage.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West misses with a knee strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Steve West has scored more points in the clinch so far.
West blocks the elbow strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
West tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve West dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
West tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Santos wants to clinch but West slips to the side

and West counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by West.
West misses with a knee strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

West breaks the clinch.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Santos darts in and clinches West up against the cage.
West prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from West fails to land.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West stalling against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
West landing knees to the body.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
Santos gets through West's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Knees to the body from Santos.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos working aggressively here.
West landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

West manages to break the clinch.
Santos scores with a head kick.
West wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santos lands a nice shot that snaps West's head back.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
West throws the kick towards the body but Santos avoids it.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
West tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
West stalling against the cage.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
West misses with a knee strike.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as West takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
West misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West blocks the elbow strike.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West misses with a knee strike.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
A knee to the head by Santos.
West misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Santos.
Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Santos avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West pressing his opponent against the cage.

West breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos wants to clinch

and West moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
West lands a knee to the body.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from West.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Santos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning West up against the cage.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos tries to clinch but West moves away

and West counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
Santos is working for takedown but West is calmly controlling the position for now.
Steve West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martos Santos.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but West has him pressed against the cage.
West stalling against the cage.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for West, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve West!