PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Kramer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jorge Santos's chin.

Kramer
vs
Santos

183 cm
19
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Ryan Kramer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Santos!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Kramer in a clinch.
Kramer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Santos stalling in the clinch.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kramer pinned against the cage. Kramer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kramer tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kramer's waist but Kramer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Ryan Kramer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Santos.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kramer can't get the takedown.
Santos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Santos.
Kramer prevents a body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Kramer with a lazy takedown attempt

and Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kramer's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kramer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santos wants to control from the top but Kramer keeps moving.
Kramer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jorge Santos wasn't active enough on the ground.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kramer is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kramer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Santos is thwarting Kramer's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer taking some punishment here, with Santos in his half guard.
Kramer is looking to improve his position.
Kramer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kramer is refusing to be controlled, as Santos sits in half guard.

Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer is looking for a sweep. Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kramer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santos works his way into full mount!
Santos controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kramer is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kramer tries to hold on but Santos postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Santos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Santos.
Santos trying to control the action but Kramer is working from the bottom.
Kramer struggling a bit here.
Santos cracks Kramer with a big right hand but Kramer just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Santos trying to control the action but Kramer is working from the bottom.

Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kramer, who protects the arm well.
Kramer is looking for a sweep.

Santos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer misses with a low kick.
No luck for Kramer with that takedown attempt.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Kramer moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Kramer shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kramer fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Kramer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kramer shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ryan Kramer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos jumps guard and drags Kramer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Santos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Santos pushes Kramer off and gets back to his feet.
Kramer stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Kramer avoids the head kick by Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kramer was covering up waiting for the punch and Santos finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Santos stands up from Kramer's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kramer misses with the combination.
Kramer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kramer moves out of range of the body kick from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos leaves Kramer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kramer with a lazy takedown attempt

and Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Santos effectively controlling the action here.

Santos pulls guard effortlessly.
Kramer postures up.
Kramer stopping the sweep attempt from Santos.
Kramer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kramer trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer postures up.

We're going to have a standup here because Ryan Kramer wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Santos drives through with a takedown into Kramer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Kramer has wrist control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Santos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kramer shoots for a takedown but Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Kramer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kramer is striking but Santos is not phased and passes to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer is trying to get back to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Santos in particular looking to stall.
Kramer is trying to get back to full guard.
Kramer wants to sweep but Santos has passed to side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Santos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santos sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer wants to improve his position but Santos is controlling well.
Ground and pound from Santos.
Ryan Kramer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jorge Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kramer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Jorge Santos!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Jorge Santos!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Jorge Santos!

Jorge Santos wins by unanimous decision!