PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago De Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
De Silva

200 cm
23
270 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

190 cm
25
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago De Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
De Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De Silva pushes Santos off looking to stand but Santos dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
De Silva is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos passes to full mount!
De Silva tries to buck Santos off but he can't manage it.
Santos content just to control the position here.
De Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
De Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Santos content just to control the position here.
De Silva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos won't let De Silva get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Santos controlling from the full mount.
You get the feeling that De Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva tries to buck Santos off but Santos takes his back!

Santos looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! De Silva taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jorge Santos!