PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cicero Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustavo Santos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Santos
vs
Santos

201 cm
18
296 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

195 cm
25
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Santos !
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, Cicero Santos!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Santos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Santos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.
Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Cicero Santos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Santos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Santos sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos controlling the action here.
It looks like Santos might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Cicero Santos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Santos looking to score a takedown here. Santos is defending well but Santos drives through and ends up in Santos 's guard.
Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Santos advances to half guard.

Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Santos defends the submission attempt.

Santos is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Santos to stand up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Santos enables Santos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Santos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Let's hope that Santos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Santos forces his way into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is taking a breather. Santos 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.

Santos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Santos passes to side control.
Santos in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Santos stays in close to Santos 's body and controls the position.

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

Santos gets a double leg takedown into Santos 's guard.
Santos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santos 's guard.
Santos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santos decides to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Santos works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santos get's back to his feet.

Santos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Santos controls the pace.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Santos manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into Santos 's guard.
Santos pushes down on Santos 's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cicero Santos wasn't active enough on the ground.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.

Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cicero Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Santos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Santos passes into half guard.
Still in half guard, Santos seems content to control.
Santos is in trouble now - Santos has advanced to mount!

Santos is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Santos passes to full mount!

Santos stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Santos has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gustavo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos looking to score a takedown here. Santos is defending well but Santos drives through and ends up in Santos 's guard.
Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Santos pushing down on Santos 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Santos stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Santos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Santos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Santos drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Santos seems to have locked his on tight now - Santos screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Santos, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Cicero Santos!