PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Sebathia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebathia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mama Said Knock You Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santos
vs
Sebathia

190 cm
23
244 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
245 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexander Sebathia!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos takes a swing at Sebathia's ribcage but misses.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as Sebathia shoots in.
Sebathia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sebathia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sebathia tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sebathia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sebathia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos throws a body punch but Sebathia moves out of range.
Santos digs a good hook to Sebathia's body.
Santos cracks Sebathia with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Rogerio Santos has been cut.
Sebathia waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Santos. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Santos to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Santos is pulling down on Sebathia's head. It's preventing any offense from Sebathia, at least for the moment.

Sebathia stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Sebathia misses
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sebathia.
Sebathia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebathia slips a straight right by Santos.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.
Santos lands a nice shot that snaps Sebathia's head back.
Santos drops his hands momentarily and Sebathia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sebathia is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, Sebathia circles away and we're back to standing.

Sebathia has managed to clinch.
Sebathia scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Sebathia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Sebathia lands a damaging elbow.

Rogerio Santos's cut is getting worse.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Sebathia.
Knees to the body from Sebathia.
Sebathia lands a knee to the head.

Rogerio Santos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sebathia with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebathia landing knees to the body.
Sebathia lands a knee to the body.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Sebathia.
Sebathia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sebathia connects with a knee to the head.
Sebathia leaning against his opponent.
Sebathia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sebathia just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sebathia misses with a knee strike.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sebathia smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rogerio Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sebathia tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Sebathia misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Santos.
Sebathia tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sebathia wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Sebathia wants to clinch.
Sebathia walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sebathia is looking to clinch.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sebathia closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Sebathia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rogerio Santos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sebathia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Sebathia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rogerio Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sebathia takes the fight into the clinch.
Santos could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sebathia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sebathia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rogerio Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alexander Sebathia!