PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Bigsby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badauu Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bigsby
vs
Santiago

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clayton Bigsby!
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, Badauu Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigsby keeps the fight on the outside.
Santiago tries to clinch but Bigsby moves out of range.
Santiago tries to clinch but Bigsby moves out of range.
Bigsby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bigsby looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santiago tries to clinch but Bigsby moves out of range.

Bigsby looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bigsby stops Santiago from standing up.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Bigsby from controlling successfully.

Santiago wriggles free and stands up.
Bigsby shoots for a takedown but Santiago saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigsby shoots in for a takedown but Santiago shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clayton Bigsby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bigsby has a takedown stuffed.
Bigsby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Bigsby circles away.
Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.

Santiago closes the distance and clinches.

Santiago manages to break the clinch.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Bigsby circles away.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Bigsby is avoiding it.
Santiago blocks a head kick by Bigsby.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bigsby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santiago tries to clinch but Bigsby moves out of range.
Bigsby tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santiago swivels and escapes.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Bigsby circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santiago wants to clinch

and Bigsby counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bigsby working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santiago trying to control the position.
Santiago wants to stand and escape but Bigsby is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bigsby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bigsby tries to free his leg and advance position but Santiago is retaining full guard.
Santiago wants to stand but Bigsby is controlling the position.
Santiago looks gassed!
Bigsby looking to sit in guard and control but Santiago gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago wants to stand but Bigsby has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Bigsby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bigsby shoots in for a double leg but Santiago sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Badauu Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Santiago closes the distance and clinches.
Santiago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santiago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santiago stops a takedown attempt from Bigsby.
Santiago stalling in the clinch but Bigsby improves position.

Bigsby manages to pull guard.
Bigsby manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bigsby takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigsby putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Santiago really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bigsby. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bigsby controlling from the full mount.
Santiago taking shots to the head.
Bigsby takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Bigsby dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bigsby shoots in and bounces Santiago off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bigsby works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Santiago is looking to escape.
Santiago is staying active underneath Bigsby, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bigsby is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Santiago!
Bigsby tries to control but Santiago wriggling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bigsby is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Santiago stuffs the takedown attempt from Bigsby. Bigsby gets slowly back to his feet.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bigsby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bigsby shoots in for a double leg but Santiago sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Badauu Santiago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bigsby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santiago circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clayton Bigsby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clayton Bigsby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santiago looks to land a combination. Bigsby sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Bigsby is avoiding it.

Santiago moves into the clinch.
Bigsby is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santiago tries to land a knee to the head but Bigsby blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigsby tries to pull guard but Santiago won't allow it.
Santiago tries to land a knee to the head but Bigsby blocks with his arms.
Bigsby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santiago connects with a knee to the head.
Santiago looking to throw knees to the head but Bigsby is blocking nicely.
Bigsby wants to get back to striking at distance but Santiago won't allow it.

Bigsby decides to pull guard.
Santiago must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bigsby is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bigsby working a defensive guard but Santiago passes into half guard.
Santiago is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Bigsby is holding on to half guard well.
Bigsby trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigsby throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bigsby is trying to stand.
Bigsby gets back to full guard.

Santiago stands and steps away. Bigsby gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Santiago looks to clinch

and Bigsby counters with a single leg into guard. Santiago didn't expect that.
Bigsby wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.
Santiago wants to stand and escape but Bigsby is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigsby throws a big right hand that misses.
Bigsby is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Bigsby stands up from Santiago's guard - Bigsby perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bigsby goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bigsby tries for a takedown but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santiago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bigsby counters with a three punch combo that has Santiago backing up. Santiago nods at Bigsby to acknowledge the strikes.
Bigsby misses with a takedown attempt - Santiago sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Bigsby circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Bigsby 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!

Santiago stuffs the takedown.
Bigsby shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santiago as he avoids it easily.
Bigsby misses with a body shot.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Bigsby circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bigsby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santiago misses with the combination.
Bigsby tries to clinch but Santiago moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Santiago as Bigsby shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clayton Bigsby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santiago wants to clinch

and Bigsby holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santiago prevents Bigsby from breaking the clinch.
Santiago has Bigsby pressed against the cage.
Bigsby is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santiago.

Santiago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bigsby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bigsby blocks the elbow strike.
Bigsby jumps guard but Santiago stands there with Bigsby around his waist. Bigsby gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Santiago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bigsby blocks it with crossed arms.
Santiago connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bigsby's face.

Bigsby gets control of Santiago's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bigsby will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bigsby not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santiago would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bigsby kicks Santiago off and gets to his feet.
Santiago throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Bigsby 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.
Bigsby looking to sit in guard and control but Santiago gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Clayton Bigsby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santiago stops Bigsby from standing up.
Bigsby is trying to control the position but Santiago postures up.

Bigsby kicks Santiago off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigsby shoots in but no luck this time.
Santiago clinches but Bigsby breaks the clinch
and Bigsby counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santiago thinking.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Bigsby circles away.
Clayton Bigsby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bigsby shoots in but Santiago avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santiago takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bigsby misses with an uppercut.
Santiago fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bigsby is out of range.

Bigsby rushes Santiago and presses him up against the cage.
Santiago throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bigsby tries to pull guard but Santiago won't allow it.
Santiago misses with a knee strike.
Bigsby tries for a takedown. No joy.
Santiago looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santiago scores with a shoulder strike.
Santiago is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santiago tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santiago gets underhooks to prevent Bigsby's takedown attempt.
Bigsby takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santiago with a knee to the head.

Bigsby turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bigsby wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
Badauu Santiago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bigsby tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Bigsby showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bigsby, 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Bigsby!