PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Santos
vs
Jedrzejczyk

187 cm
25
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
219 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wanderlei Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jedrzejczyk jumps guard.

Jedrzejczyk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jedrzejczyk is controlling Santos's posture.
Santos wants to control from the top but Jedrzejczyk keeps moving.
Jedrzejczyk has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos wants to control from the top but Jedrzejczyk keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk trying to control the position here.
Jedrzejczyk's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Jedrzejczyk lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Jedrzejczyk stands up from Santos's guard - Jedrzejczyk perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jedrzejczyk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No luck for Jedrzejczyk with that takedown attempt.
Santos tries to score with a low kick but Jedrzejczyk moves his leg out of the way.
Santos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jedrzejczyk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wanderlei Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Jedrzejczyk.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Jedrzejczyk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jedrzejczyk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos darts in and clinches Jedrzejczyk up against the cage.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jedrzejczyk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
Jedrzejczyk working hard to break the clinch.
Santos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jedrzejczyk is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jedrzejczyk stalling in the clinch.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jedrzejczyk is defending well for now.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a body punch.
Santos with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.

Jedrzejczyk pulls guard effortlessly.
Santos being controlled here momentarily.
Jedrzejczyk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jedrzejczyk managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Santos thuds a left hand into Jedrzejczyk's body.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Jedrzejczyk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch up but Jedrzejczyk circles away and keeps his distance.
Wanderlei Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jedrzejczyk throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Santos lands a nice shot that snaps Jedrzejczyk's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jedrzejczyk tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Jedrzejczyk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wanderlei Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Jedrzejczyk.
Santos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jedrzejczyk on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jedrzejczyk doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch combination from Jedrzejczyk misses.
Jedrzejczyk is breathing heavily.
Santos thuds a left hand into Jedrzejczyk's body.
Jedrzejczyk fails with a takedown attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Santos as he connects with a hook.
Jan Jedrzejczyk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jedrzejczyk tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jan Jedrzejczyk has been cut.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jedrzejczyk avoids it.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos landing knees to the head.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Wanderlei Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Santos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Jedrzejczyk blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos working Jedrzejczyk over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is stalling here.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Jedrzejczyk controls the action.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jedrzejczyk avoids it.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Jedrzejczyk gets an underhook and turns Santos into the cage.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Jedrzejczyk won't want to take too many of those.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jedrzejczyk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santos digs a right hand into Jedrzejczyk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jedrzejczyk's gas tank.
Santos is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jedrzejczyk can do to turn this around?
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Santos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jan Jedrzejczyk's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Santos clinches.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Jedrzejczyk gets an underhook and turns Santos into the cage.
Jedrzejczyk looking to slow down the pace here.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jedrzejczyk's elbow.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jedrzejczyk is struggling to control the position.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Jedrzejczyk won't want to take too many of those.
Jedrzejczyk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jedrzejczyk is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santos tries to work over Jedrzejczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santos with a knee to the head.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jedrzejczyk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jedrzejczyk's face.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos tries to work over Jedrzejczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Jedrzejczyk is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to pull guard but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jedrzejczyk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk takes a shot to the head.
Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santos scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Santos on the inside.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Santos crunches a lovely knee into Jedrzejczyk's ribcage.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Santos.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Santos to work.
Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jedrzejczyk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a knee to the body.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jedrzejczyk's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jedrzejczyk's elbow.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Jedrzejczyk.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jedrzejczyk's elbow.
Jan Jedrzejczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jedrzejczyk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:25
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Santos!
A relieved looking Wanderlei Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.