PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gotard Krasnodebski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Garota de Ipanema. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Krasnodebski

175 cm
28
170 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

180 cm
35
164 lbs
34 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Gotard Krasnodebski!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gotard Krasnodebski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krasnodebski checks the leg kick.
Krasnodebski moves out of range of the body kick.
Krasnodebski connects with a body shot.
Santos misses with a jab to the body
and Krasnodebski counters with a nice body kick.
Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Krasnodebski throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Krasnodebski works Santos's body with a nice hook.
Krasnodebski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big right from Santos misses.
Krasnodebski lands a two punch combo.
Krasnodebski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krasnodebski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos scores with a kick to the body.
Santos throws a head kick but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Krasnodebski's hands.
Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Krasnodebski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krasnodebski avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krasnodebski. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krasnodebski looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Krasnodebski.
Santos walks into a jab.
A big right from Santos misses.
Santos cracks Krasnodebski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krasnodebski throws a body shot but no joy.
Krasnodebski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.
Krasnodebski scores with a head kick.
Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Krasnodebski thuds his shin into the meat of Santos's side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Krasnodebski in a clinch.
Santos letting Krasnodebski take a breather here.
Krasnodebski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Krasnodebski scores with a knee to the head.
Krasnodebski tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krasnodebski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Krasnodebski blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Krasnodebski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krasnodebski takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Gotard Krasnodebski has been cut.
Krasnodebski has Santos pressed against the cage.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Santos.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krasnodebski scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Santos.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Krasnodebski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski slows down the pace here.
Krasnodebski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Krasnodebski decides to pull guard.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Krasnodebski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krasnodebski pulls Santos in close to prevent any damage.
Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Krasnodebski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four 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.
Santos trying to control but Krasnodebski is working from the bottom.
Santos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Krasnodebski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A big left from Krasnodebski misses.
Krasnodebski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krasnodebski moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gotard Krasnodebski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gotard Krasnodebski's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A slow jab from Krasnodebski misses its intended target.
Krasnodebski throws a body kick that misses
and Santos counters with a nice body kick.
Jab, jab by Santos - just one landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santos.
Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Krasnodebski.
The fighters circling - Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krasnodebski throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krasnodebski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Krasnodebski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Krasnodebski connects with a jab.
Santos lands with a right hand.
Krasnodebski throws a head kick that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Santos misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Krasnodebski only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Krasnodebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Krasnodebski.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Krasnodebski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Santos misses with a straight left.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Santos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Krasnodebski - the referee stops the clock and Santos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Krasnodebski. Santos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Krasnodebski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krasnodebski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krasnodebski misses the jab.
Krasnodebski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Krasnodebski takes one on the button.
Santos feints and then cracks Krasnodebski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krasnodebski down.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Krasnodebski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos tries to move into range but Krasnodebski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krasnodebski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Santos blocks the body kick.
Krasnodebski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
Krasnodebski misses with a body punch
and Santos counters with a left to the body.
Santos tries to clinch but Krasnodebski moves out of range.
Santos walks into a stiff left hand from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
Krasnodebski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Krasnodebski lands with a shot to the body.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krasnodebski throws a leg kick that misses.
Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Krasnodebski.
Santos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Krasnodebski is out of range and Santos settles back down.
Gotard Krasnodebski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krasnodebski swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Krasnodebski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Krasnodebski looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Krasnodebski's calf.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Krasnodebski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krasnodebski cracks Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krasnodebski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good exchange - Santos coming out on top.
Santos with a jab.
Santos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Santos scores with a nice right hand.
Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Krasnodebski swinging wildly here.
Krasnodebski misses the shot to the body.
Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Krasnodebski counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos avoids the body shot from Krasnodebski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santos.
Krasnodebski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
A jab from Santos finds it's way through Krasnodebski's defenses.
Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Krasnodebski's calf.
Krasnodebski looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Krasnodebski tries to score with a low kick but Santos moves his leg out of the way.
An attempted straight right counter from Santos misses the target.
Nice body kick from Santos.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Krasnodebski's shoulder, as Krasnodebski tries to avoid the shot.
Krasnodebski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Santos fires out a quick counter leg kick but Krasnodebski just manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Santos misses its intended target.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Santos checks a leg kick.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheers as Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Krasnodebski doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krasnodebski takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Krasnodebski slips under a jab from Santos.
Krasnodebski feints a counter leg kick.
A big left from Krasnodebski misses.
Santos slips under a jab from Krasnodebski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Neymar Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gotard Krasnodebski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab from Santos.
Krasnodebski needs to keep his hands up - Santos had a free shot at his head there.
Krasnodebski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Krasnodebski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Krasnodebski just misses with a punch to the body.
Krasnodebski avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch there but Krasnodebski circles away.
Santos throws a right hand that Krasnodebski ducks under and follows up with a left that Krasnodebski also avoids with ease.
Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krasnodebski.
Santos throws a front kick that sends Krasnodebski stumbling back into the cage.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krasnodebski lands with a straight right. Santos didn't see that one coming.
Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santos throws a push kick but Krasnodebski slaps the foot to one side.
Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos misses with a body kick.
Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos slips a jab from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krasnodebski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good work by Krasnodebski as he checks the leg kick.
Krasnodebski works Santos's body with a nice hook.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Krasnodebski slips the punch.
Santos is looking to chop away at Krasnodebski's legs.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Krasnodebski crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Santos - the referee stops the clock and Krasnodebski gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Santos. Krasnodebski manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Krasnodebski has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Santos.
Santos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krasnodebski on the side of the head.
Krasnodebski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santos.
Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Krasnodebski throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Santos tries to move into range but Krasnodebski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Krasnodebski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick there by Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski misses with a low kick.
It looked like Santos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Krasnodebski moves out of range of the strikes.
And Krasnodebski responds with a good body kick, but Santos manages to step out the way in time.
Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Krasnodebski momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Santos.
A jab from Krasnodebski misses.
Santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Krasnodebski lands with a cross.
Krasnodebski moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krasnodebski misses with a leg kick.
Krasnodebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Santos connects with the punch.
Krasnodebski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santos doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski misses with a looping right.
Krasnodebski throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krasnodebski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krasnodebski misses with a low kick.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Santos misses its intended target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krasnodebski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krasnodebski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Santos's calf.
Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Krasnodebski looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.

Santos has managed to clinch.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Krasnodebski avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Neymar Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Santos as Krasnodebski tries to tie him up.
Krasnodebski tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Krasnodebski drops back down to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Santos is leaning against Krasnodebski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krasnodebski misses with a body punch.
Krasnodebski trying to land knees to the body.

Krasnodebski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krasnodebski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos checks the leg kick nicely there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Santos!
Santos misses with a hook. Krasnodebski ducked under it nicely.
Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Santos gets a clinch.
Krasnodebski misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos gets through Krasnodebski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Krasnodebski in his tracks for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Neymar Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neymar Santos!
Our winner, Neymar Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.