PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan a (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think a might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to An extremely loud farting noise. The key to victory for Dan a has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

a
vs
Santos

182 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
188 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Cagewars Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan a!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
a misses with a few strikes there.

Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Santos decides to stand back up. Santos steps back and let's a get back to his feet.
a stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Santos blocks the low kick.
a lands a head shot.
Santos misses with a low kick as a jumps back.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but a circles away.

Santos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming a to the mat! a manages to get full guard.
Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
a is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santos advances to half guard.
Santos is thwarting a's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos not doing much here.
a is staying active underneath Santos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
a wants to improve his position but Santos is controlling well.
Santos trying to mount his opponent but a defends it.
a lands a couple of sideways elbows.
a tries to get to full guard but Santos has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
a manages to get to full guard.

That's two 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.
a controls Santos momentarily but Santos frees himself.
Santos won't allow a to sweep him here.
a is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Dan a has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Santos.
Santos looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
a is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
a fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santos showed some decent athleticism there.

a looking for submissions off his back.
a is looking for a sweep. Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
a slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

a has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Santos is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for a.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
a manages to get back to half guard.

Santos is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed a to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
a is striking from the bottom but Santos uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
a regains full guard. Nicely done.
Santos preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
A good leg kick by a.
a throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
a jabs Santos right on the nose. Santos blinks but takes it well.
a keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
A shot to de liver by a. Beautiful body shot.
Santos avoids the body shot from a.
a getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
a stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Dan a has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Santos.
a with a nice cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
a misses with the combination.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

a scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

a is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
a tries to advance to mount but can't.
a throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
a staying calm.
a looking to control but instead Santos has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
a trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.
a is really struggling to control Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
a content to control rather than advance.
Santos wants to control but a is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

a is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santos defends it well.

Santos is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but a pulls his head out easily.
Santos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Santos.
a looking to pass the guard.
a trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Santos holds on and takes a little breather.
a stands and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
a tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
a scoring with strikes to the body and head.
a looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos is looking to control a's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos avoid being mounted?
a trying to pass the guard but Santos defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan a dominated that second round.
That's time! a's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jab by a.
a throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
a misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
a throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Santos with a poor takedown
and a counters with a straight right hand.
Dan a is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
a is trying to get back to full guard.
Gabriel Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
a slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos has gone for a leg lock! a slips out almost immediately though and dives into Santos's guard.
a pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Santos controlling the position.
a throwing strikes but missing.
a missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Santos is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
a is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

a working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from a.

Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santos is pushing down on a's leg trying to pass to half guard. a is fighting to maintain full guard but Santos has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Santos controlling his opponent.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as a is looking to escape.
a is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santos controlling his opponent.
a tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as a is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Santos!