PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Baadau Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremias Chorao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baadau Santiago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santiago
vs
Chorao

173 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baadau Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeremias Chorao!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santiago gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Santiago had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Chorao is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Santiago Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Chorao's back instead.
Chorao wants to get back to his feet.

Santiago is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Chorao defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
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!
Chorao trying to control the action but Santiago just sinks the hooks in.
Chorao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santiago. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Chorao is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Santiago gets his way!
Chorao is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Santiago off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Santiago is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chorao is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Santiago gets his way!

Chorao fending off the submission attempt from Santiago.
Chorao wants to escape the position.

Chorao is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Santiago is breathing heavily.

Santiago is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Chorao defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Chorao is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Santiago gets his way!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chorao fending off the submission attempt from Santiago.
Chorao wants to escape the position.
Chorao holding both Santiago 's hands and preventing any damage.
Santiago trying to control momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chorao wants to get back to his feet.
Santiago is hanging on to Chorao's back as he tries to escape.

Chorao defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Santiago's arms.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santiago not allowing Chorao to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santiago missing with punches from the back.

Chorao manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.

Chorao gets a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Chorao.
Chorao landing knees to the head.
Chorao stalling the fight.
Santiago wants to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chorao lands an elbow inside.

Chorao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chorao scores with a nice body kick.

Chorao moves into range and clinches up with Santiago.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baadau Santiago 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.

Chorao clinches with his opponent.
Santiago blocking some punches.

Chorao breaks from the clinch.

Chorao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Santiago is looking for a triangle but Chorao pushes his legs off easily.

Santiago has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Chorao has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Chorao is really stuck here.
Baadau Santiago overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santiago is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Chorao knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Chorao for a finish.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chorao controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Santiago is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Chorao is defending well though. Santiago let's go of the attempt for now.
Chorao trying to control the hands but Santiago breaks the grip.

Chorao is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Santiago is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Chorao has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Chorao is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Chorao just trying to survive but Santiago is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Chorao defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Santiago's arms.
Chorao tries to escape but Santiago has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chorao trying to control the hands but Santiago won't let him.

Santiago is persistently looking for the submission but Chorao is defending it well.
Chorao wants to get back to his feet.

Santiago is persistently looking for the submission but Chorao is defending it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Santiago has got his arm under Chorao's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Chorao has spun round into Santiago's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Chorao slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Santiago working for a triangle but Chorao defends it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chorao would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baadau Santiago 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 gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Chorao counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Santiago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chorao is pushing Santiago up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chorao landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chorao stalling the fight.

Chorao has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Santiago uses from the top position.

Santiago decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Santiago doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Chorao counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Santiago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chorao working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Santiago is looking for a sweep. Chorao is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chorao decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.

Chorao closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santiago to the mat! Santiago manages to get full guard.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Chorao from controlling successfully.
Santiago is trying to keep Chorao in close.
Chorao wanted to stand there but Santiago had control of the position.

Santiago is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Chorao rolls with it to try and escape but Santiago cranks on the arm and Chorao is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Baadau Santiago!