PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Bright (ranked 24687 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ad Santel (ranked 7631 p4p, 0 weight class). Santel is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The master. Santel has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Cedric Bright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bright
vs
Santel

198 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cedric Bright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ad Santel!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bright moves into range and clinches up with Santel.
Santel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bright pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santel looks winded!
Santel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bright tries to clinch up.
Bright tries to clinch but Santel is having none of it.
Santel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Bright moves into range and clinches up with Santel.
Bright with a knee to the head.
Bright keeps control of Santel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Bright breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bright fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bright or perhaps it was just good defense by Santel, which made it look bad.
Santel wants to counter the offense by Bright and move into the clinch position.
Bright tries to clinch but Santel is having none of it.

Bright rushes Santel and presses him up against the cage.
Bright holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Santel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bright.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cedric Bright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bright is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bright jumps guard but Santel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Bright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bright rushes Santel and presses him up against the cage.
Bright is looking to take this one to the mat.
Santel wants to get back to striking at distance but Bright won't allow it.
Bright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santel to keep the fight standing.
Bright is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Santel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santel tries for a takedown but Bright manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santel tries for a takedown but Bright manages to get underhooks.
Santel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Santel stops a takedown attempt from Bright.

Bright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bright or perhaps it was just good defense by Santel, which made it look bad.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bright.
Santel now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Bright has Santel up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bright jumps guard.
Bright wants to hit a switch here but Santel passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bright there!
Santel wants to control the pace but Bright is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bright is looking to improve his position but Santel isn't that keen on the idea.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bright counters with a straight right hand.

Bright drives through and clinches with Santel against the cage.
Bright is trying to drag Santel to the mat but Santel just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Santel letting Bright take a breather here.
Bright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santel can do to turn this around?
Santel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santel is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bright stalling.
Bright scores a nice knee to the body.

Bright breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bright drives through and clinches with Santel against the cage.

Bright jumps guard and drags Santel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bright looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Santel puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bright is trying to get back to full guard.
Santel blocks the strikes from Bright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santel wants to take a breather but Bright is having none of it.
Bright punching from the bottom.
Bright is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Santel's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Santel's back!
Bright really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Bright has got his arm under Santel's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Santel has spun round into Bright's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Bright is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bright will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Santel manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bright connects with a couple of short punches.
Bright scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bright scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santel has momentary wrist control but Bright slips an elbow through the middle.
Bright distracts Santel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Santel has momentary wrist control but Bright slips an elbow through the middle.
Santel is trying to control the position but Bright postures up.
Bright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bright decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Bright gets a clinch.
Bright has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Santel after a bit of a struggle.

Santel successfully pulls guard.
Santel looking to control.
Santel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bright landing with the ground and pound.
Bright postures up in Santel's guard and throws a big left but Santel blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Bright dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bright shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santel sprawls well. Santel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bright gets slowly back to his feet.

Bright shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bright showed some decent athleticism there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Santel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santel is defending against the submission attempts here by Bright.

Bright is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Santel has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bright not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bright lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bright wants to work for an arm triangle but Santel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Santel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bright.
Santel taking some punishment here, with Bright in his half guard.
Bright thows a huge punch but Santel dodges it nicely.
Santel wants to control but Bright is keeping busy.
Santel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bright.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bright is looking for a kimura here.
Bright not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Bright is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bright lands a nice short elbow.

That's four 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.
Bright working Santel over with strikes.
Bright throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bright tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Santel.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Santel gets tackled into the cage by Bright. Bright maintains the clinch.

Bright gets control of Santel's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bright will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bright bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santel's guard.

Santel 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cedric Bright showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bright, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cedric Bright!