PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between JHONNES CAPETA (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Santos (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.

CAPETA
vs
Santos

188 cm
22
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 Rio de Janeiro, JHONNES CAPETA!
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, Fred Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
CAPETA shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
CAPETA tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
CAPETA has a takedown stuffed.
CAPETA shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JHONNES CAPETA. That's going to take a lot out of him.
CAPETA tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santos swivels and escapes.

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
CAPETA takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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 throws a right and a left that CAPETA avoids nicely.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from CAPETA.
Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of CAPETA's head.
CAPETA is breathing heavily.

Santos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

CAPETA is rocked!
Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Oh CAPETA is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
CAPETA is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.

Santos is looking for a kimura here.
CAPETA seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
CAPETA will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
CAPETA looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Santos rushes CAPETA and presses him up against the cage.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
CAPETA is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. CAPETA fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
CAPETA wants to break the clinch but can't.
CAPETA is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.

Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Santos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Santos clinches up with CAPETA and pushes him back against the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
CAPETA is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.

Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
CAPETA tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
CAPETA takes a shot to the body in his stride.
CAPETA takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos misses with the combination.

Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos wants to stand up but CAPETA has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CAPETA is looking to control Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can CAPETA avoid being mounted?

CAPETA is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Santos pulls his head out easily.
CAPETA is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Santos decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
A head kick misses from Santos.
CAPETA looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
CAPETA thows a body kick. Santos tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by CAPETA.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from CAPETA.

CAPETA tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
CAPETA looking to slow down the pace here.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
CAPETA tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santos swivels and escapes.
Santos looks to land a combination but CAPETA avoids it well.
CAPETA throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from CAPETA. CAPETA gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for CAPETA with that takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Santos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

CAPETA shoots and misses

and Santos counters by clinching up.
A short body shot lands from Santos as the two fighters clinch.
CAPETA is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fred Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but CAPETA bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
JHONNES CAPETA is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
CAPETA looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos lands a high kick!
CAPETA fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JHONNES CAPETA. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santos, right into the meat.
Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of CAPETA's head.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but CAPETA sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

CAPETA closes the distance and clinches.
CAPETA drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for CAPETA. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
CAPETA misses with a takedown

and Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
CAPETA will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

CAPETA looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.

Santos stands up and waves to CAPETA to follow him.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by CAPETA which made him look bad.
CAPETA shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Santos gets to his feet. CAPETA looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos swinging wilding here.
CAPETA shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice straight punches there by CAPETA. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of CAPETA.
A nice combination there by Santos.

CAPETA closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - CAPETA lands in his opponent's guard.
CAPETA trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CAPETA throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. CAPETA manages to get himself to full guard.
CAPETA keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
CAPETA is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santos is controlling him.

CAPETA is working an open guard so Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
CAPETA is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos looks to land a body kick but CAPETA moved away.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
CAPETA shoots in but no luck this time.
CAPETA fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
CAPETA shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Santos moves into range and clinches up with CAPETA.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santos slows down the pace here.
CAPETA is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos throws a series of strikes that have CAPETA backpedaling.
Santos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

CAPETA drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.

Santos manages to pull guard.
CAPETA advances to half guard.

Santos is trying to control CAPETA's posture. CAPETA takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Santos! CAPETA is rotating here... this could be the end... Santos is out! CAPETA has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). JHONNES CAPETA!