PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between willan david (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelo Santos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

david
vs
Santos

175 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, willan david!
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, Marcelo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos drives through and clinches with david against the cage.
Santos tries for a takedown but david manages to get underhooks.
Santos prevents david from breaking the clinch.
david is trying to break free.
david wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

david breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

david closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
david wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
david throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but david swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
david swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
david misses with a double jab.
david tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. david tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. david manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos throws a head kick that david semi-blocks.
david stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
david tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
david scores with a hook.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. david tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. david manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
willan david has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Santos.
Some wild striking there from david.

That's one minute gone in the round.
david connects with the punch.
david keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
david misses with a double jab

and Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
david is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
david being controlled here, momentarily.
david wants to stand up but Santos is controlling him.
Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos stops david from standing up.
david knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
david misses with a combination

and Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
david has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
david wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

david pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
david scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
david stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
david lands with a nice body kick.
willan david seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
david misses with the combination.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos looks gassed!
A thudding body kick lands there by david!
david lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
david misses with a series of wild punches.
willan david is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
david tries to clinch up

and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for david!
david wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish david?
david is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
david trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Santos.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
david is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
david is trying to escape the mount but Santos keeps good control and instead manages to take david's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for david! Can he survive? No! He's out! Santos gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcelo Santos!