PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Santos (ranked 4732 p4p, 4548 weight class) and Arthur Brade (ranked 428 p4p, 418 weight class). Brade comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jamiroquai - Canned Heat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Giovanni Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Brade

200 cm
22
220
1 - 5 - 0

182 cm
22
240
5 - 7 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giovanni Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Arthur Brade!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brade lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick from Santos, right into the meat of the thigh.

Santos clinches up with Brade and pushes him back against the cage.
Brade blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Brade is controlling him.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brade avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Brade tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Brade should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Brade misses the shot to the body.
Santos is looking for a counter combo.
Brade misses with a body kick.

Santos instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brade taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brade.
Brade holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brade blocks it with crossed arms.
Brade stalling in the clinch but Santos improves position.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Brade controls the action.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos wants to clinch.
Brade lands an overhand right.

It looks like Giovanni Santos has been cut.
Santos lands a head kick!
Brade misses the jab.
Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brade tries to land a front kick but Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brade throws a lazy body kick
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arthur Brade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brade misses with a body punch
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brade tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Santos rushes Brade and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Brade misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Brade throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Brade tries to work over Santos's front leg with a kick but Santos checks it.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos wants to break free but Brade has control.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Brade connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santos momentarily.

Brade gets tackled into the cage by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brade.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brade is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.

Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brade, pushing him back against the cage.
Brade has Santos pushed against the cage.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Brade is blocking nicely.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brade has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Brade blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Brade avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brade has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Santos breaks the clinch.

Santos forces Brade back against the cage and clinches.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Brade keeps him there for the moment.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brade trying to control the position but instead, Santos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brade into the cage.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brade avoids it.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Brade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brade moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giovanni Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Santos moves out of range as Brade throws a body kick.
As Brade looks to move away, Santos throws a big counter combo but Brade just gets out of the way.
Brade loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Brade.

Brade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Santos.

It looks like Arthur Brade has been cut.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos works Brade's body with a nice hook.

Brade clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos tries a body shot but Brade blocks it.
Brade controlling the action here for a moment.
Brade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brade swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Brade - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Brade is trying to stall.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos tries to break free but Brade pushes him back against the cage.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brade blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brade in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brade stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Brade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brade can do to turn this around?
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Brade avoids the damage to the body.
Brade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brade pressing his opponent against the cage.

Santos breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Brade misses.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brade is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brade tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos takes one on the button.
Santos slips a jab from Brade.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Santos works over Brade's head and body with a nice combination.

Santos moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brade blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Brade has him pressed against the cage.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Brade avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.

Brade pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brade.
Brade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed right hand from Brade misses the target.
Brade lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brade takes a step back to recover.
Brade misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Giovanni Santos dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brade looks to throw a body kick
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brade throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Brade misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Brade looks to move away, Santos throws a big counter combo but Brade just gets out of the way.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from Brade.
Santos throws a big counter combination but Brade scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Brade misses with a leg kick
and Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Brade backing up. Brade nods at Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brade misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
Brade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brade throws a sloppy body shot
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Santos drives through and clinches with Brade against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Santos.
Brade prevents a body shot from Santos.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brade's brow.
Brade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giovanni Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Brade walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Santos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Giovanni Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos tries to clinch but Brade moves out of range.
Brade tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Santos takes the fight into the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos slips under a jab.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brade.
Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brade's head.
Santos avoids the body shot from Brade.
Santos throws a big counter combination but Brade scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Brade throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos has Brade up against the cage in a clinch.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brade rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.
Brade just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brade.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brade.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Brade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Brade misses
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Santos pushes Brade up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brade fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santos checks it well.
Brade avoids the head kick by Santos.
Brade throws out a counter right but Santos avoids it with no problem.
Brade misses with a hook to the body
and Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Brade.
Brade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Brade misses its intended target.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brade.
Santos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Arthur Brade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some wild striking there from Brade.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos gets a clinch.
Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Brade takes a jab right on the kisser.

Santos has managed to clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brade misses with a kick to the body
and Santos counters with a nice body shot.

Santos rushes Brade and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Brade backs away looking to recover.
Giovanni Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Santos moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giovanni Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giovanni Santos!
The defeated Arthur Brade had this to say: 'I gave my all, but I actually was injured going into my camp. Congratulations to my opponent, He did well.'.