PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Loo Cang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cang's entrance music is Everything in its right place- Radio Head. A fine choice. De Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drop the World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cang
vs
De Santos

225 cm
24
320 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

212 cm
20
320 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN
THE STEEL PENN

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Loo Cang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thiago De Santos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.

De Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cang is trying to defend but De Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
De Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cang knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
De Santos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ground and pound from De Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from De Santos.
Cang has hold of De Santos's hands but De Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
De Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cang is trying to stand back up but De Santos is controlling him
De Santos is just content to waste time from the top position. Cang takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
De Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Cang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cang is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
De Santos looking to pass the guard.
De Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Santos scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos shoots in for a takedown but Cang shows good takedown defense.
Nice cross by De Santos.
De Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cang slips a jab from De Santos.
De Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Cang.
De Santos misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cang avoids it really well and circles away.
Loo Cang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago De Santos.
De Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Santos throws a series of punches but Cang moves out of range.
Cang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Santos throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cang closes the distance and clinches.
Cang trying to land knees to the body.

De Santos pulls guard effortlessly.

Cang got a little sloppy there for a moment and De Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cang has managed to get both his arms back between De Santos's legs - danger averted.
Cang looking to pass the guard.
Cang wanted to stand there but De Santos had control of the position.
De Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

De Santos is working for a kimura but Cang is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that De Santos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Cang looks like he's trying to stand up.
De Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

De Santos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cang defends it well.
De Santos controlling the action here.

De Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cang is staying active underneath De Santos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
De Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cang defending well though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cang.
Loo Cang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

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.
Cang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Santos.
De Santos misses with a two punch combination.

De Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Santos works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago De Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Cang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Santos throws a series of punches but Cang moves out of range.
Cang tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cang moves in looking to clinch but De Santos pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santos misses with a two punch combination.
De Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cang throws a right hand that De Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that De Santos also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from De Santos.
De Santos misses with a looping left.
Loo Cang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
De Santos misses with a body shot.
De Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thiago De Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cang misses with the combination.
Cang blocks a jab.
Cang slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cang swinging wilding here.
Nice defenses there by Cang.
De Santos takes a swing at Cang's ribcage but misses.
Cang tries to clinch up.
De Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Cang displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Santos.
Thiago De Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cang misses with a body shot
and De Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Santos misses with a wild combination.
De Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Cang is just out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cang missing with a left hand there. De Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago De Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago De Santos!