PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Di Santi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorenzo Da Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Di Santi
vs
Da Silva

189 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Di Santi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lorenzo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Da Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Da Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Da Silva wants to break free but Di Santi has control.

Di Santi has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Da Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Di Santi manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Di Santi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Da Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.

Di Santi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Da Silva is trying to stand back up but Di Santi is controlling him

Di Santi is looking for submissions but instead, Da Silva has regained full guard.

Di Santi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Di Santi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Di Santi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Di Santi drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Di Santi off! Di Santi jumps back into Da Silva's guard.

Di Santi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Di Santi drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Di Santi off! Di Santi jumps back into Da Silva's guard.
Di Santi is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Da Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Di Santi is controlling him.

Di Santi drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Di Santi off! Di Santi jumps back into Da Silva's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four 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.

Di Santi drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Di Santi off! Di Santi jumps back into Da Silva's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva wants to stand and escape but Di Santi is having none of it.

Di Santi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Di Santi drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Di Santi off! Di Santi jumps back into Da Silva's guard.

Di Santi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Di Santi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Da Silva clinches with his opponent.

Di Santi turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Di Santi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Da Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Di Santi asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Di Santi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Da Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.

Di Santi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Di Santi goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Da Silva rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Di Santi's guard! Nice work there by Da Silva!

Di Santi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Da Silva is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Di Santi.
Da Silva wants to stand but Di Santi has his arm trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Santi is looking for a sweep.
Di Santi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Da Silva tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Di Santi.

Di Santi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to stand up but Di Santi is controlling the position.
Da Silva is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Di Santi dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Di Santi takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Da Silva drives through and clinches with Di Santi against the cage.
Di Santi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Da Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Di Santi keeps control of Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva stops a takedown attempt from Di Santi.
Di Santi has Da Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Di Santi is trying to drag Da Silva to the mat but Da Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Di Santi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Di Santi goes for a takedown attempt but Da Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pedro Di Santi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Di Santi dives in and grabs Da Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Da Silva pushes down on Di Santi's head and hops out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Da Silva rushes Di Santi and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Di Santi lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Di Santi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is trying to stand back up but Di Santi is controlling him

Di Santi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Di Santi seems to be working for a kimura but Da Silva defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi is looking for a kimura but Da Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Di Santi to get the leverage.

Di Santi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Di Santi stops Da Silva from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi is looking for a kimura but Da Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Di Santi to get the leverage.

Di Santi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.

Da Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Di Santi.

Di Santi is looking for submissions but instead, Da Silva has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Di Santi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Di Santi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Da Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lorenzo Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro Di Santi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Di Santi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Di Santi!