PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edinaldo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Statkiewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Statkiewicz

186 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
226 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edinaldo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michal Statkiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Statkiewicz!
Statkiewicz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Statkiewicz lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos misses with a takedown

and Statkiewicz counters with a crisp one two that drops Santos! Statkiewicz thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Santos to his feet! Santos is in big trouble!

Santos is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Statkiewicz lands with a shot to the body.
Statkiewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Statkiewicz misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Statkiewicz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edinaldo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Statkiewicz throws a head kick that misses.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Statkiewicz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statkiewicz takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Statkiewicz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Statkiewicz lands a jab to the nose.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Statkiewicz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice body punch from Statkiewicz.
Statkiewicz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Santos rather than just go for the knockout.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Statkiewicz counters with a nice uppercut.
Statkiewicz looks gassed!
Statkiewicz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Santos could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Statkiewicz looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Santos shoots and misses
and Statkiewicz counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statkiewicz lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Statkiewicz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice jab there from Statkiewicz.
Statkiewicz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Statkiewicz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left and a right from Statkiewicz both land. Nice combination.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Statkiewicz's waist but Statkiewicz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Statkiewicz throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Santos dives in and grabs Statkiewicz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Statkiewicz pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Statkiewicz both land. Nice combination.
Santos looks for a takedown but Statkiewicz sprawls well.

Santos scores with a takedown into Statkiewicz's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Santos drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Santos as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Statkiewicz screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Santos! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Edinaldo Santos!