PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Mordino (ranked 6254 p4p, 548 weight class) and Cicero Dos Santos (ranked 6514 p4p, 555 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Mordino
vs
Dos Santos

187 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 12 - 1

180 cm
28
175 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Victor Mordino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cicero Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mordino looks for a takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well.
Victor Mordino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mordino.
Mordino controls the position.
Dos Santos prevents Mordino from moving into mount.

Mordino is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dos Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Mordino is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dos Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mordino is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dos Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Mordino tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordino wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
Dos Santos prevents Mordino from moving into mount.
Mordino wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
Dos Santos is being controlled here.

Mordino is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dos Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mordino wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.

Mordino is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dos Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.

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.

Mordino goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Dos Santos has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Mordino but great work by Dos Santos.
Mordino is not content to let Dos Santos control the position.
Mordino is looking for a sweep.
Mordino sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos prevents Mordino from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordino regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos being controlled here momentarily.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Mordino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mordino lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Mordino from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mordino trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mordino is really struggling to control Dos Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mordino works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Mordino dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dos Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mordino sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Mordino closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dos Santos quickly recovers to half guard.
Mordino is thwarting Dos Santos's attempts to control the position.

Mordino is working for a submission of some sort.
Mordino perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dos Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mordino wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.

Mordino seems to be working for a kimura but Dos Santos defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mordino is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mordino is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordino performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mordino is trying to control the action in half guard but Dos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Mordino seems to be looking for submissions.
Dos Santos keeping hold of Mordino's head, controlling as best he can.
Dos Santos wants to control but Mordino is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dos Santos is not content to let Mordino control the position.
Dos Santos tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Mordino is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dos Santos defends it well.
Mordino trying to control from half guard but Dos Santos is working away.
Mordino content to control rather than advance.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mordino.

Mordino shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mordino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordino wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.

Mordino is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Mordino seems to be looking for submissions.

Dos Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Mordino.

Mordino is working for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four 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.

Mordino is trying to work for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.

Mordino is looking for a kimura here.

Mordino is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dos Santos sees it coming and defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Mordino is looking for a kimura but Dos Santos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mordino to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Mordino dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Mordino shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.

Dos Santos shoots in and bounces Mordino off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Mordino manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.

Mordino tightens his grip and picks Dos Santos up, before dumping him to the ground. Dos Santos manages to land in guard.
Mordino wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mordino slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dos Santos gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Mordino avoids the attempt from Dos Santos to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mordino is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dos Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Mordino is working for a guillotine from mount but Dos Santos frees his head quite easily.
Mordino looking to control but Dos Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Mordino is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Mordino extends the arm and Dos Santos is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Victor Mordino!