|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brent Wyatt (ranked 2410 p4p, 268 weight class) and Luiz Santos (ranked 3303 p4p, 351 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
 |
|
 |
| 181 cm
21
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
|
182 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
|
Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brent Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Santos!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wyatt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santos takes a swing at Wyatt's ribcage but misses.
Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos connects with a body shot.
Wyatt looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos throws out a counter right but Wyatt avoids it with no problem.
Nice straight punches there by Wyatt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wyatt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wyatt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice jab there from Santos.
Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyatt clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Wyatt breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
A counter left hand to the body from Wyatt misses its target.
Wyatt lands with a nice body punch.
Wyatt clinches up against the cage.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Wyatt controls his hands.
Wyatt has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Wyatt is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos wants to take the fight to the mat but Wyatt manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Santos lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santos.
A nice left hand lands by Santos.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Wyatt tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Wyatt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wyatt is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Wyatt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyatt throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Santos throws a hook but Wyatt blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Wyatt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Santos connects with a crisp jab.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Wyatt.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Wyatt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wyatt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Wyatt misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Wyatt closes the distance and clinches.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wyatt has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Wyatt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santos or not.
Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wyatt backwards.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wyatt blocking some punches.
A short right from Wyatt.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wyatt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos misses with some punches.
Wyatt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wyatt is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wyatt's elbow.
Santos presses Wyatt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Wyatt is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Wyatt.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Wyatt controls his hands.
Wyatt is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Wyatt's ribcage. Wyatt let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A frustrated look appears on Wyatt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos prevents Wyatt from breaking the clinch.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
Wyatt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wyatt's elbow.
Wyatt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luiz Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
Santos missing with a left hand there. Wyatt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Wyatt's shoulder, as Wyatt tries to avoid the shot.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos scores with a jab. Wyatt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Santos cracks Wyatt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santos catches Wyatt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wyatt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Wyatt counters with a shoot takedown. Santos fights it but they end up in guard.
Wyatt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wyatt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wyatt has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wyatt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Santos throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Wyatt escapes and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Santos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two 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.
Santos is looking to control Wyatt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos avoid being mounted?
Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wyatt pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wyatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos wants to control but Wyatt passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Santos is looking to control Wyatt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos avoid being mounted?
Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wyatt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Wyatt seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Santos looking for submissions off his back.
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.
Santos gets full guard.
Wyatt wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.
Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wyatt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luiz Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Santos misses with a hook.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Wyatt slips the punch.
Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wyatt's calf.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wyatt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos misses with a hook.
Santos cracks a nice hook into Wyatt's ribs.
Wyatt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wyatt is aware though and is defending well.
Wyatt looking to sit in guard and control but Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wyatt on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wyatt tries to get out of the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos wants to control from the top but Wyatt keeps moving.
Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wyatt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wyatt has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Wyatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brent Wyatt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brent Wyatt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two 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.
Santos advances to half guard.
Wyatt is staying active underneath Santos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santos is looking for a kimura here.
Wyatt gets back to full guard.
Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wyatt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Santos misses with a looping left.
Wyatt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wyatt looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wyatt lands with a cross.
Santos misses with a looping right.
Santos lands a nice shot that snaps Wyatt's head back.
Brent Wyatt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wyatt lands a left and a right that send Santos crashing to the mat, dazed. Wyatt thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Santos is rocked!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Wyatt finish him?
Santos cracks Wyatt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Wyatt takes one to the chin there.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Wyatt.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Wyatt pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Wyatt.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luiz Santos.
I've got 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luiz Santos!
In defeat, Brent Wyatt stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ill be back '.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
45% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
