PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Porter
vs
Santos

183 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in but Porter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Porter circles away.

Santos forces Porter back against the cage and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Santos.
Porter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Porter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos scores with a hook to the body.

Porter manages to break the clinch.
Porter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Porter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Porter.

It looks like Antonio Santos has been cut.

Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Porter looks like he's trying to stand up.
Porter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter is trying to stand back up but Santos is controlling him
Santos is tying to control. Porter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Santos thows a huge punch but Porter dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos trying to control from half guard but Porter is working away.
Porter is trying to control but Santos manages to pass to mount!

That's two 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.
Porter working to try and regain half guard.
Santos thowing shots but they're missing.
Santos thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Porter is trying desperately to improve position.
Porter blocking the ground and pound.

Santos moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Porter has worked his arm free - good work by Porter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos tries for a kimura but Porter is defending well.
Santos throwing strikes but Porter manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Porter misses with the ground and pound.
Porter trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
Porter working away.
Porter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.

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.
Santos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Porter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santos.
Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Porter is breathing heavily.

Santos stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Donk. Porter catches Santos right on the button with a cross.
Porter staying out of range there.
Santos throws a leg kick but Porter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Porter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Porter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Porter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Antonio Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antonio Santos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Santos does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
No joy there for Porter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Porter, right into the meat.
Daniel Porter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Porter keeps Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Porter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos blocks a head kick by Porter.
Nice sprawl there from Porter as Santos shoots in.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Porter as he avoids it easily.
Daniel Porter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Santos.
Porter looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A head kick from Porter lands but Santos takes it in his stride.
Porter keeps the fight on the outside.
Porter lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Porter connects with a high kick.
Santos tries to clinch up but Porter circles away and keeps his distance.
A low kick from Santos misses
and Porter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Porter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos throws a leg kick
and Porter counters with a big head kick but Santos shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos has managed to clinch.
Porter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Porter wants to break free but Santos has control.
Porter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Porter is trying to break free.
Santos stalling in the clinch but Porter improves position.
Porter is trying to break free.
Porter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Porter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Porter is controlling the position.
Porter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Porter tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.

Porter breaks the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Porter.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Porter! Santos is out on his feet! Porter rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Santos is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Santos is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Porter!