PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandru Dalma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandru Dalma will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Santos
vs
Dalma

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paolo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexandru Dalma!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalma looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Dalma misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.

Santos feints and as Dalma raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos cracks Dalma with a solid left hand.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Dalma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos stops Dalma from standing up.
Santos lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalma preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Dalma is keeping the position.
Dalma wants to stand and escape but Santos is having none of it.
Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Santos stands up over Dalma, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Santos won't allow Dalma to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santos lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos with a nice head shot there.
Dalma is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dalma's head.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dalma wants to stand but Santos is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dalma keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
Santos prevents Dalma from getting back to his feet.
Dalma looks gassed!
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Dalma is retaining full guard.
Santos works over Dalma with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Dalma has wrist control.
Santos prevents Dalma from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalma has momentary wrist control but Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos won't allow Dalma to get back to his feet.
Santos pushes down on Dalma's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dalma wants to get back to his feet.
Santos moves nicely into side control.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Santos landing a few strikes.
Dalma is trying to get back to his feet.
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Santos advances to full mount.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalma is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Santos lands a heavy elbow.
Dalma is trying to stand.
Santos lands a heavy elbow.
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dalma's face.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dalma hang on?
You get the feeling that Dalma really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Santos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dalma takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Dalma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dalma trying desperately to get to his feet.
Santos unloading with bombs!
Dalma wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santos dominating with strikes here.
Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dalma's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Santos dominating with strikes here.
Dalma is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Santos landing punches.
Dalma is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Santos lands a big elbow.
Dalma trying desperately to get to his feet.
Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Santos gets the takedown into side control.
Santos looks up at the clock and then as Dalma takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Santos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dalma tries to escape but Santos is in control.
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dalma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Santos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Paolo Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos lands a few punches from side control.
Dalma is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Santos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dalma is trying to get back to his feet.
Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dalma is trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dalma!
Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dalma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalma is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Dalma is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dalma really wants to buck Santos off and get back to his feet.
Dalma takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Santos.
Dalma tries to buck Santos off but he can't manage it.
Santos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
Dalma is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

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 landing strikes from the mount.
Dalma is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Santos lands a big shot there that rocks Dalma but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Dalma trying desperately to get to his feet.
Dalma is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Santos.
Dalma wants to try and get back to his feet.
Santos unloading with bombs!
Dalma is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dalma looks a forlorn figure.
Dalma wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos unloading with bombs!
Dalma really wants to buck Santos off and get back to his feet.
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
Dalma is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Dalma is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dalma is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

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 lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dalma hang on?
Santos cracks Dalma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dalma?

Dalma somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Alexandru Dalma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dalma stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
Paolo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dalma sprawls well initially but Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dalma tries to kick Santos off but Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dalma pushes Santos off but Santos dives into side control.
Santos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Santos 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dalma throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dalma as he jumps to the side.
Dalma lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Dalma finds it's way through Santos's defenses.
Santos takes a jab right on the kisser.

Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dalma looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dalma makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nice sprawl there from Dalma as Santos shoots in.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dalma as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
Dalma tries to kick Santos off but Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Santos prevents Dalma from standing back up.
Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Santos winds up and cracks Dalma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Santos prevents Dalma from standing back up.
Santos working over Dalma with some ground and pound. Dalma looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dalma wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dalma throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalma lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Santos avoids the body shot from Dalma.
Alexandru Dalma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dalma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Santos is working Dalma over with some ground and pound from side control.
Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dalma down.
Santos prevents Dalma from escaping the position.
Santos lands some shots froms side control.
Santos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dalma takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Dalma, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Dalma against the cage but Dalma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dalma keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalma looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
Dalma misses with a jab, cross combination.

Santos scores with a takedown into Dalma's guard.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dalma is keeping the position for now.
Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dalma wants to stand but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alexandru Dalma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dalma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Dalma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dalma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Dalma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paolo Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dalma misses with a wild combination.
Dalma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Santos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Santos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Santos controlling from the full mount.
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dalma can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paolo Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paolo Santos!