PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Cyanide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evandro Campo Santo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cyanide
vs
Campo Santo

190 cm
21
265 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

225 cm
24
291 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ted Cyanide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evandro Campo Santo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campo Santo misses with a looping left.
Cyanide slips under a jab from Campo Santo.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cyanide.

Cyanide is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Campo Santo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cyanide misses with the ground and pound.

Cyanide tries for a kimura but Campo Santo is defending well.
Campo Santo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cyanide is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Cyanide.
Campo Santo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Cyanide in side control, throwing shots but Campo Santo defends.

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

Cyanide thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cyanide 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.

Cyanide tries for a kimura but Campo Santo is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyanide is looking to take a break and control but Campo Santo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Cyanide tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cyanide has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cyanide tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Cyanide.

Cyanide thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

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

Cyanide thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cyanide working the ground and pound from side control.

It looks like Evandro Campo Santo has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campo Santo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cyanide.

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.

Cyanide looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Campo Santo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cyanide. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cyanide misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Cyanide is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Campo Santo has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Cyanide dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evandro Campo Santo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cyanide ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Campo Santo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Ted Cyanide has been cut.
Evandro Campo Santo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campo Santo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Campo Santo misses.
Campo Santo misses with a body shot.
Campo Santo throws a series of punches but Cyanide avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Campo Santo misses the target.

Cyanide scores with a takedown into Campo Santo's guard.
Cyanide passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Campo Santo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cyanide tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Campo Santo taking a bit of punishment here - Cyanide scoring with strikes.

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

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campo Santo defending against the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Cyanide seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Cyanide tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Campo Santo dodges the ground and pound from Cyanide.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Campo Santo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Campo Santo defending against the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyanide misses with the ground and pound.
Cyanide misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.
Campo Santo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.
Campo Santo parries the strikes from Cyanide easily there. Cyanide is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Campo Santo to escape.

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.

Cyanide is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Campo Santo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cyanide throws an elbow but Campo Santo slips to the side and avoids it well.
Campo Santo is not content to let Cyanide control the position.
Cyanide postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cyanide working the ground and pound but Campo Santo is defending the strikes.
Cyanide lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Cyanide dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Campo Santo takes a swing at Cyanide's ribcage but misses.

Cyanide scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cyanide moves nicely into side control.
Cyanide working the ground and pound but Campo Santo is defending the strikes.

Cyanide working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cyanide lands an elbow.
Cyanide sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Campo Santo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.
Campo Santo is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Cyanide asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Campo Santo defending against the ground and pound.

Cyanide is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Campo Santo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cyanide prevents Campo Santo from escaping the position.
Evandro Campo Santo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Campo Santo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Cyanide is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Campo Santo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Cyanide misses with the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Cyanide are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Campo Santo wants to get back to his feet.
An elbow from Cyanide crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.
Cyanide scoring with punches from side control.

That has opened up Evandro Campo Santo's cut even more.

Cyanide tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cyanide has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Cyanide is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Campo Santo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Cyanide looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ted Cyanide is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyanide working the head with strikes.

The cut above Evandro Campo Santo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Cyanide wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Campo Santo, who protects the arm well.
Cyanide wants to lay and pray for a moment but Campo Santo keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Cyanide showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cyanide, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Cyanide!