PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Diego De Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Fernandes Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diego De Santiago
vs
Fernandes Rocha

180 cm
18
157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Diego De Santiago!
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, Marco Fernandes Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandes Rocha scores with a leg kick.
De Santiago swings away with a body shot that misses

and Fernandes Rocha moves into the clinch.
Fernandes Rocha is trying to force a seperation but De Santiago has the dominant position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fernandes Rocha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Fernandes Rocha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santiago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fernandes Rocha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Fernandes Rocha clinches up against the cage.
De Santiago wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Santiago tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fernandes Rocha just stands there and leans against the cage.

Fernandes Rocha manages to pull guard.
Fernandes Rocha controls De Santiago momentarily but De Santiago frees himself.
De Santiago is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santiago pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fernandes Rocha is keeping the position for now.
Fernandes Rocha keeping moving, preventing De Santiago from controlling successfully.
De Santiago tries to free his leg and advance position but Fernandes Rocha is retaining full guard.
Fernandes Rocha trying to keep a closed guard but De Santiago is proving a slippery customer.
Fernandes Rocha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Santiago. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Marco Fernandes Rocha wasn't active enough on the ground.

De Santiago closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Santiago lands in his opponent's guard.
De Santiago trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santiago is fighting to break Fernandes Rocha's control of his arms but Fernandes Rocha is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
De Santiago is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Santiago advances to half guard.
Fernandes Rocha trying to hold on to De Santiago's head to control him but De Santiago postures up.
De Santiago sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De Santiago throws a series of punches but Fernandes Rocha moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Santiago scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

De Santiago stands up.
De Santiago looks to clinch
and Fernandes Rocha counters with a left and a right that stings De Santiago.
Ricardo Diego De Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

De Santiago rushes Fernandes Rocha and presses him up against the cage.
Fernandes Rocha is trying to break the clinch but De Santiago is controlling him.

Fernandes Rocha gets control of De Santiago's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fernandes Rocha will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fernandes Rocha looks gassed!
De Santiago scoring with punches to the head and body.
De Santiago controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Santiago pushes down on Fernandes Rocha's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fernandes Rocha is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, if De Santiago is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
De Santiago wants to pass to mount but Fernandes Rocha is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Santiago content to control rather than advance.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

De Santiago seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Diego De Santiago dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Santiago looks for the body kick but Fernandes Rocha saw that one coming.
De Santiago throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Fernandes Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Santiago tries to clinch but Fernandes Rocha moves out of range.
Fernandes Rocha slaps away a takedown attempt from De Santiago, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.

Fernandes Rocha shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fernandes Rocha showed some decent athleticism there.
De Santiago is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
De Santiago is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santiago works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fernandes Rocha trying to control the position from guard on top but De Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

De Santiago looking for a guillotine here but Fernandes Rocha defends easily.
De Santiago is pulling down on Fernandes Rocha's head. It's preventing any offense from Fernandes Rocha, at least for the moment.
Fernandes Rocha trying to control the position from guard on top but De Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fernandes Rocha avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fernandes Rocha is posturing up here but De Santiago has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Fernandes Rocha tries to roll out but it's too tight and Fernandes Rocha has to tap! Slick submission there by De Santiago!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Diego De Santiago!