PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sterling Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Di Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Morton
vs
Di Santos

150 cm
23
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
267 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sterling Morton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roberto Di Santos!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Di Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Di Santos breaks from the clinch.
Di Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Di Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Morton closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Di Santos to the mat! Di Santos manages to get full guard.
Morton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morton really is a fat lump.
Morton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morton is working Di Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Morton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Morton 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Morton stands up from Di Santos's guard - Morton perhaps looking for a knockout.
Di Santos misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Santos misses with a wild combination.
Di Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Morton gets a takedown into half guard.
Morton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Di Santos wants to get back to his feet.

Morton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Di Santos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morton decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Morton tries to bum rush Di Santos with a series of wild strikes but Di Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Di Santos tries to work over Morton's front leg with a kick but Morton checks it.
Di Santos misses with a wild combination.
Di Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morton jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morton drives through with a takedown into Di Santos's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Morton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Morton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Di Santos, up you get!

Morton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morton showed some decent athleticism there.

Morton is looking for a kimura here.
Morton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Santos tries to kick Morton off but Morton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Morton decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Di Santos drops Morton with a nice combination! Di Santos dives into Morton's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Sterling Morton has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Morton stands and steps away. Di Santos gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Di Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morton dodges the punch combination from Di Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sterling Morton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sterling Morton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Di Santos tries to sprawl but Morton drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Morton stands up and beckons Di Santos to join him on the feet.

Di Santos clinches up with Morton and pushes him back against the cage.
Morton has Di Santos pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morton slows down the pace here.
Morton content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morton stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morton for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Di Santos effectively controlling the action here.
Di Santos working hard to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Morton as the two fighters clinch.
Morton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morton keeps control of Di Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Di Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Di Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Morton is trying to stall.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Di Santos breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Santos fails to land with a series of punches.

Morton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sterling Morton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morton connects with a nice short shot to Di Santos's temple.
Di Santos is trying to stand back up but Morton is controlling him
Di Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Morton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Morton is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Santos is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Di Santos has hold of Morton's hands but Morton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Morton seems to be looking for submissions.
Morton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Di Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Di Santos is trying to stand.

Morton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Di Santos defends it well.

Morton stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Morton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Di Santos can do to turn this around?
Morton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sterling Morton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Di Santos lands a big right hook! Morton looks hurt but is still standing! Di Santos lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Morton falls down and Di Santos dives in with a huge hammer fist! Morton's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Di Santos runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Roberto Di Santos!
Roberto Di Santos decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.