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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Refugio Chandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Silva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo Silva Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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279 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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 St Petersburg, Refugio Chandler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduardo Silva Santos!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva Santos manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Chandler on his heels. He'll look to pass Chandler's guard now, I'm sure.
Silva Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chandler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva Santos 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.
Chandler trying to keep a closed guard but Silva Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Chandler really is a fat lump.
Chandler looking for a sweep. Not yet Chandler, not yet.
Chandler wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Silva Santos trying to control but Chandler is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Santos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Chandler to the mat! Chandler manages to get full guard.
Chandler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silva Santos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Chandler dives on top into guard.
Silva Santos is controlling Chandler's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chandler makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva Santos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Chandler puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chandler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
Chandler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva Santos's head.
Silva Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva Santos controls Chandler momentarily but Chandler frees himself.
Chandler landing with the ground and pound.
Chandler throws an elbow that misses. Silva Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chandler's guard. Nice move by Silva Santos!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chandler has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Silva Santos is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Chandler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler is looking for a sweep.
Silva Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva Santos is chipping away with strikes.
Silva Santos is looking to take a break and control but Chandler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chandler manages to get back to half guard.
Silva Santos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Chandler!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandler tries to lock up and control but Silva Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chandler gets back to half guard.
Silva Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Still in half guard, Silva Santos seems content to control.
Silva Santos works his way into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chandler can't do much from the bottom here.
An elbow from Silva Santos crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Silva Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Chandler!
Chandler tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Chandler fending off the submission attempt from Silva Santos.
Silva Santos is looking for a choke. Chandler gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Chandler manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Chandler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Chandler preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Santos scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Silva Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chandler throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Silva Santos is looking to clinch.
Chandler went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chandler gets caught flat footed, as Silva Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Chandler is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chandler tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva Santos lands a takedown into guard.
Silva Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chandler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chandler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Chandler keeping moving, preventing Silva Santos from controlling successfully.
Chandler working a defensive guard here.
Chandler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Chandler seems keen to control Silva Santos's posture.
Silva Santos trying to control but Chandler is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chandler is trying to defend but Silva Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva Santos works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva Santos avoids the attempt from Chandler to control.
Silva Santos prevents Chandler from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva Santos has control of Chandler's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Chandler regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Chandler stops Silva Santos from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Chandler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Eduardo Silva Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva Santos jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Chandler is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Chandler and Silva Santos has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Chandler tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eduardo Silva Santos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva Santos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chandler pulls Silva Santos in close to prevent any damage.
Silva Santos tries to stand but Chandler is controlling from the bottom.
Silva Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chandler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chandler looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva Santos passes into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Santos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Chandler rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Silva Santos's guard! Nice work there by Chandler!
Chandler is in close to Silva Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva Santos looking to control.
Silva Santos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Chandler haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Chandler preventing the sweep.
Chandler is fighting to break Silva Santos's control of his arms but Silva Santos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva Santos is trying to control the position but Chandler postures up.
Silva Santos wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Chandler is now in half guard.
Chandler is thwarting Silva Santos's attempts to control the position.
Silva Santos wants to improve his position but Chandler is controlling well.
Silva Santos tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Chandler has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Silva Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva Santos?
Chandler working Silva Santos over with strikes here.
Silva Santos sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Silva Santos trying to get back to full guard but Chandler takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Silva Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva Santos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Chandler has control of Silva Santos's left arm, preventing Silva Santos from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chandler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chandler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chandler pulls Silva Santos in close to his closed guard and prevents Silva Santos from doing any damage or advancing position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Chandler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Refugio Chandler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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