PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wladyslaw Raginis (ranked 2058 p4p, 251 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 2478 p4p, 287 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Raginis
vs
Dos Santos

182 cm
39
265 lbs
27 - 18 - 0

193 cm
41
257 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

FORCEE

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 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wladyslaw Raginis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Raginis gets a takedown into half guard.
Raginis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Raginis trying to work for an americana but Santos has managed to regain full guard.
Raginis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Raginis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Raginis throws an elbow that misses. Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Raginis's guard. Nice move by Santos!

Raginis wants to sweep here but Santos controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Raginis is on top in guard.

Raginis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos has momentary wrist control but Raginis slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raginis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Raginis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Raginis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Raginis.
Raginis 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.
Raginis throws a big elbow that misses.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Raginis from controlling successfully.
Raginis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Raginis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raginis chips away with some ground and pound.
Raginis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Santos has momentary wrist control but Raginis slips an elbow through the middle.
Raginis trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Raginis won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
Raginis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raginis working some strikes from top position.
Raginis throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Raginis is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raginis throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raginis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Raginis from controlling successfully.
Raginis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Raginis advances position into side control!
Raginis working the ground and pound.
Raginis looks up at the clock and then as Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Raginis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Raginis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Santos to see if he's OK.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is not content to let Raginis control the position.
Raginis scores with punches from side control.
Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Santos is not content to let Raginis control the position.
Raginis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Raginis is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Raginis lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wladyslaw Raginis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Raginis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Santos did well to prevent Raginis getting side control.
Raginis passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Santos!
Raginis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wladyslaw Raginis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Raginis wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
Raginis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santos?
Raginis raining down hammerfists from mount.
Raginis lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Raginis dominating with strikes here.
Raginis dominating with strikes here.

Santos is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raginis looking for a guillotine from mount but Santos is having none of it.
Santos taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Raginis jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Santos manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Raginis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Raginis landing strikes.
Check out the look on Raginis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Raginis working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Raginis working the head and body with strikes.
Raginis is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raginis scoring with punches and elbows.
Raginis is putting a hurting on Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Raginis is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos taking a bit of punishment here - Raginis scoring with strikes.
Raginis wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
Santos can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Raginis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Raginis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Raginis is putting a hurting on Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Raginis working the head and body with strikes.

Raginis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Raginis cracks Santos with a big elbow.
Raginis tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raginis working away.
Raginis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.

Raginis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Raginis working the strikes but Santos uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Santos is not content to let Raginis control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wladyslaw Raginis dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Raginis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Santos's guard.
Raginis chips away with some ground and pound.
Raginis throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Raginis wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Raginis connects with a couple of short punches.
Raginis scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Raginis postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Santos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Raginis, into his guard.

Raginis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Santos manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raginis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Raginis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Raginis trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raginis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Raginis working some strikes from top position.
Raginis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raginis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Raginis has gone for a leg lock! Santos slips out almost immediately though and dives into Raginis's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control but Raginis is working from the bottom.
Santos pushing down on Raginis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Raginis is pressing down on Santos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Raginis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Raginis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santos is one step ahead there.

Raginis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Raginis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raginis stalling away here and it's allowed Santos to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Raginis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos controls Raginis momentarily but Raginis frees himself.
Wladyslaw Raginis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Raginis from controlling successfully.
Raginis works over Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Raginis wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Raginis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santos's guard.
Raginis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Raginis lands a nice short elbow.
Raginis controlling the action here.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raginis has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos is not content to let Raginis control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wladyslaw Raginis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Raginis, 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wladyslaw Raginis!
Wladyslaw Raginis made sure to mention his sponsor, FORCEE in his post fight interview.