PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Santanna (ranked 4168 p4p, 6589 weight class) and Vladimirs Voranovskis (ranked 501 p4p, 534 weight class). Santanna's entrance music is Suck My Nuts. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santanna
vs
Voranovskis

180 cm
25
170
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
165
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eddy Santanna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vladimirs Voranovskis!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voranovskis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Voranovskis shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Santanna napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Voranovskis fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Santanna is looking to regain half guard here but Voranovskis keeps moving and retains side control.
Santanna is working hard here to advance position.
Santanna manages to work his way to half guard, despite Voranovskis's best efforts.
Santanna keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Santanna is defending against the submission attempts here by Voranovskis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voranovskis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santanna keeps working.
Santanna is pressing down on Voranovskis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Santanna can't keep his opponent in guard - Voranovskis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Voranovskis blocks the strikes from Santanna.
Santanna moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Voranovskis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santanna swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Santanna throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Santanna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Voranovskis defends well.
Voranovskis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Voranovskis wants to pass the guard but Santanna is keeping the position.
Santanna looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santanna wants to stand but Voranovskis is controlling the position.
Santanna is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Santanna wants to sweep here but Voranovskis controlling him for the moment.
Santanna has Voranovskis pulled in close to control his posture.

Santanna looking for a guillotine here but Voranovskis defends easily.
Voranovskis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santanna's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Voranovskis connects with a couple of short punches.

Santanna had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Voranovskis defends it easily.

Santanna escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Voranovskis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Voranovskis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vladimirs Voranovskis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santanna avoids the head kick by Voranovskis.
Voranovskis avoids the body shot from Santanna.

Voranovskis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santanna is trying to defend but Voranovskis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Santanna manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Voranovskis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santanna to score with a decent uppercut.
Voranovskis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voranovskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Santanna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Voranovskis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Santanna's guard.
Voranovskis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santanna. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Voranovskis won't allow Santanna to sweep him here.
Santanna pulls Voranovskis in close to his closed guard and prevents Voranovskis from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santanna working a defensive guard here.
Voranovskis looking to sit in guard and control but Santanna gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Voranovskis keeping moving, preventing Santanna from controlling successfully.
Santanna content to stall in guard here.
Santanna trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Voranovskis keeping moving, preventing Santanna from controlling successfully.
Voranovskis trying to keep a closed guard but Santanna is proving a slippery customer.
Santanna advances to half guard.
Santanna trying to mount his opponent but Voranovskis defends it.

Voranovskis looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santanna is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Voranovskis has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voranovskis pushes Santanna off looking to stand but Santanna dives back in and keeps control.
Santanna looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Santanna is working for a kimura but Voranovskis is defending it quite comfortably.
Voranovskis gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Voranovskis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santanna engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Santanna dives in and grabs Voranovskis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Voranovskis pushes down on Santanna's head and hops out.
Voranovskis looks for a takedown but Santanna sprawls well.
Voranovskis dives in and grabs Santanna's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santanna pushes down on Voranovskis's head and hops out.
Santanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Voranovskis is breathing heavily.

Santanna feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santanna seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Santanna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Voranovskis is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Santanna dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Santanna looks to land a body kick but Voranovskis moved away.
Voranovskis wants to clinch
and Santanna counters with a two punch combo.
Voranovskis tries to clinch up.
Santanna half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Voranovskis has a takedown stuffed.
Voranovskis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santanna takes a swing at Voranovskis's ribcage but misses.
Santanna misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Santanna closes the distance and clinches.
Santanna effectively controlling the action here.

Santanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Santanna does no damage.
Voranovskis misses with a takedown attempt

and Santanna holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Voranovskis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santanna up against the cage.
Santanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voranovskis's elbow.

Voranovskis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Santanna gets to his feet - Voranovskis follows without any prompting.
Santanna fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Voranovskis avoids it really well and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Voranovskis misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santanna!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Voranovskis.
Santanna takes a swing at Voranovskis's ribcage but misses.
Santanna tries to clinch up.
Eddy Santanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santanna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Voranovskis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Santanna gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voranovskis is fighting to break Santanna's control of his arms but Santanna is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Voranovskis trying to control the position from guard on top but Santanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voranovskis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Voranovskis wants to stand but Santanna is controlling his posture from full guard.

Santanna is looking for a triangle here but Voranovskis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Santanna is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

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.
Santanna is looking for a sweep. Voranovskis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Santanna actively working from the bottom here.
Santanna wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Voranovskis.
Voranovskis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voranovskis looks to land a strike but Santanna avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Santanna looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddy Santanna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santanna has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddy Santanna!
As Eddy Santanna got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I guarantee you'll see me around, I guarantee.'.