PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikel Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Lodge. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Davids

193 cm
22
248 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
19
258 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikel Davids!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Davids's guard.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davids can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Santos controls the pace.
Davids preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davids is trying to keep Santos in close.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Davids is keeping the position for now.
Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! Davids is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Davids manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into Davids's guard.
Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Davids is keeping the position for now.
Santos 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Davids is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Davids looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santos is one step ahead there.
Santos controlling from the top position.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
Santos throws and elbow that misses. Davids uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Santos's guard. Nice move by Davids!
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Santos striking off his back but it's not causing Davids any problems.

Davids avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santos pulls Davids in close to prevent any damage.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Davids manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control from the top but Davids keeps moving.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Davids blocks nicely.
Santos won't allow Davids to sweep him here.
Davids trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Davids utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Davids tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
Davids tries a head kick but it misses.
Mikel Davids seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davids tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos stalks Davids and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Davids's face. Davids staggers backwards, shaken.
Davids checks a low kick from Santos.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Davids.
Davids takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick misses from Davids.
Davids fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patrick Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davids tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Davids tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davids is breathing heavily.
Davids fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos scores with a takedown into Davids's guard.
Davids keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Santos landing some decent shots from guard.
Santos pushing down on Davids's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Santos seems content to control.
Santos'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.
Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Davids knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Santos landing punches.
Santos controlling his opponent.
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davids can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Davids taking shots to the head.
Patrick Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos dominating with strikes here.
Santos breaks from Davids's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Santos controlling from mount.
Santos scoring with strikes but Davids is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Santos dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Santos scores with a leg kick.
Davids wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Davids tries to clinch up

and Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davids's guard.
Santos works over Davids with some ground and pound from guard.
Santos lands a couple of digs.
Santos lands a couple of digs.
Davids takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is working Davids over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santos passes Davids's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davids is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Santos wants to free his trapped foot but Davids is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davids can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Santos is trying to work for a kimura but Davids is defending well.
Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davids with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mikel Davids has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.
Davids tries to kick Santos off but Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Santos slows the pace down in half guard.
Santos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Davids for as long as he can get away with.
Patrick Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Santos!