PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanadi De Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reyes
vs
De Santana

185 cm
20
190 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

185 cm
25
198 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Nutrition
Hell's Balls Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Christopher Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanadi De Santana!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Santana waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Reyes. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Reyes to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Christopher Reyes has been cut.
De Santana trying to control but Reyes is working from the bottom.
De Santana with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Santana trying to control the position from guard on top but Reyes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Santana with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Santana wants to pass the guard but Reyes is keeping the position.
Reyes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reyes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Santana missing with a left hand there. Reyes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Santana fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Reyes checks it well.
Reyes scores with a decent looking hook.
De Santana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reyes blocks a head kick by De Santana.
A slow jab from De Santana misses its intended target.
De Santana thows a body shot but no joy.
Reyes misses with a body shot.
De Santana throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
De Santana moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reyes is breathing heavily.
De Santana throws a head kick that misses.
Reyes lands a nice hook to De Santana's body. De Santana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reyes lands a with a good body shot.
Reyes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Santana manages to avoid it.
De Santana takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reyes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Santana.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Santana throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Santana to score with a decent uppercut.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christopher Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Santana avoids the body shot from Reyes.
De Santana throws a series of punches but Reyes moves out of range.
De Santana shoots in for a takedown but Reyes shows good takedown defense.
Reyes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick from De Santana lands but Reyes takes it in his stride.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice hook.

De Santana moves into the clinch.
De Santana has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.
De Santana scores with a knee to the head.
De Santana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Santana receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on De Santana's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
De Santana lands a nice elbow.
De Santana stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
De Santana lands an elbow inside.

Christopher Reyes's cut is getting worse.
Come on De Santana - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Wanadi De Santana.
Nice shot lands for Reyes.
Reyes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Santana.
De Santana takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Santana throws a lazy right hand but Reyes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Santana misses with a wild combination.
Reyes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wanadi De Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

De Santana shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Reyes tries to reverse the position but De Santana maintains control.
Reyes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Reyes blocking the ground and pound.
De Santana scoring with strikes but Reyes is staying in there.
De Santana lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Reyes wants to hold on but De Santana pushes him away.
Reyes is trying to escape the mount.
De Santana lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reyes tries to lock up and control but De Santana gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
De Santana can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reyes is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Reyes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De Santana lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reyes takes a step back to recover.
De Santana misses with a hook.
Reyes blocks a head kick by De Santana.

De Santana closes the distance and clinches.
De Santana is struggling to control the position.
De Santana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
De Santana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Santana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Reyes up against the cage.
De Santana misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reyes.
Reyes stalling in the clinch but De Santana improves position.
Reyes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from De Santana.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Santana.
De Santana lands an elbow just above Reyes 's eye.
Reyes has had enough of the clinch but De Santana keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
De Santana lands a body shot.
De Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The is referee keeping an eye on De Santana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
De Santana tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
De Santana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
De Santana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reyes's defenses.
De Santana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reyes is trying to maintain a safe position but De Santana gets an underhook and turns Reyes into the cage.
De Santana is struggling to control the position.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Santana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from De Santana.
De Santana lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Reyes avoids the damage to the body.
De Santana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reyes avoids it.
De Santana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes managing to block the knees to the body from De Santana.
De Santana works on Reyes's body with a couple of short punches.
De Santana cracks Reyes with a nice body shot.
De Santana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
De Santana pushes Reyes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Santana has him pressed against the cage.
De Santana just leaning against Reyes, taking a breather.
De Santana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De Santana lands a nice uppercut.
De Santana leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Santana lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanadi De Santana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Christopher Reyes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

De Santana scores with a leg kick.

De Santana has closed the distance and engaged Reyes in a clinch.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
De Santana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reyes is looking to break free of the clinch but De Santana has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for De Santana.
De Santana is leaning against Reyes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Santana lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reyes being controlled against the cage.
Reyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Santana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Santana has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wanadi De Santana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Santana.
De Santana leaning against his opponent.
De Santana trying to land knees to the body.
De Santana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reyes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Santana stalling in the clinch.
De Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reyes.
De Santana cracks Reyes with a nice body shot.
De Santana lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Santana.
Christopher Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Santana lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.

Christopher Reyes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Reyes is looking to break free of the clinch but De Santana has double underhooks.
De Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Santana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Santana lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.

Jeez, Christopher Reyes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Christopher Reyes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wanadi De Santana!