PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and anderson santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). anderson santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cunha
vs
santos

193 cm
22
230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

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, Guilherme Cunha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, anderson santos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
santos is looking to clinch but Cunha is avoiding it.
santos fails with the takedown.
santos throws a big shot that misses.
Cunha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cunha.

Cunha 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.
Cunha wants to control from the top but santos keeps moving.
santos controls Cunha momentarily but Cunha frees himself.
Cunha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cunha trying to control but santos is working from the bottom.
Cunha slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cunha might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cunha wants to control from the top but santos keeps moving.
santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cunha. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
santos keeping full guard, as Cunha tries to pass.
Cunha trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cunha shoots in for a double leg but santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Cunha counters with a nice double leg into side control. santos won't be happy with that.
Cunha in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cunha lands a few punches from side control.
Cunha trying to control the position but santos is working away.
santos looks gassed!
Cunha postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
santos is trying to control Cunha's posture but Cunha avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on santos's face as Cunha controls the position.
santos taking a bit of punishment here - Cunha scoring with strikes.
Cunha working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
santos parries the strikes from Cunha easily there. Cunha is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable santos to escape.
Cunha works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
santos taking a bit of punishment here - Cunha scoring with strikes.
santos is not content to let Cunha control the position.
Cunha works to advance to full mount. santos defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cunha is landing with some decent strikes but santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cunha landing punches.
Cunha tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cunha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cunha dominating with strikes here.
Cunha with shots to the head and body - santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Cunha.
santos taking shots to the head.
Cunha landing shots from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cunha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cunha 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha content just to control the position here.
Cunha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cunha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cunha lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cunha with shots to the head and body - santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cunha with shots to the head and body - santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cunha landing strikes from the mount and santos is in trouble!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
Cunha controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Cunha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guilherme Cunha dominated that round.
That's time! Cunha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cunha bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cunha working the ground and pound.
Cunha working the head with strikes.
santos seems a little lost for a moment, as Cunha dominates the positioning.
Cunha connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused santos some visible discomfort.
Cunha cracks santos with a big right hand but santos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
santos tries to improve position but can't.
Cunha grinds an elbow into santos's temple.
Cunha working the head with strikes.
santos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cunha has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
santos is breathing heavily.
santos is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha with the ground and pound from mount.
Cunha lands with some strikes.
Cunha looking to finish santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for santos!
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
Cunha lands a big elbow.
Cunha looking to finish santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for santos!
Cunha landing strikes from the mount and santos is in trouble!
Cunha landing punches.
Cunha with good strikes from the mount here!
Cunha lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Cunha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Cunha.
Cunha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunha punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
Cunha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cunha looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cunha lands a nice shot to the head.
Cunha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cunha controlling the pace for now.
Cunha landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha working santos over with strikes here.
Cunha cracks santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cunha working the ground and pound effectively.
Cunha sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cunha lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cunha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cunha landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha lands a nice shot to the head.
Cunha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cunha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunha lands with some strikes.
Cunha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cunha scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish santos?
Cunha looking to finish santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for santos!
Cunha lands a heavy elbow.
Cunha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
Cunha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guilherme Cunha dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cunha shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in santos's guard.
Cunha wants to control from the top but santos keeps moving.
Cunha passes into half guard.
santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cunha lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cunha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cunha passes to full mount!
Cunha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cunha putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cunha breaks from santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cunha lands a big elbow.
Cunha working the ground and pound effectively.
Cunha looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cunha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cunha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunha cracks santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cunha raining down shots from the mount!
Cunha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that santos can do to turn this around?
Cunha controlling from mount.
Cunha lands a big shot there that rocks santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cunha scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cunha controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Cunha scoring with strikes but santos is staying in there.
Cunha controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Cunha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha looking to finish santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for santos!
Cunha scoring with strikes but santos is staying in there.
Cunha landing strikes from the mount.
Cunha lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cunha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cunha looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cunha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can santos hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Cunha.
The referee warns santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
anderson santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guilherme Cunha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cunha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guilherme Cunha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cunha, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guilherme Cunha!