PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Wallakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wallakowski
vs
dos Santos

201 cm
24
205 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
217 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Wallakowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wallakowski is looking to chop away at dos Santos's legs.
Wallakowski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Wallakowski.
dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Wallakowski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wallakowski looks to land a combination but dos Santos avoids it well.
dos Santos looks to land a body kick but Wallakowski moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dos Santos gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Wallakowski counters with a head kick.
Wallakowski throws a low kick but dos Santos avoids it.
dos Santos thows a leg kick but Wallakowski checks it
and Wallakowski counters with a leg kick.
dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallakowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallakowski.
Wallakowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wallakowski misses with the combination.
dos Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wallakowski throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
dos Santos is looking to clinch but Wallakowski is avoiding it.
dos Santos throws a front kick that sends Wallakowski stumbling back into the cage.
Wallakowski fakes the leg kick and cracks dos Santos in the body.
Wallakowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick lands from dos Santos.
Rogerio dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

dos Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wallakowski pushes off an throws an elbow but dos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wallakowski throws an elbow that misses.
dos Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wallakowski up against the cage.
dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Bruce Wallakowski has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos slows down the pace here.
dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Wallakowski avoids the damage to the body.
Wallakowski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.

dos Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wallakowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and dos Santos counters with a nice leg kick.

dos Santos rushes Wallakowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
dos Santos trying to stall but Wallakowski improves his position.
dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wallakowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wallakowski has dos Santos pressed against the cage, preventing dos Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wallakowski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wallakowski blocks an elbow strike.
Wallakowski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wallakowski is looking to control dos Santos's arms but dos Santos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wallakowski has his back to the cage.
Wallakowski throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by dos Santos.
Wallakowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wallakowski is defending well for now.

That's four 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.
dos Santos taking a breather.
Wallakowski trying to land knees to the body.
Wallakowski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wallakowski taking a breather.

dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Wallakowski blocks a head kick by dos Santos.
Wallakowski on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
dos Santos takes a swing at Wallakowski's ribcage but misses.
dos Santos catches Wallakowski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
dos Santos misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wallakowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogerio dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wallakowski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A decent looking body kick lands there for dos Santos.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from dos Santos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wallakowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wallakowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bruce Wallakowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Wallakowski pushes him off.
A low kick from dos Santos is predictable there
and Wallakowski counters with a solid body kick.
Wallakowski misses with a two punch combination.
Wallakowski misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick by Wallakowski misses
and dos Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
dos Santos misses with a leg kick
and Wallakowski counters with a low kick, right behind dos Santos 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
dos Santos digs a good body shot into Wallakowski's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
dos Santos throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a head kick but Wallakowski moves out of range.
Wallakowski has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
dos Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
dos Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wallakowski.
dos Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wallakowski's calf.
dos Santos scores with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
dos Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
dos Santos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wallakowski rather than just go for the knockout.

dos Santos lands a left and a right that send Wallakowski crashing to the mat, dazed. dos Santos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Wallakowski is rocked!
Wallakowski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
dos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wallakowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Look low, kick high! dos Santos uses the oldest trick in the book to send Wallakowski tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! dos Santos is absolutely delighted - when Wallakowski wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rogerio dos Santos!