PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan The Wrath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Wrath
vs
Santos

185 cm
23
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan The Wrath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Santos!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos's corner calls for a 1-2. Santos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Wrath pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

The Wrath escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Wrath wants to slow Santos down by chopping away at his legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Wrath, right into the meat.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Wrath circles away quickly and effectively.
The Wrath misses with a low kick as Santos jumps back.
Santos misses with a body kick.
The Wrath wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
The Wrath is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

The Wrath clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
The Wrath lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Wrath unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Wrath misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but The Wrath keeps him there for the moment.
The Wrath tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
The Wrath misses with an elbow strike.

The Wrath breaks the clinch.
The Wrath slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santos checks a leg kick.
Santos checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Wrath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Wrath attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Wrath has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Wrath throws a leg kick that misses.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.

The Wrath rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
The Wrath lands a nice elbow.
The Wrath gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Brian Santos has been cut.
The Wrath lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
The Wrath connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
A knee to the head by The Wrath.
The Wrath misses with a knee strike.
The Wrath landing knees to the head.
The Wrath misses with an elbow over the top.

The Wrath manages to break the clinch.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santos throws a leg kick but The Wrath sees it coming and moves out of range.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Wrath 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 Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Wrath wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
The Wrath showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Santos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. The Wrath checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Wrath tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
The Wrath is looking to chop away at Santos's legs.
Santos throws a head kick but The Wrath moves out of range.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Wrath circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Wrath, right into the meat.
Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Santos cracks The Wrath with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Wrath wants to land a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
The Wrath is looking to score with low kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Wrath is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
The Wrath throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Wrath tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos looks to land a combination but The Wrath avoids it well.
Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
The Wrath tries to score with a low kick but Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Wrath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from The Wrath.

The Wrath gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wrath putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Wrath creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
The Wrath crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos looks gassed!

The Wrath's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Wrath tried to score with a low kick but Santos checks it.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Wrath misses with a low kick.

The Wrath gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Wrath lands a knee to the head.
The Wrath lands an elbow inside.
The Wrath is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Wrath lands an elbow inside.
The Wrath using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Wrath with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Wrath putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
The Wrath lands an elbow inside.
The Wrath connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
The Wrath using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Wrath unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Wrath landing knees to the body.
The Wrath lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The Wrath pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Wrath.

The Wrath has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
The Wrath prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
The Wrath lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Wrath lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
The Wrath using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Wrath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Wrath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Wrath lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from The Wrath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Wrath gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Wrath throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by The Wrath.

The Wrath's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from The Wrath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan The Wrath dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Santos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Santos.
The Wrath defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.
Santos checks a leg kick.
Santos checks a leg kick.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brian Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Wrath wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
The Wrath throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The Wrath tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
The Wrath throws out a leg kick but Santos moves out of range and The Wrath only half commits.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Wrath throws out a leg kick but Santos moves out of range and The Wrath only half commits.
The Wrath dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos checks a low kick from The Wrath.
The Wrath checks the leg kick.
The Wrath throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Wrath misses with a low kick.
Santos checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Santos.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
The Wrath will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Wrath is looking to slow Santos down with leg kicks.
Santos checks a low kick from The Wrath.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from The Wrath.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from The Wrath.

The Wrath rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Wrath scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Wrath lands a knee to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
The Wrath lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Wrath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting The Wrath here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from The Wrath.
The Wrath lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Wrath lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
The Wrath lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Wrath with a knee to the head.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Wrath gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Wrath lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from The Wrath.

The Wrath breaks the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Wrath lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Wrath fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Wrath tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Wrath 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 Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Wrath dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
The Wrath attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Wrath tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos checks the leg kick.
The Wrath is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Wrath throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santos swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Wrath. That's going to slow Santos down.
The Wrath throws a chopping leg kick but Santos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Wrath.
The Wrath tries a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Wrath blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos throws a right and a left that The Wrath avoids nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Wrath.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.
The Wrath tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.

The Wrath forces Santos back against the cage and clinches.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Wrath gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Wrath lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Wrath throws an elbow but misses.
The Wrath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Wrath throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to stall.
Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from The Wrath.
The Wrath with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Wrath lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from The Wrath.
The Wrath landing knees to the head.
The Wrath utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Wrath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Wrath lands a damaging elbow.
The Wrath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Wrath lands a nice elbow.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.

The Wrath escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Wrath misses with a low kick.
The Wrath moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan The Wrath dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos throws a right and a left that The Wrath avoids nicely.

The Wrath rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from The Wrath.
The Wrath with a knee to the head.
The Wrath throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
The Wrath throws an elbow but it misses.
The Wrath throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Wrath gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Wrath with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Wrath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Wrath misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Wrath has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The Wrath escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Wrath doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Wrath throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
The Wrath tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Wrath looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and The Wrath moves out of range easily.
Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Wrath sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Wrath is looking to score with low kicks.
The Wrath wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
The Wrath fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santos checks it well.
Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Wrath 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 Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santos cracks The Wrath with an open hand slap.
The Wrath fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
The Wrath throws a leg kick but Santos checks it.
Santos checks a low kick from The Wrath.
The Wrath dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A leg kick checked by Santos.
The Wrath avoids the head kick by Santos.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Wrath moves away.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brian Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan The Wrath is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Santos swinging wildly here.
The Wrath throws and low kick but Santos moves out of range easily.
The Wrath moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
The Wrath moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Wrath wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Wrath at a distance.
The Wrath throws out a leg kick but Santos moves out of range and The Wrath only half commits.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
The Wrath is looking to clinch.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from The Wrath.
The Wrath wants to land a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
The Wrath walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Santos scores with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The Wrath fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
The Wrath throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Santos checks a low kick from The Wrath.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
A leg kick checked by Santos.
The Wrath buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Wrath throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Wrath throws a chopping leg kick but Santos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Wrath.
The Wrath dodges the punch combination from Santos.
The Wrath throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
The Wrath blocks a head kick by Santos.

The Wrath instigates a clinch.
Santos wants to break free but The Wrath has control.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but The Wrath has the dominant position.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but The Wrath uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Wrath throws a knee to the head but misses.

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.
The Wrath landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Santos blocks an elbow strike from The Wrath.
The Wrath throws an elbow that misses.
The Wrath keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

The Wrath breaks the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The Wrath has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Santos.
I think The Wrath has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan The Wrath!