PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kevin Rudolf - In the City kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Frank Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Santos
vs
Harris

200 cm
27
270 lbs
8 - 13 - 1

200 cm
31
250 lbs
8 - 22 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 8 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Harris!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.

Santos breaks from the clinch.

Santos forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.

Santos jumps guard and drags Harris to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harris's guard.
Santos trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Santos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Santos postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris pulls Santos in to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Jorge Santos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Santos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Harris.
Santos passes to side control.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos working the head with strikes.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos content just to control the position here.
Santos misses with some ground and pound and Harris recovers position to half guard.
Santos not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to control but Santos passes into side control!
Santos wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Santos tries to stand but Harris is controlling his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santos goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Harris has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Santos but great work by Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge 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.

Santos rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.

Santos gets control of Harris's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Harris is working Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.
Harris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Santos looking to control.
Santos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harris!
Harris wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a sloppy strike and Harris uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Harris has ended up in Santos's guard.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santos pulls Harris in close to prevent any damage.
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harris throwing strikes but missing.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Harris won't allow Santos to get back to his feet.
Santos is trying to keep Harris in close.
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harris postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harris throwing strikes but missing.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harris's guard.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jorge Santos just wasn't active enough.

Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harris is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to free his trapped foot but Harris is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Santos is looking for a kimura but Harris is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Santos to get the leverage.
Santos is looking to stall here but Harris recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santos wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Harris is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Santos dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Santos gets a clinch.
Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.

Santos pulls guard.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jorge Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santos is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.
Santos is pulling down on Harris's head. It's preventing any offense from Harris, at least for the moment.
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Harris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Santos is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.
Harris throws an elbow that misses. Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harris's guard. Nice move by Santos!
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Jorge Santos has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Harris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to clinch.

Santos drives through and clinches with Harris against the cage.

Harris gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.
Santos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harris!

Santos goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Harris turns into him and now he's in Santos's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throwing strikes but missing.
Harris scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Santos has momentary wrist control but Harris slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harris throws a big right hand that misses.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a couple of digs.
Harris missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harris landing with the ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harris throws an elbow that misses. Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harris's guard. Nice move by Santos!
Santos trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Frank Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jorge Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28

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