Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darren Dos Santos (ranked 3401 p4p, 6908 weight class) and Mark Red (ranked 354 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Right Above It. Darren Dos Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dos Santos
vs
Red

190 cm
23
153
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
22
145
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Big Chief Nutrition & Laundry Services (80%)
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darren Dos Santos!
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, Mark Red!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dos Santos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Red on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Red is rocked!
Dos Santos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brazilian Top Team + Ricardo Arona in the buildup to the fight.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Red is still on wobbly legs! Can Dos Santos finish him?

Dos Santos turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Dos Santos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Red knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Red felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Dos Santos controlling from side mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dos Santos tries for a kimura but Red is defending well.
Red seems to have recovered his senses.
Dos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Red is trying to control Dos Santos's posture but Dos Santos avoids it.

Dos Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Red has escaped the position, nice work there.

Dos Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dos Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Red should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Red tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Red is defending well.
Red sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos moves into full mount! Red won't be happy about that!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dos Santos wants to finish this one by submission but Red is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dos Santos.
Red tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Dos Santos is working for a guillotine from mount but Red frees his head quite easily.
Dos Santos controlling from mount.
Red is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red regains half guard.
Dos Santos moves into full mount! Red won't be happy about that!
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Red can't escape the position.
Red tries to improve his position but instead Dos Santos has taken his back!
Red is really stuck here.
Red looks winded!

Dos Santos is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Red defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Red trying to control but not successfully.

Dos Santos working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Red is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Dos Santos has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Red taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Darren Dos Santos!
Darren Dos Santos looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'That was for Frankie. That was payback. You're lucky I let you live, Red. Get the hell out of Rio or I'm going to show up at your gym and keep beating that ass. Thanks to Conquer and Big Chief Nutrition (translated by Julio Maia from Portuguese)'.