PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between OMG Zulud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zulud comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Tiesto - Adagia For Strings. The crowd seem to be enjoying delos Santos's choice of entrance music: I'm A Gangster. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zulud
vs
delos Santos

155 cm
21
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Top MMA Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, OMG Zulud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome delos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zulud closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zulud lands in his opponent's guard.
Zulud trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zulud lands a couple of elbows.
Zulud working some strikes from top position.
Zulud landing some decent shots from guard.

delos Santos is rocked!
Zulud with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
delos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Zulud finish him?
Zulud scoring with some ground and pound.
delos Santos is looking to stand up but Zulud isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zulud chips away with some ground and pound.
Zulud is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zulud stops delos Santos from standing up.
Zulud postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Zulud working some strikes from top position.
Zulud scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zulud trying to control but delos Santos is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud landing with the ground and pound.
Zulud cracks delos Santos with a solid left hand.
Zulud cracks delos Santos with a solid left hand.
Zulud pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. delos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Zulud keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of delos Santos's head.
Zulud scoring with some ground and pound.
Zulud postures up and lands a big shot to delos Santos's brow.
Zulud distracts delos Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zulud might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zulud controlling from the top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zulud prevents delos Santos from getting back to his feet.
delos Santos looks gassed!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zulud trying to control but delos Santos is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
delos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Zulud chips away with some ground and pound.
Zulud is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Zulud looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for delos Santos!
delos Santos taking shots to the head.
delos Santos's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Zulud could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Zulud lands with some strikes.
delos Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
You get the feeling that delos Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Zulud knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for delos Santos on the ground.
Zulud with a couple of short strikes.
delos Santos is trying to stand.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zulud cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
delos Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulud with good strikes from the mount here!
delos Santos tries to buck Zulud off but he can't manage it.
Zulud landing strikes from the mount and delos Santos is in trouble!
delos Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Zulud.
Zulud pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zulud lands with some strikes.
delos Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Zulud unloading with bombs!
Zulud unloading with bombs!
delos Santos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Zulud connects with a massive shot to the dome!
You get the feeling that delos Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
delos Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
delos Santos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulud scoring with strikes but delos Santos is staying in there.
delos Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
delos Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zulud lands with some strikes.

delos Santos bucks Zulud off and manages to get back to his feet!
delos Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zulud shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zulud takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Zulud shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Zulud looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

OMG Zulud dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zulud tries to clinch up but delos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Zulud looks for a takedown but delos Santos sprawls well.

Zulud rushes delos Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zulud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zulud lands a damaging elbow.
delos Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zulud tries to land a knee to the head but delos Santos blocks with his arms.
delos Santos tries to break the clinch but Zulud is controlling the position.
Zulud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zulud prevents delos Santos from breaking the clinch.
delos Santos is trying to break free.
Zulud keeps control of delos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zulud connects with a nasty looking knee right to delos Santos's face.
Zulud crunches a lovely knee into delos Santos's ribcage.
delos Santos tries to pull guard but Zulud won't allow it.
Zulud lands an elbow inside that delos Santos shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Zulud.
Zulud unloads a knee to the mid-section. delos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zulud looking to throw knees to the head but delos Santos is blocking nicely.
Zulud looking to throw knees to the head but delos Santos is blocking nicely.
Zulud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
delos Santos is trying to break free.

delos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Zulud or perhaps it was just good defense by delos Santos which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
delos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.

Zulud gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud wants to lay and pray for a moment but delos Santos keeps working.
delos Santos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zulud scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zulud is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Zulud lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Zulud.
Zulud working over delos Santos with some ground and pound. delos Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Zulud works his way into side control.
Zulud in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zulud working the head with strikes.
delos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Zulud creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
delos Santos tries to escape but Zulud is in control.
delos Santos taking a bit of punishment here - Zulud scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulud lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Zulud passes to full mount! That's big trouble for delos Santos!
Zulud postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. delos Santos looks a forlorn figure.
delos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Zulud breaks from delos Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
delos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Zulud lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Zulud is landing with some decent strikes but delos Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
delos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
OMG Zulud overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zulud scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish delos Santos?
delos Santos is trying to stand.
delos Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Zulud cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zulud lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulud won't let delos Santos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Zulud pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
delos Santos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Zulud lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
delos Santos tries to buck Zulud off but he can't manage it.
BOOM! Zulud connects with a massive shot to the dome!
delos Santos's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Zulud fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Zulud.
Zulud lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulud looking to finish delos Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for delos Santos!
Zulud working the ground and pound effectively.
Zulud landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Zulud connects with a massive shot to the dome!
delos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Zulud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that delos Santos can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulud lands a big elbow.
delos Santos taking shots to the head.
Zulud lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
delos Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
Zulud punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zulud cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Zulud.
delos Santos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Zulud raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
delos Santos tries to buck Zulud off but he can't manage it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zulud cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zulud postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. delos Santos looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

OMG Zulud dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Zulud throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around delos Santos's waist but delos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zulud off to one side.
Zulud shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has delos Santos pinned against the cage. delos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by Zulud or perhaps it was just good defense by delos Santos which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for OMG Zulud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with delos Santos but delos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zulud shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has delos Santos pinned against the cage. delos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zulud shoots in but delos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but delos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horrible takedown by Zulud or perhaps it was just good defense by delos Santos which made him look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zulud misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with delos Santos but delos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from delos Santos as Zulud shoots in.
Zulud misses with a takedown attempt - delos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zulud fails to land the takedown.
Zulud misses with a takedown attempt - delos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
delos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but delos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zulud fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice sprawl there from delos Santos as Zulud shoots in.
Jerome delos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says delos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Zulud has a takedown stuffed.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Zulud has a takedown stuffed.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Zulud shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zulud shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zulud shoots in and drives through. delos Santos sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from delos Santos. No joy for Zulud on that attempt.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zulud.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown but delos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Zulud misses with a takedown attempt - delos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jerome delos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zulud looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? delos Santos is fending him off so far but Zulud persists. Nope, delos Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Zulud will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zulud shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zulud fails to land the takedown.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zulud shoots in for a double leg but delos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zulud will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulud looks for a takedown but delos Santos sprawls well.
Zulud fails with the takedown.
Zulud shoots in looking for a takedown. delos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Zulud keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. delos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Zulud. Zulud gets slowly back to his feet.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but delos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Zulud shoots for a takedown but delos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from delos Santos as Zulud shoots in.
Zulud will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Zulud. Zulud gets slowly back to his feet.
Zulud shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has delos Santos pinned against the cage. delos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zulud fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zulud.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says delos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from delos Santos as Zulud shoots in.
Zulud has a takedown stuffed.
delos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zulud shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zulud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jerome delos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zulud fails to land the takedown.
Zulud shoots in looking for a takedown. delos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Zulud keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. delos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zulud misses with a takedown attempt - delos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome delos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zulud 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... OMG Zulud!