PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Choi Yong Sool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yong Sool might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Yangyu Conspiracy. Daniel Santos struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Yong Sool
vs
Santos

172 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Crocodile Steak and Ale House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Choi Yong Sool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yong Sool fails to land the takedown.
Santos tries to clinch up but Yong Sool circles away and keeps his distance.

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

Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Yong Sool feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yong Sool trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yong Sool looking to pass the guard.
Yong Sool wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yong Sool tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
Yong Sool could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Yong Sool drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yong Sool jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yong Sool trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Yong Sool prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.

Yong Sool shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to maintain the position but Yong Sool is very close to passing his half guard.
Santos tries to get to full guard but Yong Sool has control of the leg.
Yong Sool wants to pass the guard but Santos is defending well.
Yong Sool has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Yong Sool jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Santos manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yong Sool taking a break here but Santos is having none of it and regains half guard.
Yong Sool is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Yong Sool can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yong Sool. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Yong Sool with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Yong Sool takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Santos defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Yong Sool.
Santos wants to hold on but Yong Sool pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Choi Yong Sool dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Santos leaves Yong Sool with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Yong Sool gets a takedown into half guard.

Yong Sool is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Yong Sool seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Santos is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Choi Yong Sool!