PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Ross- The Boss. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Edgar
vs
dos Santos

185 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
149 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Win Nutritional

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nelio dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

dos Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Edgar is desperately trying to improve his position but dos Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dos Santos breaks from Edgar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Edgar is trying desperately to improve position.
dos Santos wants to control the pace but Edgar is squirming around nicely.
Edgar is looking to get to half guard.
Edgar gets back to half guard.
Edgar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Edgar is pressing down on dos Santos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
dos Santos passes Edgar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

dos Santos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
dos Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dos Santos decides to stand and escape the position.
Edgar tries to clinch but dos Santos is having none of it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but dos Santos is blocking nicely.
dos Santos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Edgar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
dos Santos looking for a takedown.
Edgar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Edgar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Edgar.
dos Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Edgar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Anderson Edgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nelio dos Santos.
dos Santos looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
dos Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Edgar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
dos Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Edgar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Edgar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Edgar breaks the clinch.
Edgar wants to clinch up but dos Santos keeps it at a distance.

dos Santos tries to keep at a distance but Edgar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Edgar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Edgar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Edgar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edgar tries to clinch but dos Santos is having none of it.
dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Edgar is looking to clinch but dos Santos is avoiding it.

Edgar clinches with his opponent.
Edgar landing knees to the body.

Edgar manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch up but dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Edgar.
Edgar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
dos Santos blocks a leg kick.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch but dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but dos Santos pushes him off.
Edgar tries a head kick but it misses.
Edgar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dos Santos's calf.
dos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.

Edgar instigates a clinch.
Edgar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from dos Santos.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Edgar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar wants to clinch.
Edgar misses with a body kick.
Edgar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Edgar tries to clinch up but dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Edgar takes the fight into the clinch.

Edgar breaks the clinch.
Edgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edgar looks for the body kick but dos Santos saw that one coming.
Edgar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Edgar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Edgar tries to clinch but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos avoids the head kick by Edgar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Edgar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Edgar tries to clinch but dos Santos moves out of range.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Edgar throws a body kick that misses.

dos Santos has managed to clinch.
dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Edgar.
dos Santos tries for a takedown but Edgar manages to get underhooks.
dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Edgar.
dos Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Edgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Edgar.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Edgar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Edgar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. dos Santos is defending well for now.
Edgar prevents the takedown attempt.
Edgar prevents the takedown attempt.
Anderson Edgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nelio dos Santos.
Edgar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dos Santos gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Edgar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Edgar.

dos Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and dos Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Edgar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. dos Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. dos Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Edgar is looking for a triangle but dos Santos pushes his legs off easily.

Edgar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but dos Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edgar keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.

Edgar is looking for a triangle but dos Santos pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos won't allow Edgar to sweep him here.

dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Edgar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Edgar keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Anderson Edgar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
dos Santos looking to pass the guard.

Edgar has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. dos Santos doesn't defend quickly enough and Edgar has managed to lock this one up! Can dos Santos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Edgar on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anderson Edgar!