PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darwin comes to the cage accompanied by Rough Gem. dos Santos has chosen Rammstein - Zerstören as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Darwin
vs
dos Santos

188 cm
20
223 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Darwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enzo dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.

Darwin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Darwin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

It looks like Enzo dos Santos has been cut.
Darwin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Darwin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

dos Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Darwin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Darwin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Darwin thows a big elbow that misses.
dos Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Darwin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Darwin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Darwin is looking to work some ground and pound but dos Santos has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin wants to control from the top but dos Santos keeps moving.
Darwin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Darwin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Darwin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but dos Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Darwin working the ground and pound.
Darwin throws an elbow but dos Santos slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Darwin crashes against the mat.
Darwin advances to mount.
dos Santos really wants to buck Darwin off and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin dominating with strikes here.

That has opened up Enzo dos Santos's cut even more.
The referee warns dos Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
dos Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Darwin landing strikes from the mount.
dos Santos looks gassed!
Darwin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

The cut above Enzo dos Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Enzo dos Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Charles Darwin!