PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Floorman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dos Santos
vs
Floorman

191 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

220 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Floorman!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floorman misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Floorman throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Floorman moves out of range of the strikes.

Dos Santos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dos Santos lands in his opponent's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Floorman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Floorman is proving hard to escape from.
Floorman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Floorman wants to take a breather but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Floorman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Floorman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dos Santos's head.
Floorman trying to control the pace.
Floorman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floorman wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is defending well.
Floorman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Floorman lands strikes from half guard.
Floorman wants to free his trapped foot but Dos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Floorman lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floorman wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Floorman stalling.
Floorman is looking to pass Dos Santos's guard but actually Dos Santos recovers to full guard.
Dos Santos being controlled here, momentarily.

Floorman stands and steps away. Dos Santos gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floorman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Dos Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Floorman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Floorman scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Floorman shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Floorman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Floorman looks gassed!
Dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Floorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Floorman is avoiding it.
Dos Santos misses with a looping left.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Floorman avoids nicely.
Floorman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Floorman lands with an overhand left.

Floorman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Floorman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dos Santos manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Dos Santos, under a barage of strikes from Floorman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floorman thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dos Santos to regain full guard.
Floorman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Floorman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Floorman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Floorman looking to control but Dos Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Floorman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Floorman swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Floorman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Floorman lands a jab-cross combination.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Floorman pushes him off.
Dos Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Floorman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Floorman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Floorman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Floorman shoots and misses

and Dos Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dos Santos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos tries to stand but Floorman is controlling from the bottom.
Floorman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Floorman has his hands on Dos Santos's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos trying to control but Floorman is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to stand but Floorman is controlling from the bottom.
Floorman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dos Santos!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Floorman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Floorman tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Floorman controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Floorman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
George Floorman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Floorman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Floorman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floorman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dos Santos is looking to escape.
Floorman with good strikes from the mount here!

Floorman is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dos Santos has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dos Santos!
Floorman pulls Dos Santos in to control the position.
Dos Santos wants to get up but he can't break Floorman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Floorman is pulling down on Dos Santos's head to control his posture.
Floorman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Floorman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Floorman holds on and takes a little breather.

Despite being in the dominant position, George Floorman just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Floorman has his takedown stuffed

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Floorman.
Floorman wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Floorman desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Floorman kicks off Dos Santos and gets to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Floorman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Floorman misses with a two punch combination.
Floorman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Floorman gets slowly back to his feet.
George Floorman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos leaves Floorman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but George Floorman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dos Santos tests Floorman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Floorman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Floorman.
Floorman blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.
Floorman clobbers Dos Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dos Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Floorman.
Floorman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oh Dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Floorman throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Floorman throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Floorman doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos wants to get up but he can't break Floorman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Floorman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Floorman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos is looking to stand up but Floorman won't let him.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Floorman is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Floorman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Floorman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Floorman has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Floorman.
Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Floorman.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Donk. Floorman catches Dos Santos right on the button with a cross.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Decent striking displayed by Floorman there.
Floorman throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dos Santos.
Floorman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Floorman misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Floorman misses with a takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Floorman scores with a four punch combination!
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Floorman circles away.

Floorman shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floorman is pressing down on Dos Santos's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dos Santos is holding on for now.
Dos Santos wants to control but Floorman is keeping busy.
Floorman wants to get back to his feet.

Floorman stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dos Santos to get to his feet.

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.
Floorman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Floorman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown.
A nice combination there by Dos Santos.
Floorman misses with a series of wild punches.
George Floorman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Floorman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Floorman.
Floorman throws a good cross that connects.

Dos Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Floorman struggling a bit here.
Floorman is looking to regain half guard here but Dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
George Floorman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Floorman.
I've got Floorman winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Floorman!