PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabio Dos Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Anderson
vs
Dos Santos

185 cm
22
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seth Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fabio Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Dos Santos back into the cage.
Dos Santos jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Dos Santos around his waist. Dos Santos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Anderson is trying to trip Dos Santos. He has hold of a leg but Dos Santos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Anderson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Anderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Anderson controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Anderson postures up in Dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos blocks it.
Anderson sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anderson wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Anderson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Anderson has his hands on Dos Santos's head, controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Seth Anderson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Anderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dos Santos swivels and escapes.
Dos Santos lands a head kick!
Dos Santos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a big head kick but Anderson shrugs it off.

Anderson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Anderson lands in his opponent's guard.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
Anderson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Anderson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.

Anderson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dos Santos throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dos Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Anderson postures up.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is stalling in the full guard.
Dos Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Anderson controls the pace.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Anderson is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

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

Anderson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dos Santos trying to control but Anderson postures up.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Anderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dos Santos tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Anderson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Anderson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dos Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Anderson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Anderson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dos Santos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Anderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Anderson trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Anderson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Anderson taking a breather here.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson working the head with strikes.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
Anderson is chipping away with strikes.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Anderson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Dos Santos looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Anderson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seth Anderson!