PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heysel Heysel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heysel Heysel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Dos Santos
vs
Heysel

200 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
226 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fabio Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heysel Heysel!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heysel shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Heysel is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dos Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.

Heysel tries for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.

Heysel decides to stand up, so the ref orders Dos Santos to his feet.
Dos Santos misses with a kick to the body.

Heysel closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dos Santos is pushing Heysel's head away, looking to escape. Heysel manages to hold on to the position though.
Heysel lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heysel throws a strike aimed at the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Heysel avoids the strikes from the bottom by Dos Santos.

Heysel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Heysel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Heysel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heysel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dos Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Heysel.
Dos Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Heysel is controlling him well.
Heysel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dos Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos lands a high kick!

Heysel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dos Santos!
Heysel lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Heysel postures up.
Heysel cracks Dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is squirming around, avoiding Heysel's attempts to control the action.
Heysel working the ground and pound effectively.
Dos Santos is trying to stand.

Heysel 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!
Heysel looks gassed!

Heysel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos wants to stand but Heysel has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heysel is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Dos Santos dives into side control.
Heysel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dos Santos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Heysel is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dos Santos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Heysel wants to improve his position but Dos Santos is controlling well.
Heysel moves into full guard.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Heysel doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Heysel 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.

Heysel looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Dos Santos has picked Heysel up and slammed him! Heysel can't keep hold of the triangle and Dos Santos manages to pass to side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to stand but Heysel has his arm trapped.
Heysel is looking for a sweep.
Heysel wants to get back to his feet.

Dos Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Heysel is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heysel Heysel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heysel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fabio Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Heysel changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dos Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Heysel working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dos Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Heysel is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Dos Santos is trying to escape and Heysel transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Dos Santos is forced to tap! Nice work there by Heysel! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Heysel Heysel!