PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cain Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Dulin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dulin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Slipknot - Before I Forget. Cain Dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ivan Dulin's chin.

Dos Santos
vs
Dulin

185 cm
24
178 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cain Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Dulin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dulin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dos Santos controlling the pace.
Dos Santos drops an elbow to the side of Dulin's head.
Dulin pushes Dos Santos off but Dos Santos dives into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dulin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dos Santos in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dulin tries to escape but Dos Santos is in control.

Dos Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dos Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dulin being controlled for a moment.

Dos Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dulin is trying to buck Dos Santos off.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but Dulin is working away.
Dos Santos content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dulin defending against the ground and pound.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Dulin is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but Dulin is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab lands there for Dulin.
Dulin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dulin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Cain Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dos Santos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dos Santos lands in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos trying to control but Dulin is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Dos Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dulin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Dulin keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos shoots for a takedown but Dulin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Dulin pushes him off.
Dulin tests Dos Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dos Santos walks into a stiff left hand from Dulin.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Dulin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dulin counters with a one-two to the body.
Dos Santos shoots and misses
and Dulin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cain Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dulin throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dos Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dulin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and Dulin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cain Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown

and Dulin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dos Santos!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dulin controlling his opponent.
Dos Santos is in a horrible position here. Dulin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Dulin postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Dos Santos badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Dulin around the waist but Dulin pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Dulin is the winner by TKO! Dulin jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Dulin!