PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cain Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BUMBA CLOT (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). CLOT has chosen Pinchers - Bandelero as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Cain Dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to BUMBA CLOT's chin.

Dos Santos
vs
CLOT

185 cm
24
178 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

181 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 4 - 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BUMBA CLOT!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
CLOT scores with a leg kick.
Dos Santos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
CLOT looks to land a combination. Dos Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
CLOT shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dos Santos but Dos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dos Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
CLOT avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. CLOT defends it nicely.
BUMBA CLOT seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dos Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dos Santos is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down CLOT's shoulder. That is not cool.
Dos Santos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but CLOT is avoiding damage well.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear CLOT down.
CLOT manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.
CLOT is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dos Santos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dos Santos's back!
Dos Santos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos regains half guard.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but CLOT has control of the leg.

CLOT seems to be looking for submissions.
CLOT passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dos Santos!

CLOT stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Dos Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dos Santos.
CLOT gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dos Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. CLOT tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. CLOT manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CLOT misses with a two punch combination.
CLOT lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by CLOT.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from CLOT.
Cain Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BUMBA CLOT.
Dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dos Santos.

Dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for CLOT!
CLOT can't escape the position.
Dos Santos raining down shots from the mount!
CLOT regains half guard.

CLOT looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CLOT keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Dos Santos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but CLOT sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
CLOT gets back to full guard.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
CLOT wants to sweep here but Dos Santos controlling him for the moment.

CLOT working for a triangle but Dos Santos defends it easily.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
CLOT is looking to stand up but Dos Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Dos Santos stopping the sweep attempt from CLOT.

That's four 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.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but CLOT is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
CLOT looking for a sweep. Not yet CLOT, not yet.
CLOT manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dos Santos tries to lock up and control but CLOT gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dos Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.

CLOT is standing up, even though he is in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dos Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. CLOT sprawls well initially but Dos Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cain Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dos Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Dos Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
CLOT regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

CLOT 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.
CLOT wants to sweep here but Dos Santos controlling him for the moment.

CLOT is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.
Cain Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
CLOT is breathing heavily.
CLOT can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
CLOT 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos scores with the left hand. CLOT knows he should have avoided that one.
CLOT doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
CLOT shoots and misses

and Dos Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in CLOT's guard now.
Dos Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
CLOT prevents Dos Santos from improving position.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at CLOT to see if he's OK.
Dos Santos has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a big elbow.
CLOT can't escape the position.
CLOT is squirming around, avoiding Dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes but CLOT is staying in there.
CLOT really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dos Santos controlling from mount.
CLOT is looking to improve his position but Dos Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
Dos Santos lands a big shot there that rocks CLOT but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CLOT in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
CLOT working to try and regain half guard.
CLOT is bucking up trying to escape but Dos Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dos Santos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
CLOT is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dos Santos cracks CLOT with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
CLOT is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. CLOT looks a forlorn figure.
CLOT tries to get back to half guard but can't.
CLOT is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can CLOT hang on?
Dos Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dos Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
CLOT keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Dos Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
CLOT lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
CLOT shoots and misses

and Dos Santos counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
CLOT makes his way to full guard. A much better position for CLOT.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.

CLOT had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dos Santos defends it easily.

CLOT looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dos Santos passes into side control.

Dos Santos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Dos Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CLOT is looking for a sweep.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but CLOT is working away.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear CLOT down.
Dos Santos trying to control the action but CLOT is working from the bottom.
CLOT manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dos Santos's best efforts.
BUMBA CLOT has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cain Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dos Santos not doing much here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cain Dos Santos.
CLOT throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.

Dos Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. CLOT sprawls well initially but Dos Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos trying to control from half guard but CLOT is working away.
CLOT is looking for a sweep. Dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
CLOT is looking to get back to full guard here but Dos Santos has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dos Santos looking to control but CLOT is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CLOT is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
CLOT is in all sorts of trouble here.
CLOT is squirming around, avoiding Dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Dos Santos controlling the pace for now.
CLOT is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
CLOT regains half guard.

CLOT looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Dos Santos pushes past his half guard into mount!
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
CLOT looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cain Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dos Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cain Dos Santos!