PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

dos Santos
vs
Bryant

196 cm
19
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
277 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

[AIM] Hilton Supplements *NYC*

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 - 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Desmond Bryant!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bryant gets caught flat footed, as dos Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
dos Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bryant's head.

Bryant has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but dos Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bryant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
dos Santos works over Bryant with some ground and pound from guard.

Bryant is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and dos Santos defends well.
dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bryant looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

dos Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

dos Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bryant, up you get!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bryant misses with a series of wild punches.
Bryant swinging wildly here.
Bryant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bryant looks to land a combination. dos Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Desmond Bryant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

dos Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant is looking to regain half guard here but dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.

dos Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bryant, who protects the arm well.
Bryant is looking to regain half guard here but dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.

dos Santos tries for a kimura but Bryant is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryant is trying to get back to half guard.

dos Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bryant, who protects the arm well.
An elbow from dos Santos crashes against the mat.
Bryant struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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!
Sloppy strikes there by dos Santos.

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

dos Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bryant manages to work his way to half guard, despite dos Santos's best efforts.

Bryant looking for submissions off his back.
dos Santos working over Bryant with some ground and pound. Bryant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. dos Santos lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. dos Santos lands a nice short elbow.
Bryant is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
dos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
dos Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bryant's head.
Bryant on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Bryant actively working from the bottom here.
Bryant looks gassed!

Bryant actively working from the bottom here.
dos Santos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryant is refusing to be controlled, as dos Santos sits in half guard.

dos Santos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bryant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between dos Santos's hands.
Bryant shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and dos Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bryant's guard.
Bryant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
dos Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Bryant looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Bryant is keeping the position.
dos Santos works over Bryant with some ground and pound from guard.
dos Santos arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Bryant's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Junior dos Santos!