PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Furious Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Angel
vs
dos Santos

190 cm
24
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
24
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Furious Angel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Angel. No joy for dos Santos on that attempt.
dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dos Santos is defended easily by Angel.
Angel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Angel misses with a series of wild punches.
Angel throws a series of punches but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Angel shows good takedown defense.
Furious Angel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos.
dos Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Angel sprawls well. He's pushed dos Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Angel tries to stall but dos Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Angel tries to break the clinch but dos Santos is controlling the position.
Angel has had enough of the clinch but dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Angel could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

dos Santos lands a takedown into guard.
dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dos Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Angel keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.

dos Santos has gone for a leg lock! Angel slips out almost immediately though and dives into dos Santos's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Angel defends well.
Angel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Angel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angel being controlled here momentarily.
dos Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Angel sitting in guard here, content to control.
dos Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Angel preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Junior dos Santos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Angel with a lazy takedown attempt

and dos Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Angel is retaining full guard.
dos Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Angel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Angel trying to keep a closed guard but dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Angel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Angel keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Angel has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes dos Santos off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two 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.
Angel falls off balance throwing a combination

and dos Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
dos Santos wants to control from the top but Angel keeps moving.
dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Angel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
dos Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to take a breather but Angel is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

dos Santos seems to be looking for submissions.

Angel pushes dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
Angel misses with a wild combination.
Angel misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Angel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by dos Santos.
dos Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
dos Santos is working for takedown but Angel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Angel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
dos Santos trying to stall but Angel improves his position.
dos Santos keeps control of Angel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Angel looking to slow down the pace here.
dos Santos wants a takedown.
A knee to the head by dos Santos.

Angel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

dos Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. dos Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
dos Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Angel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

dos Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Angel avoids it really well and circles away.
Furious Angel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Angel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A low kick from Angel is predictable there

and dos Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Angel fights it but they end up in guard.
dos Santos looking to sit in guard and control but Angel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Angel from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos working a defensive guard here.
dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Angel defends well.
Angel controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
dos Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Angel slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angel trying to control but dos Santos is working from the bottom.

dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Furious Angel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Angel from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Furious Angel.
Angel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Angel is retaining full guard.
dos Santos trying to control but Angel is working from the bottom.
Angel has dos Santos pulled in close to control his posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got dos Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior dos Santos!