PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Zaremba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piotr Zaremba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

dos Santos
vs
Zaremba

180 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

186 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Piotr Zaremba!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zaremba decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
dos Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zaremba is working away from the top position though.
Zaremba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Zaremba is thwarting dos Santos's attempts to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zaremba trying to pass the guard but dos Santos defending well.
dos Santos gets full guard.
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Zaremba from controlling successfully.
Zaremba's corner is telling him to maintain position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Zaremba throws a head kick but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos with a poor takedown
and Zaremba counters with a slapping leg kick.
dos Santos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Zaremba counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zaremba scores a nice knee to the body.
dos Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Zaremba unloads a knee to the mid-section. dos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaremba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Zaremba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Zaremba gets the takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Zaremba are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Zaremba is trying to get an arm triangle but dos Santos is defending well.
dos Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Zaremba keeps moving and retains side control.
dos Santos is trying to control Zaremba's posture but Zaremba avoids it.

Zaremba has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Zaremba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with dos Santos, pushing him back against the cage.

Zaremba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dos Santos shoots and misses
and Zaremba counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos fails with the takedown

and Zaremba counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for dos Santos!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dos Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Zaremba cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Zaremba really doesn't want to stay on the ground with dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
dos Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zaremba prevents dos Santos from getting the reversal.
Zaremba misses with a head shot.
Zaremba is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zaremba thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Zaremba unloads with some shots from mount but dos Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Zaremba looking to finish with strikes here!
Zaremba is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. dos Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zaremba unloads with some shots from mount but dos Santos bucks and avoids them well.

Zaremba has control of dos Santos's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and dos Santos regains control of the situation pretty easily.
A nice elbow there by Zaremba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries to lock up and control but Zaremba gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
dos Santos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

dos Santos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Zaremba looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Zaremba looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Zaremba!
dos Santos can't do much from the bottom here.

Zaremba stands up.
dos Santos tries to clinch up

and Zaremba moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zaremba pulls guard successfully.
dos Santos tries to stand but Zaremba is controlling from the bottom.
dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Zaremba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Zaremba pushes dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zaremba clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zaremba as dos Santos tries to tie him up.

Zaremba successfully pulls guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Zaremba dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zaremba shoots in for a takedown but dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Zaremba avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Zaremba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Zaremba trying to land knees to the body.
Zaremba connects with a nasty looking knee right to dos Santos's face.

It looks like Christian dos Santos has been cut.
Zaremba unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zaremba prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zaremba lands a knee to the body.

Zaremba decides to pull guard.
Zaremba is looking to stand up but dos Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Zaremba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zaremba can do anything to dispel that myth.
dos Santos wants to stand but Zaremba has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
dos Santos trying to control but Zaremba is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dos Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
dos Santos prevents Zaremba from getting back to his feet.

dos Santos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
dos Santos wants to clinch but Zaremba slips to the side
and Zaremba counters with a leg kick.
Zaremba circles away from the clinch attempt

and Zaremba counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for dos Santos!
dos Santos wants to hold on but Zaremba pushes him away.
Zaremba lands a nice shot to the head.

Zaremba goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now dos Santos is on top in guard.
dos Santos tries to stand but Zaremba is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaremba striking off his back but it's not causing dos Santos any problems.
dos Santos trying to control but Zaremba is working from the bottom.

dos Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and dos Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
dos Santos wants to stand but Zaremba is controlling his posture from full guard.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

dos Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
dos Santos wants to control from the top but Zaremba keeps moving.

Zaremba has his feet on dos Santos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt

and Zaremba counters with a single leg into guard. dos Santos didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zaremba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

dos Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zaremba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but dos Santos is tightening it up a little... Zaremba has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Zaremba reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Zaremba taps out! nice BJJ there by dos Santos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Christian dos Santos!