PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Victor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Victor Dos Santos
vs
Kong

178 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

198 cm
22
191 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Victor Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, King Kong!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Kong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kong looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Dos Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kong sprawls well initially but Dos Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kong taking some punishment here, with Dos Santos in his half guard.
Kong blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dos Santos.
Kong blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dos Santos.
Kong is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dos Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dos Santos working Kong over with strikes.
Dos Santos works his way into full mount!
Dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Kong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes but Kong is staying in there.
Kong takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Kong is rocked!
The referee warns Kong that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kong is still in real trouble! Can Dos Santos finish him?
Dos Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos looking for a guillotine from mount but Kong is having none of it.
Kong seems to have recovered his senses.
Kong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dos Santos landing shots from mount.
Dos Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dos Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
Dos Santos lands with some strikes.
Dos Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dos Santos working Kong over with strikes here.
Dos Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Dos Santos connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Dos Santos swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thiago Victor Dos Santos!