PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reynold Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Senor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Blanco
vs
Dos Santos

220 cm
26
278 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

210 cm
19
278 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Reynold Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Senor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos scores with a spinning back kick!

Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blanco missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos slows down the pace here.
Blanco fails to pull guard.
Dos Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dos Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Reynold Blanco has been cut.
Dos Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Dos Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dos Santos pushes Blanco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Blanco blocks it.
Dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blanco tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Blanco is trying to drag Dos Santos to the mat but Dos Santos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that stopped Blanco in his tracks for a moment.
Blanco jumps guard but Dos Santos stands there with Blanco around his waist. Blanco gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reynold Blanco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos taking a breather.
Blanco looking for a takedown.
Blanco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Blanco won't want to take too many of those.
Blanco is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco misses with a knee to the head.
Blanco takes an elbow to the temple.
Dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Blanco is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dos Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blanco's defenses.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dos Santos lands an elbow inside that Blanco shrugs off.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos stalling against the cage.
Blanco takes an elbow to the forehead.

Reynold Blanco's cut is getting worse.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that stopped Blanco in his tracks for a moment.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that stopped Blanco in his tracks for a moment.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blanco goes for a takedown attempt but Dos Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dos Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blanco looking to stall.
Blanco fails to pull guard.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch.
Dos Santos lands an elbow inside.
Blanco being controlled against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos pushes Blanco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Dos Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blanco's face.
A short left from Dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco takes an elbow to the temple.
Dos Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blanco jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dos Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Blanco gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dos Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Senor Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blanco misses with a right hand

and Dos Santos counters by clinching up.
Dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blanco's efforts to push away.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos gets through Blanco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blanco's face.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blanco is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Blanco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blanco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blanco is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dos Santos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dos Santos lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Blanco gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Dos Santos regains guard.
Dos Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Blanco wants to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos slows the pace down in half guard.
Blanco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Blanco looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Senor Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reynold Blanco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Blanco circles away from the clinch attempt

and Blanco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Blanco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Blanco from controlling successfully.

Blanco drops back, looking for a kneebar! Dos Santos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Dos Santos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Dos Santos!
Dos Santos in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco is looking to reverse the position.
Dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blanco keeps working.
Dos Santos slows the pace down.
Blanco is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dos Santos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blanco is trying to control but can't.

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.
Blanco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blanco tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Blanco gets back to full guard.

Blanco looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Blanco looking for a sweep. Not yet Blanco, not yet.

Blanco looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Blanco keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Blanco throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Senor Dos Santos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blanco is defended easily by Dos Santos.

Dos Santos rushes Blanco and presses him up against the cage.
Senor Dos Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dos Santos gets through Blanco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blanco tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Blanco drops back down to his feet.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Blanco drags the fight down to the ground.
Dos Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Blanco.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
Dos Santos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Blanco is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Senor Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reynold Blanco's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Blanco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dos Santos.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch.

Blanco decides to pull guard.
Blanco is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dos Santos won't allow Blanco to pass to mount.
Blanco is trying to control. Dos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blanco trying to pass the guard but Dos Santos defending well.
Dos Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blanco is working away from the top position though.
Blanco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos gets full guard.
Blanco wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blanco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blanco wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is keeping the position.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Blanco from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dos Santos is looking to stand up but Blanco isn't so interested in that idea.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blanco passes into half guard.
Dos Santos is staying active underneath Blanco, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dos Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dos Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blanco.
Blanco looks to land a strike but Dos Santos avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Blanco trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blanco drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dos Santos manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Blanco has Dos Santos in his guard.

Blanco isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dos Santos stacks Blanco on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dos Santos!
Blanco can't do much from the bottom here.
Blanco is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

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.
Blanco gets back to half guard.
Blanco is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blanco manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Blanco has an active guard here but Dos Santos has managed to pass into half guard.
Reynold Blanco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dos Santos prevents Blanco from improving his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Senor Dos Santos.
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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

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