PBP Commentary

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

Dos Santos
vs
Oliphant

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
202 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nixon Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Oliphant!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oliphant.
Nice straight punches there by Oliphant. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oliphant.
Oliphant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliphant misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Oliphant moves out of range.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oliphant.
Oliphant fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dos Santos checks it well.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Oliphant moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oliphant backs up against the cage.

Dos Santos gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliphant is looking for a sweep.
Dos Santos moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliphant wants to hold on but Dos Santos pushes him away.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Oliphant blocking the ground and pound.
Dos Santos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Oliphant is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos looking to control but Oliphant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dos Santos unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looking to finish Oliphant with some ground and pound. This is bad for Oliphant!
Dos Santos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Oliphant because Dos Santos loaded up on that one.
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.
Dos Santos looking to control but Oliphant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dos Santos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Oliphant hang on?
Dos Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oliphant really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dos Santos lands a big elbow - Oliphant is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Oliphant is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nixon Dos Santos!