PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teppo Mansikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mansikka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Icepick - Born to Crush You. Dos Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mansikka
vs
Dos Santos

184 cm
24
188 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

182 cm
31
191 lbs
20 - 1 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Teppo Mansikka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansikka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mansikka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dos Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dos Santos tries to move into range but Mansikka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dos Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mansikka.
Mansikka dives in and grabs Dos Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes down on Mansikka's head and hops out.
Dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mansikka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dos Santos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mansikka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mansikka slips a jab from Dos Santos.
Mansikka throws a head kick that misses.
Mansikka ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Mansikka is just out of range.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansikka tries a head kick but it misses.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mansikka misses the shot to the body.
Mansikka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mansikka misses with an uppercut. Dos Santos saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Mansikka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dos Santos doesn't seem phased though.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mansikka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mansikka thows a body shot but no joy.
Mansikka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick
and Mansikka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Mansikka changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dos Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mansikka wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mansikka is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dos Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dos Santos tries to improve position but can't.
Mansikka wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Mansikka tries to move to mount but Dos Santos blocks the move with his legs.
Dos Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mansikka. 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 looking to reverse the position.
Mansikka working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka is staying tight to Dos Santos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Dos Santos is not content to let Mansikka control the position.
Dos Santos struggling a bit here.

Mansikka goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Dos Santos has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Mansikka but great work by Dos Santos.

Dos Santos decides to stand back up. Dos Santos steps back and let's Mansikka get back to his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mansikka checks a leg kick.
Dos Santos jabs Mansikka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dos Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mansikka. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Mansikka misses with a body shot.
Mansikka doesn't manage to clinch there - Dos Santos circles away.
Mansikka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mansikka.
Dos Santos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dos Santos misses with a shot to the body
and Mansikka counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mansikka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos misses with a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Dos Santos misses
and Mansikka makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dos Santos really felt that one!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teppo Mansikka dominated that round.
That's time! Mansikka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dos Santos tries to sprawl but Mansikka drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Mansikka is trying to control the action in half guard but Dos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mansikka controlling the pace.
Mansikka has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dos Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mansikka looking to finish Dos Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dos Santos!
Mansikka throws some wild stikes that Dos Santos manages to avoid easily.
Mansikka looking to control but Dos Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansikka controlling from the full mount.

Mansikka looking for a guillotine from mount but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Mansikka throws some wild stikes that Dos Santos manages to avoid easily.

Mansikka goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dos Santos turns into him and now he's in Mansikka's guard.
Mansikka keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka looking to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Mansikka looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dos Santos is looking to stand up but Mansikka won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka pulls Dos Santos in to control the position.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mansikka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mansikka manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mansikka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dos Santos for as long as he can get away with.
Mansikka moves to the back position.
Dos Santos wants to control his opponent's hands but Mansikka gets his hands free.
Dos Santos tries to escape but Mansikka has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dos Santos is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Mansikka gets his way!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mansikka is hanging on to Dos Santos's back as he tries to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teppo Mansikka dominated that second round.
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.

Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Mansikka is looking to slow Dos Santos down with leg kicks.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Mansikka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Santos misses with a hook
and Mansikka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Dos Santos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mansikka doesn't seem bothered though.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the side of Mansikka's head but Mansikka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mansikka blocks a low kick nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mansikka!
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That kick from Mansikka tenderised Dos Santos's leg. Dos Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mansikka lands a head kick. Dos Santos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mansikka throws a head kick that half lands.

Dos Santos is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos scores with the left hand. Mansikka knows he should have avoided that one.
Dos Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Mansikka finish him?
Dos Santos misses with a double jab

and Mansikka counters by moving into the clinch.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
A body shot lands from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Mansikka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mansikka is looking to wear down Dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice uppercut there from Dos Santos.
A big right from Mansikka misses.
Mansikka misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a lunging right hand
and Mansikka makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dos Santos really felt that one!
Mansikka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Mansikka tries to clinch up but Dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Mansikka blocks the leg kick.
Mansikka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Teppo Mansikka is winning the standup battle so far.
Mansikka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dos Santos connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mansikka moves away.
Dos Santos connects with a leg kick. Mansikka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dos Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Dos Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mansikka's head.
Mansikka ducks right into an uppercut from Dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka throws a lazy head kick
and Dos Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mansikka misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Dos Santos.
A big right from Dos Santos misses.
Mansikka misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mansikka.
An inside leg kick lands from Mansikka.
Mansikka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dos Santos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mansikka somewhat.
Horrible takedown by Mansikka or perhaps it was just good defense by Dos Santos which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teppo Mansikka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mansikka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mansikka throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Mansikka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos takes a swing at Mansikka's ribcage but misses.
Mansikka misses the shot to the body.
Mansikka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Mansikka.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mansikka misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teppo Mansikka clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dos Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mansikka.
Mansikka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mansikka misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Mansikka tries to score with a low kick but Dos Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mansikka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mansikka takes a swing at Dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Dos Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Mansikka lands a body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a straight left.
Dos Santos leaves Mansikka with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mansikka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mansikka tries a head kick but it misses.
Mansikka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mansikka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dos Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dos Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mansikka's head backwards.
Mansikka misses with an uppercut. Dos Santos saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Mansikka misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mansikka.
Dos Santos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mansikka checks a leg kick.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mansikka.
Dos Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mansikka's sensitive parts.
Mansikka swings for the body but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Mansikka lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Mansikka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dos Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Mansikka throws a big shot that misses.
Mansikka slips a jab from Dos Santos.
Mansikka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dos Santos throws a low kick but Mansikka moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos swings for the body but Mansikka moves out of range.

Mansikka drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Dos Santos pushes Mansikka off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Dos Santos is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Mansikka.
Mansikka looks to land a body kick but Dos Santos moved away.
Mansikka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Santos lands a really nice looking cross but Mansikka seems unphased.
Dos Santos blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dos Santos tries to land a front kick but Mansikka steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dos Santos lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Junior Dos Santos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mansikka misses with a body shot.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Mansikka checks it.
Mansikka shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mansikka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos.
The fighters circling - Dos Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dos Santos connects with a leg kick. Mansikka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mansikka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Mansikka slips the punch.
Dos Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Mansikka there.
Dos Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mansikka throws a hook but Dos Santos blocks it.
Mansikka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dos Santos.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dos Santos.
Mansikka rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dos Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dos Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Mansikka closes the distance and clinches.

Mansikka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mansikka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dos Santos throws out the jab.
Mansikka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mansikka looks to throw the jab but Dos Santos is out of range.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mansikka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mansikka moves away.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mansikka tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body kick there by Mansikka.
Dos Santos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
No luck for Mansikka with that takedown attempt.
Mansikka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansikka slips a jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mansikka. That did some damage!
Dos Santos stuns Mansikka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mansikka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mansikka looks for a takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teppo Mansikka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Mansikka is just out of range.
Teppo Mansikka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos takes a swing at Mansikka's ribcage but misses.
Mansikka cracks the inside of Dos Santos's front leg.
Mansikka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos walks into a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mansikka checks a leg kick.
Mansikka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos tries to land a front kick but Mansikka steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mansikka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Mansikka feints and as Dos Santos raises his hands in defense, Mansikka changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mansikka drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dos Santos dives on top into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Teppo Mansikka.
I think Mansikka has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 50:46
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:46
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teppo Mansikka!
Teppo Mansikka retains his middleweight title!
Teppo Mansikka was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.