PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Amarrao Mestre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mestre
vs
Dos Santos

176 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amarrao Mestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mestre throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.

Mestre gets a takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Mestre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mestre slips a nice elbow through Dos Santos's hands, connecting with Dos Santos's forehead.
Nice strikes from Mestre there.
Dos Santos flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Mestre throwing shots but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mestre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dos Santos trying to control here.
Mestre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mestre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mestre is thwarting Dos Santos's attempts to control the position.
Mestre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mestre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mestre connects with a nice short shot to Dos Santos's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mestre lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mestre connects with a nice short shot to Dos Santos's temple.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Dos Santos landing rabbit punches to the side of Mestre's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Dos Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mestre.
Mestre lands strikes from half guard.
Mestre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos is looking to escape.
Nice strikes from Mestre there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mestre lands a nice short elbow.
Dos Santos taking some punishment here, with Mestre in his half guard.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Mestre finish him?
Mestre is thwarting Dos Santos's attempts to control the position.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Mestre working over Dos Santos with some ground and pound. Dos Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mestre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain the position but Mestre is very close to passing his half guard.

Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dos Santos looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mestre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Mestre there.
Mestre winds up and cracks Dos Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mestre lands a nice short elbow.
Mestre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mestre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dos Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mestre working the head and body with strikes.
Mestre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dos Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Mestre there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dos Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dos Santos taking some punishment here, with Mestre in his half guard.
Mestre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mestre lands a nice short elbow.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Mestre has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mestre connects with a nice short shot to Dos Santos's temple.
Mestre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dos Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mestre lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Mestre.
Mestre lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Dos Santos quite badly. Dos Santos pulls Mestre in close trying to recover. Mestre postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Dos Santos on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Dos Santos doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amarrao Mestre!