PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nai Khanom Tom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khanom Tom comes to the cage accompanied by Round 5. Dos Santos has chosen Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khanom Tom
vs
Dos Santos

180 cm
30
180 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
179 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nai Khanom Tom !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Javier Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos moves out of range as Khanom Tom strikes.
Khanom Tom moves out of range as Dos Santos strikes.
Khanom Tom wants to slow Dos Santos down by chopping away at his legs.
Khanom Tom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khanom Tom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dos Santos defending well as Khanom Tom loads up on a big left hand.
Khanom Tom tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Khanom Tom was well out of range.
Khanom Tom with a nice cross.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Khanom Tom ducks under and follows up with a left that Khanom Tom also avoids with ease.
Khanom Tom moves away from the strike by Dos Santos.
A low kick from Dos Santos is predictable there
letting Khanom Tom counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khanom Tom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khanom Tom back to the cage. Dos Santos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Dos Santos.
Khanom Tom throws a shot from downtown. Dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
Khanom Tom blocks a low kick nicely.
Dos Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Khanom Tom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dos Santos misses with a looping right.
Khanom Tom will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Javier Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos lands with a cross.
Khanom Tom throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick which misses Khanom Tom 's front leg but catches the back leg as Khanom Tom tries to avoid it.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Khanom Tom sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dos Santos connects with an inside leg kick.
Dos Santos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dos Santos throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Khanom Tom catches Dos Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Khanom Tom swings for the body but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Khanom Tom moves out of range.
Dos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Santos looks to throw the jab but Khanom Tom is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanom Tom avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanom Tom .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dos Santos, as that shot connected.
Khanom Tom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dos Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Dos Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Khanom Tom throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khanom Tom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanom Tom misses with an uppercut.
Khanom Tom checks the leg kick.
Nice cross by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos throws a lazy right hand but Khanom Tom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khanom Tom to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanom Tom cracks the inside of Dos Santos's front leg.
Dos Santos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khanom Tom is out of range and Dos Santos settles back down.
Khanom Tom slips under a jab from Dos Santos.
Khanom Tom explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dos Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dos Santos cracks the inside of Khanom Tom 's front leg.
Khanom Tom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Dos Santos gets a clinch.
Dos Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Khanom Tom after a bit of a struggle.
Khanom Tom lands a shoulder strike.
Dos Santos lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos wants to break free but Khanom Tom has control.
Khanom Tom lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dos Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Khanom Tom .
Nice body punch from Dos Santos.
Come on Khanom Tom - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanom Tom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dos Santos lands a hook that snaps the head of Khanom Tom backwards.
Khanom Tom is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos misses with a body punch.
Khanom Tom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dos Santos stalling against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Khanom Tom controls the action.
Khanom Tom stalling in the clinch but Dos Santos improves position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is working for takedown but Khanom Tom is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nai Khanom Tom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is struggling to control the position.
Dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Javier Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khanom Tom throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Khanom Tom moves out of range of the strikes.
Khanom Tom swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dos Santos throws a solid leg kick but Khanom Tom takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dos Santos.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanom Tom . Dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos cracks the inside of Khanom Tom 's front leg.
Dos Santos takes a swing at Khanom Tom 's ribcage but misses.
Khanom Tom jabs Dos Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khanom Tom throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
Javier Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanom Tom lands a nice shot to the body.
Dos Santos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khanom Tom has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dos Santos moves away from the strike by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Dos Santos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dos Santos jabs Khanom Tom to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Khanom Tom avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dos Santos.
Khanom Tom scores with a body shot.
Dos Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Khanom Tom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Dos Santos misses the target.
Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos with a hook.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that Khanom Tom semi-blocks.
Khanom Tom shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Khanom Tom moves away and avoids it.
Khanom Tom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khanom Tom pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Khanom Tom gets tackled into the cage by Dos Santos. Dos Santos maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Dos Santos fails to land.
Dos Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Khanom Tom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dos Santos is defending well for now.
Dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Dos Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khanom Tom trying to stall but Dos Santos improves his position.
Khanom Tom is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos blocks a body shot from Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Khanom Tom prevents a takedown attempt there.
Javier Dos Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dos Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khanom Tom can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
Dos Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khanom Tom lands a right hand.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Khanom Tom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos works the jab nicely.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dos Santos slips a straight right by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nai Khanom Tom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khanom Tom throws a hook to the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dos Santos scores with a head kick.
Dos Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khanom Tom is out of range.
Dos Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom is looking to clinch.
Khanom Tom wants to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Khanom Tom moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dos Santos.
Khanom Tom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos looks to land a right hand but Khanom Tom moved out of range.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Khanom Tom fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dos Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Khanom Tom blocks an elbow strike.
Khanom Tom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanom Tom prevents the takedown attempt.
Khanom Tom can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khanom Tom prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Khanom Tom looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nai Khanom Tom will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Khanom Tom throws out a powerful jab.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos scores with a nice right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dos Santos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khanom Tom has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khanom Tom and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good work by Khanom Tom as he checks the leg kick.
Khanom Tom looks to land a left hand but Dos Santos moved out of range nicely.

Khanom Tom closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Khanom Tom as the two fighters clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos misses with some punches.
Khanom Tom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanom Tom can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
Dos Santos working aggressively here.
Dos Santos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dos Santos misses with the head strike.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khanom Tom is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanom Tom .
Khanom Tom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dos Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khanom Tom 's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dos Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khanom Tom 's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanom Tom .
Dos Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanom Tom slows down the pace here.
Khanom Tom pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Dos Santos gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Khanom Tom is defending well.
Dos Santos is keen to just control but Khanom Tom is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanom Tom wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.

Dos Santos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Khanom Tom won't allow Dos Santos to pass to mount.
Dos Santos trying to control from half guard but Khanom Tom is working away.
Khanom Tom is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dos Santos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Khanom Tom defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Khanom Tom is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos prevents Khanom Tom from improving his position.
Khanom Tom is refusing to be controlled, as Dos Santos sits in half guard.
Khanom Tom is in trouble now - Dos Santos has advanced to mount!
Dos Santos trying to control but Khanom Tom is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Khanom Tom is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Javier Dos Santos!
Our winner, Javier Dos Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.