PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sterben Olympic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sterben Olympic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Felipe Dos Santos's chin.

Olympic
vs
Dos Santos

190 cm
22
152 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sterben Olympic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.

Olympic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dos Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Olympic finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Olympic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olympic wants to stand but Dos Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dos Santos has momentary wrist control but Olympic slips an elbow through the middle.
Olympic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Sterben Olympic has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Olympic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dos Santos is able to avoid easily.
Olympic wants to land a leg kick but Dos Santos is out of range.
Olympic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Olympic lands an overhand right.

Dos Santos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Olympic's guard.
Olympic controls Dos Santos momentarily but Dos Santos frees himself.
Dos Santos throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Olympic trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Olympic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dos Santos postures up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Olympic lands with a heel strike from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Olympic has control of Dos Santos's left arm, preventing Dos Santos from doing any damage.
Dos Santos won't allow Olympic to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Olympic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dos Santos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos working some strikes from top position.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Olympic wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dos Santos throws an elbow that misses. Olympic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dos Santos's guard. Nice move by Olympic!
Olympic stays in close to Dos Santos's body and controls the position.
Dos Santos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olympic wanted to stand there but Dos Santos had control of the position.

Olympic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dos Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Olympic controlling from the top position.
Dos Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Olympic stands up and waves to Dos Santos to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sterben Olympic dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dos Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Olympic wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
Dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Olympic is trying to maintain the position but Dos Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
Sterben Olympic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos wants to pass to mount but Olympic is defending the position.
Olympic wants to improve his position but Dos Santos is controlling well.
Olympic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Olympic tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Olympic regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.

Olympic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dos Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dos Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Olympic is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.
Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Olympic wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Olympic lands some strikes from the bottom.
Dos Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Olympic has wrist control.
Dos Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.

Olympic has his foot on Dos Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dos Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Dos Santos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dos Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Olympic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olympic wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Olympic working a defensive guard here.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Olympic's head.
Olympic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Olympic lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dos Santos!
Dos Santos swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Olympic pushes him away.
Olympic punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Olympic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dos Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
BOOM! Olympic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dos Santos is looking to get to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olympic controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Olympic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
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 Sterben Olympic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dos Santos looks for a takedown but Olympic sprawls well.

Olympic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Olympic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Olympic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Dos Santos to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dos Santos shrugs it off.
Dos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Olympic with shots to the head and body - Dos Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dos Santos is looking to improve his position but Olympic isn't that keen on the idea.
Olympic controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dos Santos is squirming around, avoiding Olympic's attempts to control the action.
Dos Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Olympic postures up.
Dos Santos is squirming around, avoiding Olympic's attempts to control the action.
Olympic controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympic lands a big elbow.
Olympic connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Olympic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Olympic postures up.
Olympic lands a heavy elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olympic content just to control the position here.
Olympic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Dos Santos is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Olympic raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Olympic finish him?
Olympic tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Olympic is really struggling to control Dos Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Dos Santos reaches up to try and control the position but Olympic seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Dos Santos rolls and tries to escape and now Olympic has his back!

Olympic has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Olympic gets his hands free as Dos Santos looks to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olympic is riding his opponent, not letting Dos Santos buck him off.
Will Olympic go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Olympic lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Dos Santos hold on?!
Olympic avoiding Dos Santos 's attempts to control his hands.

Dos Santos showing good submission defense here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Olympic. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Felipe Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sterben Olympic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Olympic controlling the positon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sterben Olympic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Olympic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sterben Olympic!