PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sol Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Veterano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by "Brake" by Kid Cudi. Veterano has chosen Turn The Lights Out as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Veterano

186 cm
27
190 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

190 cm
23
203 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sol Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Veterano!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sol Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veterano swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Veterano circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Veterano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Veterano circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up
and Veterano counters with a two punch combo.
Dos Santos looks to clinch
letting Veterano counter with a right hand.
Veterano tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dos Santos wants to clinch but Veterano slips to the side
and Veterano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Veterano throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
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 clinch but fails miserably
and Veterano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos walks into a straight right hand from Veterano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks to clinch
letting Veterano counter with a right hand.
Dos Santos moves to clinch but Veterano breaks away
and Veterano counters with a series of strikes. Dos Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Veterano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Veterano stalks Dos Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dos Santos's face. Dos Santos staggers backwards, shaken.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Veterano pushes him off.
Dos Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Veterano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oh Dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Veterano swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Veterano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veterano throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veterano is trying to push Dos Santos away but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Dos Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Veterano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Veterano has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Dos Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Veterano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Veterano is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos misses with some punches.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Veterano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veterano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veterano wants to get back to striking at distance but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Veterano is trying to break free.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veterano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Veterano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Veterano's efforts to push away.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Veterano is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Veterano is blocking nicely.

Veterano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Veterano. Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Veterano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veterano works the jab nicely.
Some wild striking there from Veterano.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Veterano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veterano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dos Santos had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Veterano lands an overhand right.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Veterano is having none of it.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Veterano counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Veterano circles away.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Veterano moves away
and Veterano counters with a left and a right that stings Dos Santos.
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!
Veterano misses with the combination.
Dos Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Veterano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos moves to clinch but Veterano breaks away
and Veterano counters with a left and a right that stings Dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Veterano dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A combination from Veterano does no damage.
Veterano throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Veterano throws a combination. Dos Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Veterano.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Veterano is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Veterano.
Veterano throws a one two combo.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos moves to clinch but Veterano breaks away
letting Veterano counter with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Veterano scores with a four punch combination!
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Veterano is avoiding it.
Veterano might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dos Santos needs to keep his hands up - Veterano had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Veterano connects with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch
and Veterano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Veterano swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Veterano is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Dos Santos like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Dos Santos from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcelo Veterano!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcelo Veterano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.