PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos's entrance music is Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen. A fine choice. Thomas has chosen Lunatic Fringe by Red Ryder as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dos Santos
vs
Thomas

182 cm
33
191 lbs
22 - 5 - 1

182 cm
33
185 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

- - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -

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 22 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doc Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas tries for a takedown but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thomas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dos Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas moves out of range as Dos Santos strikes.
Thomas jabs at Dos Santos's body.

Thomas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Thomas is putting a hurting on Dos Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos is being controlled here.
Thomas is chipping away with strikes.
Thomas trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Thomas trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Thomas lands some shots froms side control.
Thomas lands a nice forearm strike.
Dos Santos is trying to improve his position.
Thomas trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dos Santos stops Thomas from passing to mount.
Thomas scoring with punches from side control.
Thomas controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thomas.
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thomas taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Thomas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dos Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Thomas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dos Santos tries to bench press Thomas off him but Thomas keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thomas.
Thomas prevents Dos Santos from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dos Santos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dos Santos tries to buck Thomas off but Thomas is having none of it.
Dos Santos being controlled for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dos Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas is staying tight to Dos Santos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Thomas trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Thomas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thomas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dos Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomas on the ground.
Thomas throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Thomas pushing down on Dos Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Thomas trying to control from half guard but Dos Santos is working away.
Thomas throws a strike but Dos Santos avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Thomas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Doc Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos keeping full guard, as Thomas tries to pass.
Thomas passes Dos Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throwing shots but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Thomas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos is looking to escape.
Thomas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Thomas is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dos Santos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dos Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Thomas uses his free foot to push down on Dos Santos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dos Santos.
Thomas controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dos Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Thomas wants to control the pace but Dos Santos is squirming around nicely.
Dos Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Thomas cracks Dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dos Santos's face.
Thomas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Thomas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dos Santos is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Thomas wants to control the pace but Dos Santos is squirming around nicely.
Oh Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Thomas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Thomas there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.

Dos Santos somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Thomas misses with a right hand
and Dos Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
A lazy left from Thomas finds it's target.
Dos Santos lands with a hook. Thomas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Doc Thomas has been cut.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Santos.
Thomas cracks Dos Santos with an open hand slap.
Dos Santos takes one to the chin there.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Doc Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Thomas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thomas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.

Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dos Santos to the mat! Dos Santos manages to get full guard.
Thomas wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thomas is looking to work some ground and pound but Dos Santos has wrist control.
Thomas looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas is stalling in the full guard.
Thomas won't allow Dos Santos to sweep him here.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working some strikes from top position.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thomas passes Dos Santos's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Thomas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thomas wants to take a breather but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up here but Thomas is controlling him well.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
Dos Santos is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working Dos Santos over with strikes.
Thomas controlling the action here.
Thomas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Doc Thomas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thomas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Thomas works his way into side control.
Thomas controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thomas connects with a decent elbow.
Thomas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dos Santos trying to remain calm as Thomas controls from the top position.
Dos Santos tries to buck Thomas off but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas moves into full mount!
Thomas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thomas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doc Thomas!
Doc Thomas really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KillShot Klothing(90% Laundry) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.