PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Konrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Konrad
vs
Dos Santos

190 cm
25
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cole Konrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Konrad just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Konrad sprawls well. Konrad wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Konrad throws a predictable looking body shot

and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.

Konrad pulls guard successfully.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Konrad wriggles free and stands up.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Konrad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Konrad takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Konrad circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos defending well as Konrad loads up on a big left hand.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Konrad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Konrad keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Konrad moves away

and Konrad counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Konrad working some strikes from top position.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Konrad cracks Dos Santos with a solid left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Konrad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Konrad throwing strikes but missing.
Konrad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dos Santos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Konrad passes Dos Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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.
Konrad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Konrad lands strikes from half guard.
Konrad moves into full mount! Dos Santos won't be happy about that!
Konrad landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Dos Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Konrad is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Dos Santos goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Konrad!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Cole Konrad!
Cole Konrad seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.