PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Prz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Prz

196 cm
26
293 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michal Prz!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Prz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Prz wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos controlling from the top position.
Prz throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Prz wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prz is keeping the position for now.
Prz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prz keeping full guard, as Dos Santos tries to pass.
Prz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prz is striking but Dos Santos is not phased and passes to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dos Santos connects with a nice short shot to Prz's temple.
Dos Santos working Prz over with strikes.
Prz misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dos Santos slips a nice elbow through Prz's hands, connecting with Prz's forehead.
Dos Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Prz is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Dos Santos moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Prz.
Dos Santos lands a nice forearm strike.
Prz is looking to regain half guard here but Dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.

Dos Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Prz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos drives through and clinches with Prz against the cage.
Prz swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.

Dos Santos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Dos Santos 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.
Dos Santos could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Prz is striking from the bottom but Dos Santos uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

Dos Santos stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Prz to get to his feet.
Prz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Prz to keep the fight standing.

Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prz throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Prz!
Prz looks gassed!
Prz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Prz throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Dos Santos unloading with bombs!
Prz flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dos Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prz throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos controlling from mount.

Dos Santos has hold of Prz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Prz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prz can't escape the position.
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Prz tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.
Dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Prz tries to improve his position but instead Dos Santos has taken his back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Prz's body.
Dos Santos is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Dos Santos gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Dos Santos gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Dos Santos apologises and we restart here on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Dos Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dos Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Prz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dos Santos staying calm.

Dos Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Prz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Prz thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Prz throws a left and a right that both miss

so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos stands and throws Prz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Prz is looking for a sweep.
Prz is breathing heavily.

Dos Santos decides to stand up, so the ref orders Prz to his feet.
Prz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prz misses with a double jab

and Dos Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dos Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Prz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but Prz won't allow it.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.

Dos Santos forces Prz back against the cage and clinches.
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Prz fails to land.
Dos Santos is trying to pull guard but Prz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prz prevents Dos Santos from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Prz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dos Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into Prz's guard.
Prz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prz can do to turn this around?
Prz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Prz doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Prz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prz tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Prz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dos Santos is pushing down on Prz's leg trying to pass to half guard. Prz is fighting to maintain full guard but Dos Santos has managed to sneak the leg through.

Dos Santos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Prz sees it coming and defends easily.
Dos Santos stalling.
Dos Santos trying to control the action but Prz is working from the bottom.
Junior Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Prz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prz is looking to improve his position.
Prz wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has passed into side control.
Prz is trying to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Prz is trying to escape the position but Dos Santos is controlling the position.

Dos Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Prz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Prz seems a little lost for a moment, as Dos Santos dominates the positioning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prz is looking to regain half guard here but Dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Prz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Prz wants to improve his position but Dos Santos is controlling well.

Dos Santos stands up out of the half guard.
Prz needs to keep his hands up - Dos Santos had a free shot at his head there.
Prz throws a left and a right that both miss

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prz wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Prz throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos advances to half guard.
Dos Santos blocks the strikes from Prz.
Prz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Prz tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Prz throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dos Santos. What's that going to do exactly?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dos Santos 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 working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prz wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos softening up his opponent with strikes here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Dos Santos controlling the positon.
Prz manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dos Santos's guard. Nice work there by Prz.
Prz wanted to stand there but Dos Santos had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prz being controlled here momentarily.
Prz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dos Santos's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dos Santos holds on and takes a little breather.
Dos Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dos Santos raining down shots from the mount!
Prz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Prz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prz throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dos Santos. What's that going to do exactly?
Dos Santos controlling from mount.
Michal Prz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prz flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Dos Santos!