PBP Commentary

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

Reis
vs
Dos Santos

192 cm
26
280 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
255 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baptista Reis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos shoots in but Reis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reis misses with a double jab

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Reis won't be happy with that.
Reis is looking for a sweep.
Reis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dos Santos.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reis is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dos Santos connects with a decent elbow.

It looks like Baptista Reis has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reis can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dos Santos throws an elbow but Reis slips to the side and avoids it well.
Dos Santos with the ground and pound but Reis regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Reis trying to hold on to Dos Santos's head to control him but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis is controlling Dos Santos's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Dos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dos Santos thows a huge punch but Reis dodges it nicely.
Dos Santos prevents Reis from improving his position.
Reis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reis tries to get out of the position.
Dos Santos thows a huge punch but Reis dodges it nicely.
Dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dos Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dos Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Reis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dos Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reis's head.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos winds up and cracks Reis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dos Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reis defending well though.
Dos Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Reis keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dos Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dos Santos looks to land a strike but Reis avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Reis blocks nicely.
Reis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reis's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a strike but Reis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Reis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Reis falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dos Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dos Santos.
Reis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dos Santos prevents Reis from getting back to his feet.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reis swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dos Santos distracts Reis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Reis blocks nicely.
Reis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dos Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dos Santos stands up over Reis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dos Santos works over Reis with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Reis blocks nicely.
Dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baptista Reis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reis.
Dos Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reis is fending him off so far but Dos Santos persists. Nope, Reis circles away and we're back to standing.
Reis falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dos Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Reis's guard now.
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
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.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reis's head.
Dos Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Reis's brow.
Reis wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a big elbow that misses.
Dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Reis has wrist control.
Reis wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Baptista Reis's cut is getting worse.
Reis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reis controls Dos Santos momentarily but Dos Santos frees himself.
Dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Reis has wrist control.
Reis seems keen to control Dos Santos's posture.
Reis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Reis has wrist control.
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dos Santos postures up in Reis's guard and throws a big left but Reis blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos postures up in Reis's guard and throws a big left but Reis blocks it.
Reis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Reis blocks nicely.
Dos Santos postures up in Reis's guard and throws a big left but Reis blocks it.
Dos Santos throws a strike but Reis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Reis is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.

We're going to have a standup here because Baptista Reis wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Reis throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Reis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dos Santos stands up over Reis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Baptista Reis's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Reis working a defensive guard here.
Dos Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Jeez, Baptista Reis's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Baptista Reis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Junior Dos Santos!
Junior Dos Santos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.