PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Man Chun Lok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Santos
vs
Chun Lok

191 cm
28
245 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

225 cm
27
250 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Man Chun Lok!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lok shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lok misses with a shot to the body
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Man Chun Lok has been cut.

Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lok up against the cage.
Santos seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santos.
Lok wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.
Lok is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lok is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lok backwards.
Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos keeps control of Lok as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos has Lok pressed against the cage, preventing Lok from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalling in the clinch from Santos.
Lok tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lok is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A frustrated look appears on Lok's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lok wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos is pushing Lok up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lok is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dos Santos.
Lok throws a leg kick but Santos checks it.
Lok misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santos throws a hook but Lok avoids it easily.
Lok is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Man Chun Lok.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lok fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Lok clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.

Lok pulls guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Santos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lok trying to remain calm as Santos controls from the top position.
Lok is trying to control Santos's posture but Santos avoids it.
Lok trying to remain calm as Santos controls from the top position.
Santos has control of an arm but Lok manages to advance to Santos's back!
Lok struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lok is trying to stick to Santos's back but Santos is turning into Lok. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Lok's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Santos.
Lok throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lok is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lok is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santos is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Man Chun Lok's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lok delivers a nice body kick.
Lok looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Lok persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos throws a hook to the side of Lok's head but Lok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Lok clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Santos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lok is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Lok wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lok wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lok is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lok takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lok wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lok is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Lok looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lok wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lok backwards.
Lok wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lok wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Santos.
Lok is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lok looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Lok wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lok has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Lok wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lok wants a takedown but no success here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lok up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lok is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lok up against the cage.
Santos prevents Lok from breaking the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lok.
Lok throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lok slips under a jab.
Santos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lok.
Lok throws the kick towards the body but Santos avoids it.
Lok tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lok tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Man Chun Lok.
Lok looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Lok persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Lok on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Man Chun Lok's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos with a nice cross.
Dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Lok.
Lok avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos throws a hook to the side of Lok's head but Lok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lok throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lok misses with a series of wild punches.
Lok misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lok.
Santos misses the jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Santos avoids the head kick by Lok.
Man Chun Lok is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lok throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos throws a series of punches but Lok avoids them all with ease.
Lok throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lok throws a leg kick but Santos moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Lok moves into the clinch successfully.
Lok tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lok.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Lok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lok fails with a takedown attempt.
Lok shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense.
Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Man Chun Lok.
Lok takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lok misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Lok, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lok with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santos to score with a decent uppercut.

That has opened up Man Chun Lok's cut even more.
Santos misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lok takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lok looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos misses the jab.
Santos throws a shot from downtown. Lok moves away and avoids it.
Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos moves out of range as Lok throws a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

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