PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Legion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legion's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, FACE THE PAIN. Junior Dos Santos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kane Legion's chin.

Legion
vs
Dos Santos

197 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kane Legion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Legion 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.
Legion looking to sit in guard and control but Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Legion is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Legion keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Legion is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Legion is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Legion looking for a takedown.
Legion has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Legion drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kane Legion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legion wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Legion has him pressed against the cage.

Legion tightens his grip and picks Santos up, before dumping him to the ground. Santos manages to land in guard.
Legion is breathing heavily.
Legion prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.

Legion is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Legion drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Legion jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Santos should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Legion has gone for a leg lock! Santos slips out almost immediately though and dives into Legion's guard.
Santos stops Legion from standing up.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Santos wants to stand but Legion is controlling his posture from full guard.
Santos wants to control from the top but Legion keeps moving.

Legion is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Santos defends well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos stays in close to Legion's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legion is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Santos gets to his feet - Legion follows without any prompting.

Santos lands a left and a right that send Legion crashing to the mat, dazed. Santos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Legion is rocked!

It looks like Kane Legion has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legion takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oh Legion is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Legion is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Santos doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Legion crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Legion's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Junior Dos Santos!
Our winner, Junior Dos Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.