PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rafael dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

dos Santos
vs
Sanchez

178 cm
36
155 lbs
19 - 17 - 1

188 cm
24
147 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
dos Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sanchez. Sanchez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sanchez thows a body kick. dos Santos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
dos Santos throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
dos Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Sanchez, looking for a takedown. dos Santos pushes Sanchez against the cage but Sanchez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
dos Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Sanchez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on dos Santos. That did some damage!
dos Santos takes one to the side of the head.
dos Santos fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by dos Santos.
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanchez but Sanchez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps dos Santos's head backwards.
dos Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from dos Santos misses.
dos Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
A solid body kick from Sanchez.
dos Santos misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Rafael dos Santos has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez jabs at dos Santos's body.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
dos Santos takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez with a hook.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
dos Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
dos Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sanchez!
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Horrible takedown by dos Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
dos Santos misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.
Sanchez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of dos Santos's head.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanchez. That snapped dos Santos's head back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on dos Santos. That did some damage!
dos Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Diego Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez lands with a nice body kick.
dos Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sanchez thumps dos Santos with a low kick.
dos Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
dos Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
dos Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

dos Santos is rocked!
Sanchez cracks dos Santos on the jaw with a powerful right hand and dos Santos falls backwards against the cage. Sanchez follows up with more strikes that drop dos Santos to his knees. Sanchez keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save dos Santos! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanchez!
A relieved looking Diego Sanchez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.