PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Braddock
vs
Dos Santos

195 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
230 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock tries to land a leg kick but Dos Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Braddock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dos Santos's hands.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Braddock as Dos Santos shoots in.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Braddock scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braddock swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Santos.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braddock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Braddock as he avoids it easily.
James Braddock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Horrible takedown by Braddock or perhaps it was just good defense by Dos Santos which made him look bad.
Braddock is looking to land body kicks.
Braddock fails with a takedown attempt.
Braddock tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Dos Santos like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Dos Santos from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Braddock!
James Braddock decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.