PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Maci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos's entrance music is beamer,benz or bentley. A fine choice. Maci has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jNyaPvsCLE&feature=related as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Dos Santos
vs
Maci

194 cm
34
260 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

195 cm
22
266 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mario Maci!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Mario Maci seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maci looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Maci avoids them all with ease.
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maci circles away quickly and effectively.
Maci is looking to clinch.
Maci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maci looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Maci bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dos Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maci takes a swing at Dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Dos Santos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dos Santos works over Maci's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maci throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dos Santos with a nice cross.
Maci tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos scores with a hook to the body. Maci takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maci showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maci eats them both and turns towards Dos Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dos Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maci takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dos Santos throws a combination. Maci tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maci has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a two punch combo.
Dos Santos cracks Maci with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A left and a right from Dos Santos both land. Nice combination.

Maci is rocked!
Maci lands a nice hook to Dos Santos's body. Dos Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dos Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dos Santos duly obliges.
Maci is still on wobbly legs! Can Dos Santos finish him?
Dos Santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
Dos Santos drops Maci with a huge uppercut! Maci drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Dos Santos is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Dos Santos!
After winning the bout, Junior Dos Santos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.