PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Delo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chras Watsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delo Santos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Last Resort. Diego Delo Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Delo Santos
vs
Watsky

195 cm
25
179 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

179 cm
22
174 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Delo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chras Watsky!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watsky on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Watsky darts in trying to clinch
and Delo Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watsky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Delo Santos counters with a nice body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Delo Santos blocks the leg kick.
Delo Santos lands a body shot.
Delo Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Delo Santos swinging wildly here.
Watsky shoots in looking for a takedown but Delo Santos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Watsky's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delo Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watsky.
Delo Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Watsky dodges the punch combination from Delo Santos.
A head kick misses from Delo Santos.
Diego Delo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Delo Santos does no damage.
Watsky moves to clinch but Delo Santos breaks away
and Delo Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Delo Santos swinging wildly here.
Watsky throws a head kick but Delo Santos moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watsky throws a series of punches but Delo Santos moves out of range.
Delo Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Delo Santos.
Delo Santos misses with a leg kick

and Watsky counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Watsky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Delo Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Delo Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Watsky wants to control the action here but instead Delo Santos manages to pass to full mount!
Delo Santos misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watsky's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Watsky can't escape the position.
Delo Santos throwing strikes here but Watsky is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Delo Santos looking to ground and pound but Watsky is blocking nicely.
Delo Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watsky is trying to escape the mount.
Delo Santos throws some wild stikes that Watsky manages to avoid easily.
Watsky blocking the ground and pound.
Delo Santos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Delo Santos thowing shots but they're missing.
Delo Santos looking to finish with strikes here!

Delo Santos looking to secure an arm triangle but Watsky defends it well.
Watsky is looking to improve his position but Delo Santos isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watsky is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Delo Santos jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Watsky is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Watsky and Delo Santos has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Delo Santos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Watsky regains half guard, as Delo Santos was trying to land strikes.
Delo Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delo Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watsky gets back to full guard.
Delo Santos preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Delo Santos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Watsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Watsky on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Watsky shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A good leg kick by Delo Santos.
Delo Santos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Delo Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Delo Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Watsky tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Delo Santos counters with a left to the body.
Delo Santos digs a good body shot into Watsky's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delo Santos cracks Watsky with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Watsky takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Delo Santos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Delo Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego Delo Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Delo Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Watsky 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.

Watsky stands up from Delo Santos's guard - Watsky perhaps looking for a knockout.
Watsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Delo Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watsky is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diego Delo Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watsky shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Delo Santos as he jumps to the side.
Delo Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watsky gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Delo Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delo Santos connects with a jab.
Delo Santos throws a right and a left that Watsky avoids nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Delo Santos.

Delo Santos breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Watsky misses
and Delo Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Delo Santos as he connects with a hook.

Watsky is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Delo Santos knocks Watsky out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Diego Delo Santos!
Our winner, Diego Delo 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.