PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Santos De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zombo Axe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos De Jesus comes to the cage accompanied by Without Honor or Humanity. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Santos De Jesus
vs
Axe

188 cm
24
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
255 lbs
7 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Santos De Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zombo Axe!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos De Jesus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Santos De Jesus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Axe to the mat! Axe manages to get full guard.
Axe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Santos De Jesus controls the pace.
Santos De Jesus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Axe's guard.
Santos De Jesus has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Santos De Jesus sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus lands a nice shot to the head.
Santos De Jesus thowing shots but they're missing.
Santos De Jesus controlling the position easily from mount.

Santos De Jesus looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santos De Jesus working for a guillotine from mount but Axe is in no mood to give up.
Axe is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Santos De Jesus has taken his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Axe is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Axe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos De Jesus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos De Jesus has Axe flattened out and is raining down punches.

Santos De Jesus has his arm under Axe's chin here. Game over son! Santos De Jesus squeezes tightly and Axe is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thiago Santos De Jesus!
A victorious Thiago Santos De Jesus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.