PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Teale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Teale is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De Jesus
vs
Teale

191 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago De Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Teale!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

De Jesus rushes Teale and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from De Jesus.
Teale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Teale avoids the damage to the body.

Teale successfully pulls guard.
Teale is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Teale is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Teale wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teale seems keen to control De Jesus's posture.
Teale throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
De Jesus would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santiago De Jesus has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A combination from De Jesus does no damage.
Teale circles away from the clinch attempt

and Teale holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Teale tries to pull guard but De Jesus forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Teale tries to pull guard but De Jesus forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
De Jesus is looking to break free of the clinch but Teale has double underhooks.
Teale leaning against his opponent.
De Jesus has had enough of the clinch but Teale keeps him there for the moment.

Teale gets control of De Jesus's arms and successfully pulls guard. Teale will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Teale throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
De Jesus is fighting to break Teale's control of his arms but Teale is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Dave Teale has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Teale fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
De Jesus lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by De Jesus.

De Jesus has closed the distance and engaged Teale in a clinch.
Teale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Jesus's efforts to push away.
Teale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Jesus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Teale's face as he tries to break the clinch.

De Jesus manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Jesus tries to clinch but Teale moves out of range.
De Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch but Teale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Jesus misses with a two punch combination.
Teale shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Jesus defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dave Teale will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

De Jesus pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Teale back to the cage. De Jesus follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
De Jesus fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Jesus tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Teale moves into the clinch.
De Jesus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Teale is keeping busy.
Teale connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Santiago De Jesus has been cut.
De Jesus wants to get back to striking at distance but Teale won't allow it.
Teale tries to break free but De Jesus pushes him back against the cage.
De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Teale is trying to drag De Jesus to the mat but De Jesus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Jesus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Jesus is looking to clinch.
De Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch but Teale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch but Teale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Jesus is looking to clinch but Teale is avoiding it.
De Jesus tries to clinch but Teale is having none of it.
De Jesus tries to clinch up but Teale circles away and keeps his distance.
Teale shoots in but no luck this time.
De Jesus tries to clinch but Teale is having none of it.
De Jesus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Jesus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus lands with a kick to the temple. Teale shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Jesus closes the distance but Teale moves to the side

and Teale counters by clinching up.
De Jesus tries to circle away but Teale has him pinned against the cage.
Teale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Teale stalling the fight.
Teale working hard to break the clinch.

De Jesus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Teale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teale avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Jesus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teale is looking to clinch but De Jesus is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Jesus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Jesus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Jesus is trying to break free.
De Jesus wants to stall.

Teale gets control of De Jesus's arms and successfully pulls guard. Teale will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Teale escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Jesus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Teale trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teale is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De Jesus postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
De Jesus tries to stand but Teale is controlling from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Santiago De Jesus.
De Jesus lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago De Jesus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Santiago De Jesus's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Jesus is looking to clinch but Teale is avoiding it.
Teale keeps the fight on the outside.
De Jesus just misses with a punch to the body.
De Jesus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Teale takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Teale throws a shot to the body.
Teale takes a head kick and keeps coming.
De Jesus closes the distance but Teale moves to the side

and Teale counters with a single leg into guard. De Jesus didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teale loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Teale engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Teale sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed De Jesus's guard.
Teale with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dave Teale has got the better of the ground game so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dave Teale was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Teale looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teale fails with the takedown.
Teale has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Jesus.

Teale closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. De Jesus quickly recovers to half guard.
De Jesus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Teale is thwarting De Jesus's attempts to control the position.
Teale moves into full mount! De Jesus won't be happy about that!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Jesus defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Teale.
De Jesus is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Teale content just to control the position here.
Teale lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teale trying to control but he's not successful this time.
De Jesus holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Teale tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Teale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Teale has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Teale!