PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Wain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Delo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wain comes to the cage accompanied by Bring the Noise. Delo Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Last Resort. John Wain could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Diego Delo Santos's chin.

Wain
vs
Delo Santos

196 cm
31
201 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

195 cm
28
179 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Wain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Delo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wain throws a lazy right hand but Delo Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Delo Santos.
Wain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wain blocks a head kick by Delo Santos.
Wain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Delo Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Delo Santos lands.
Wain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Delo Santos as he avoids it easily.
Wain looks to land a right hand but Delo Santos moved out of range.
Wain takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Delo Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Delo Santos scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Delo Santos misses.
Delo Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Delo Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Delo Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wain's hands.
Delo Santos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wain shoots in looking for a takedown. Delo Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Wain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Delo Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Delo Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wain avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wain scores with a takedown into Delo Santos's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Delo Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Delo Santos, not yet.
Wain throws a big elbow that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delo Santos is trying to control the position but Wain postures up.
Wain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Delo Santos working a defensive guard here.
Wain postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wain controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wain with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delo Santos working a defensive guard here.
Delo Santos keeping moving, preventing Wain from controlling successfully.
Delo Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wain stands and throws Delo Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Delo Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wain wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Wain is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Delo Santos looks calm but he's in trouble here. Wain gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Delo Santos is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Wain lets go of the hold and Delo Santos can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Wain!
In his post fight interview, John Wain gave a big smile as he said 'I like boobs'.