PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Velasquez

180 cm
18
263 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cain Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Velasquez gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Well, if Velasquez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dos Santos trying to control here.
Dos Santos tries to roll over but Velasquez keeps him under control.
Dos Santos wants to control the action here but instead Velasquez manages to pass to full mount!
Dos Santos is just holding on here. Velasquez manages to take his back.
Velasquez avoiding Dos Santos 's attempts to control his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velasquez is looking to control Dos Santos but Dos Santos is wriggling around and keeping busy.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Velasquez controlling the positon.
Velasquez lands shots from the back.
Velasquez is hanging on to Dos Santos's back as he tries to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Velasquez lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dos Santos.

Velasquez has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Dos Santos is defending well but eventually Velasquez manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Dos Santos has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cain Velasquez!
A very excited looking Cain Velasquez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.