PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Delo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Doumbos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delo Santos comes into the arena with Last Resort blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Delo Santos
vs
Doumbos

195 cm
28
179 lbs
12 - 13 - 1

186 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 - 13 - 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Doumbos!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doumbos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doumbos misses with a two punch combination.
Doumbos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Doumbos throws a hook but Delo Santos avoids it easily.
Doumbos shoots in looking for a takedown but Delo Santos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Doumbos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sloppy strikes from Delo Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Delo Santos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Doumbos.
Doumbos darts in looking for a takedown but Delo Santos gets double underhooks and turns Doumbos into the cage.

Doumbos tightens his grip and picks Delo Santos up, before dumping him to the ground. Delo Santos manages to land in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Delo Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Delo Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Doumbos on the ground.
Doumbos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delo Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Doumbos is proving a slippery customer.
Doumbos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Doumbos with a nice head shot there.
Doumbos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doumbos is looking to work some ground and pound but Delo Santos has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doumbos is in close to Delo Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Delo Santos looking to control.

Delo Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Doumbos defends it easily.
Delo Santos 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.
Doumbos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Doumbos stands up over Delo Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Doumbos is looking to work some ground and pound but Delo Santos has wrist control.
Doumbos wants to control from the top but Delo Santos keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doumbos is in close to Delo Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Doumbos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Delo Santos keeping moving, preventing Doumbos from controlling successfully.
Delo Santos trying to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doumbos throws a big right hand that misses.
Delo Santos has momentary wrist control but Doumbos slips an elbow through the middle.
Doumbos forces his way into half guard.
Doumbos is trying to control the action in half guard but Delo Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doumbos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Delo Santos is trying to control but Doumbos passes into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delo Santos is looking for a sweep.
Doumbos is working Delo Santos over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doumbos working the ground and pound.

Delo Santos is rocked!
Doumbos lands a strong strike to the head of Delo Santos. That's dazed him! Doumbos looking to finish here. Delo Santos is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Doumbos lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Doumbos!