PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Obworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Obworth
vs
Dos Santos

199 cm
42
261 lbs
33 - 17 - 1

193 cm
29
257 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Hellbent
Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Obworth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Obworth closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.
Jacob Obworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos misses with an uppercut
and Obworth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Obworth drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Obworth working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
Santos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Obworth asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Obworth throws an elbow but Santos slips to the side and avoids it well.
Obworth lands an elbow.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Obworth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ground and pound from Obworth seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Obworth working the ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos taking a bit of punishment here - Obworth scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obworth cracks Santos with a big elbow.
Obworth scores with punches from side control.
The strikes coming from Obworth are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Obworth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Obworth is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The strikes coming from Obworth are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Obworth creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Obworth connects with a decent elbow.
Obworth lands a decent elbow from side control.
Obworth cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Obworth in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Obworth throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obworth lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Santos down.

Obworth is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Santos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Santos is trying to control Obworth's posture but Obworth avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obworth lands a decent elbow from side control.
Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Obworth looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Obworth lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obworth working the ground and pound.
The crowd goes nuts as Obworth knocks Santos out cold with a massive hammerfist! Obworth Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jacob Obworth!
Jacob Obworth retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Jacob Obworth 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.