PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Dos Santos
vs
Grove

189 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kendall Grove!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Grove.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Grove moves out of range easily.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Grove swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Dos Santos misses
and Grove counters with a straight right hand.
Grove throws a leg kick

and Dos Santos counters with a left and a right that hurts Grove! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Dos Santos jumps into full mount!
Grove is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grove really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grove keeps trying to improve his position.
Dos Santos loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Grove scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Dos Santos land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Dos Santos stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Dos Santos!