PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katsu Kazuhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuhiro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is BUSHIDO. Junior Dos Santos has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Kazuhiro
vs
Dos Santos

178 cm
20
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

196 cm
19
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Katsu Kazuhiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuhiro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dos Santos back to the cage. Kazuhiro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Kazuhiro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dos Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kazuhiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at *****MY YARD***** in the buildup to the fight.
Kazuhiro throws out a powerful jab.
Dos Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kazuhiro tries to avoid it but Dos Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kazuhiro to the ground. Kazuhiro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Kazuhiro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kazuhiro slaps away a takedown attempt from Dos Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A counter left hand to the body from Kazuhiro misses its target.
Katsu Kazuhiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Dos Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kazuhiro circles away.
Kazuhiro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kazuhiro connects with a looping right hand.
Kazuhiro lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos tries for a takedown but Kazuhiro circles away easily
and Dos Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kazuhiro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kazuhiro punishes Dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Kazuhiro scores with a three punch combo!
A punch lands to the side of Dos Santos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kazuhiro throws a good cross that connects.
Dos Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kazuhiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown
and Dos Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kazuhiro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but Kazuhiro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kazuhiro digs a good hook to Dos Santos's body.
Katsu Kazuhiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kazuhiro stalks Dos Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dos Santos's face. Dos Santos staggers backwards, shaken.

Dos Santos clinches with his opponent.

Kazuhiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kazuhiro is looking to wear down Dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Kazuhiro lands a nice shot that snaps Dos Santos's head back.
Kazuhiro digs a good hook to Dos Santos's body.
Kazuhiro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kazuhiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Kazuhiro lands with a shot to the body.
Kazuhiro closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Kazuhiro lands.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kazuhiro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the head.
Dos Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Kazuhiro gets double underhooks and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kazuhiro scores with the left hand. Dos Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Kazuhiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Kazuhiro pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Kazuhiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kazuhiro jabs at Dos Santos's body.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kazuhiro keeps the fight on the outside.
Kazuhiro cracks Dos Santos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kazuhiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos looks to clinch
and Kazuhiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Kazuhiro moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dos Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dos Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kazuhiro lands with an overhand left.
Kazuhiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dos Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Dos Santos wants to clinch but Kazuhiro slips to the side
and Kazuhiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kazuhiro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kazuhiro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kazuhiro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazuhiro lands a jab to the head.
Kazuhiro misses with a two punch combination.
Kazuhiro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dos Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dos Santos tries to clinch
and Kazuhiro counters with a right hand to the body.
Kazuhiro is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kazuhiro takes a swing at Dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Kazuhiro scores with a sloppy right hand. Dos Santos should have avoided that one.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Kazuhiro is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro scores with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dos Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kazuhiro lands with an overhand left.
Dos Santos shoots and misses
enabling Kazuhiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Kazuhiro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dos Santos in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kazuhiro. Dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos fails to land the takedown.
Dos Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsu Kazuhiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kazuhiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dos Santos wants to clinch
and Kazuhiro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kazuhiro lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot lands for Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro misses with a series of wild punches.
Kazuhiro lands a really nice looking cross but Dos Santos seems unphased.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.
Kazuhiro sizes up Dos Santos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kazuhiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Kazuhiro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dos Santos. Dos Santos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kazuhiro digs a good hook to Dos Santos's body.
Dos Santos is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kazuhiro is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Dos Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazuhiro circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Kazuhiro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kazuhiro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Nice straight punches there by Kazuhiro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kazuhiro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kazuhiro lands with an uppercut that bounces Dos Santos off the cage and back into range.
Kazuhiro scores with a shot to the body.
Dos Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Katsu Kazuhiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Dos Santos walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Kazuhiro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kazuhiro slaps away a takedown attempt from Dos Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Kazuhiro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kazuhiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Kazuhiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kazuhiro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Santos is defended easily by Kazuhiro.
Donk. Kazuhiro catches Dos Santos right on the button with a cross.
Kazuhiro lands with a good body shot.
Dos Santos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dos Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kazuhiro counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kazuhiro stops a takedown attempt from Dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kazuhiro jumps into guard, dragging Dos Santos to the mat.
Dos Santos has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Mega Gym - Capacity 35. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Kazuhiro throws his legs up looking for a submission but Dos Santos uses it to pass to side control.

Dos Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kazuhiro, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Kazuhiro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kazuhiro tries to bench press Dos Santos off him but Dos Santos keeps the position.
Kazuhiro tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Kazuhiro wants to hold on but Dos Santos pushes him away.
Dos Santos wants to control but Kazuhiro has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

Kazuhiro looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kazuhiro actively working from the bottom here.

Kazuhiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Kazuhiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kazuhiro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.

Kazuhiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Kazuhiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsu Kazuhiro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Kazuhiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazuhiro circles away.
Kazuhiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Kazuhiro digs a good body shot into Dos Santos's ribs.
A left lands for Kazuhiro.
Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Kazuhiro, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes Kazuhiro against the cage but Kazuhiro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kazuhiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kazuhiro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dos Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown
and Kazuhiro counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kazuhiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dos Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kazuhiro tries to avoid it but Dos Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kazuhiro to the ground. Kazuhiro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Katsu Kazuhiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Kazuhiro connects with a body shot that sends Dos Santos's belly button to the back.
Kazuhiro scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kazuhiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Dos Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuhiro lands a right hook to the body.
Dos Santos with a poor takedown
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kazuhiro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to the liver by Kazuhiro. Beautiful body shot.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the body.
Kazuhiro lands with a nice body punch.
Kazuhiro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kazuhiro stuffs the takedown.
Kazuhiro connects with a looping right hand.
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Kazuhiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Kazuhiro lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dos Santos backs up against the cage.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown
and Kazuhiro counters with a straight right hand.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown
letting Kazuhiro counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos ducks right into an uppercut from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro lands a slapping body shot.
Kazuhiro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dos Santos at a distance.
Dos Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kazuhiro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dos Santos scrambles back to his feet.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Kazuhiro is having none of it.
Kazuhiro throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kazuhiro slaps away a takedown attempt from Dos Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kazuhiro was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dos Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice cross by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro scores with a punch to the head.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Junior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kazuhiro connects with a body shot that sends Dos Santos's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Kazuhiro finish him?

Dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.

Kazuhiro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dos Santos pulls his head out easily.

Kazuhiro actively working from the bottom here.
Dos Santos is keen to just control but Kazuhiro is a slippery customer.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.

Kazuhiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Katsu Kazuhiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos moves nicely into side control.
Dos Santos has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Dos Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kazuhiro is looking to escape.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos is working for a guillotine from mount but Kazuhiro frees his head quite easily.

Dos Santos working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazuhiro tries to lock up and control but Dos Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kazuhiro holds on for dear life, controlling Dos Santos's posture momentarily.

Dos Santos is working for a guillotine from mount but Kazuhiro frees his head quite easily.

Kazuhiro reaches up to try and pull Dos Santos in and control his posture, but Dos Santos latches on to an arm and pivots quickly for an armbar! Kazuhiro taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Junior Dos Santos!