PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Lang (ranked 186 p4p, 29 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 1843 p4p, 279 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lang might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Granite Breaker. Junior Dos Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lang
vs
Dos Santos

175 cm
29
169 lbs
17 - 2 - 0

196 cm
24
172 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang cracks Dos Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Lang.
Lang looks to throw the jab but Dos Santos is out of range.
Lang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lang.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Lang. Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos feints the counter takedown.
Lang misses with a hook.
Lang listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lang lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lang.
Dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dos Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dos Santos has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang throws a good cross that connects.
Dos Santos moves away from the strike by Lang.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Lang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lang throws a body shot but no joy.
Dos Santos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lang throws a big shot that misses.
Dos Santos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice defenses there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Lang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dos Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Lang.
Lang throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Lang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lang misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lang.
Dos Santos drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lang defends it well.
Lang scores with a nice head shot.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Dos Santos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dos Santos on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lang tests Dos Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dos Santos slips a jab from Lang.
Dos Santos feints the counter takedown.
David Lang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Lang.
Lang misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Dos Santos.
Lang lunges at Dos Santos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dos Santos's hand.
Lang scores with a shot to the body.
Dos Santos slips under a jab.
Dos Santos tries for a takedown but Lang circles away easily
and Lang counters with a straight right hand.
Lang 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.
We've been told by Lang's head coaches at Shark Tank MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Lang misses the target.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Lang misses with an uppercut. Dos Santos saw that one coming.
A big left from Lang misses.
Dos Santos with the counter takedown but Lang avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dos Santos slips under a jab from Lang.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Lang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That has opened up Junior Dos Santos's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Lang misses.
Dos Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lang cracks Dos Santos on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Dos Santos falls backwards against the cage. Lang follows up with more strikes that drop Dos Santos to his knees. Lang keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Dos Santos! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Lang!
David Lang retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking David Lang thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.