PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 3629 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maca Yuri Karen (ranked 23616 p4p, 0 weight class). Karen has chosen Dehao Zhang-Ching Chang Hon Chi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Maca Yuri Karen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dos Santos
vs
Yuri Karen

196 cm
26
172 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

178 cm
21
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Maca Yuri Karen !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Karen throws a hook but Dos Santos avoids it easily.
Dos Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Karen scores with a one two! Dos Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Karen tests Dos Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've been hearing reports that Dos Santos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Karen , as that shot connected.
Dos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Karen .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Karen .

Karen lands a left and a right that send Dos Santos crashing to the mat, dazed. Karen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Dos Santos is rocked!
Karen fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Dos Santos square on the jaw! Damn, Dos Santos is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maca Yuri Karen !