PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiam Dos Santos (ranked 3106 p4p, 381 weight class) and Sake Chu (ranked 2808 p4p, 356 weight class). Chu has chosen Daughtry - Renegade as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Chu

187 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Woodhouse's

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raiam Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sake Chu!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos swings for the body but Chu moves out of range.
Chu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Chu misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Chu does no damage.
Chu throws a big shot that misses.
Chu throws a hook but Dos Santos blocks it.
Dos Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.

Dos Santos darts in and clinches Chu up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Dos Santos.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu misses with the head strike.
Dos Santos cracks Chu with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
Dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
Dos Santos pushes Chu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chu lands with a short shot to the head.
Chu is working Dos Santos over against the cage.
Chu misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a shot to the body.
Dos Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dos Santos misses with a body punch.
Chu lands a right hand.
Dos Santos gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos misses with a body punch.
Dos Santos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Dos Santos.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Santos.

Chu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dos Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chu.
Chu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chu throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Dos Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Chu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
Dos Santos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos prevents a body shot from Chu.
Dos Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chu.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dos Santos.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Chu swinging wildly here.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dos Santos seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chu misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chu's hands.
A jab from Dos Santos finds it's way through Chu's defenses.
Dos Santos misses with a looping right.
Chu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.

Chu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the body.
Chu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Oooooh!!! Chu has knocked Dos Santos down with a huge combo! Chu steps away and waves a wobbly Dos Santos back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Dos Santos is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos ducks into an uppercut from Chu and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sake Chu!
After winning the bout, Sake Chu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.