PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Dos Santos (ranked 3976 p4p, 457 weight class) and Duke Johnson (ranked 6924 p4p, 584 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Dos Santos
vs
Johnson

181 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
211 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Diogo Dos Santos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Duke Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dos Santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dos Santos misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Johnson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Dos Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson works his way into full mount!
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Johnson wants to control the pace but Dos Santos is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Dos Santos manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dos Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.

Dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Dos Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Dos Santos looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Johnson has picked Dos Santos up and slammed him! Dos Santos can't keep hold of the triangle and Johnson manages to pass to side control!
Dos Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Johnson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dos Santos tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.

Dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Johnson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dos Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Johnson passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos looking for subs from the bottom but Johnson mounts him!
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson looking to finish Dos Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dos Santos !
Johnson wants to control the pace but Dos Santos is squirming around nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dos Santos is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson controlling from mount.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dos Santos is looking to escape.
Johnson lands a heavy elbow.
Johnson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Johnson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos is not content to let Johnson control the position.

Dos Santos is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Johnson is tapping! Great win for Dos Santos !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Diogo Dos Santos !
After the fight, Diogo Dos Santos was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.