PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Irrozios (ranked 4524 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 1786 p4p, 0 weight class). Irrozios comes to the cage accompanied by L'Algérino - Hasni. Frank Irrozios is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Irrozios
vs
Dos Santos

152 cm
36
156 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

196 cm
33
154 lbs
20 - 28 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Irrozios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irrozios.
Irrozios throws a big shot that misses.
Dos Santos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Dos Santos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Irrozios to the ground. Dos Santos is now in Irrozios's guard.
Dos Santos advances to half guard.

Dos Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dos Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Irrozios manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Dos Santos keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but Irrozios won't allow it.
Dos Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Irrozios walks away with a smile on his face. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dos Santos moves away from the strike by Irrozios.

Dos Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irrozios wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Irrozios might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
Irrozios is wriggling around but Dos Santos manages to pass to half guard.
Irrozios is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Irrozios makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Frank Irrozios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Irrozios scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Dos Santos manages to mount him!

Dos Santos is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Irrozios to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Irrozios shrugs it off.
Irrozios is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dos Santos takes Irrozios's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Irrozios is in trouble.
Irrozios is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Dos Santos is cranking Irrozios's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Irrozios! He's tightened the choke and Irrozios is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Junior Dos Santos!
Junior Dos Santos really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sully's Bar & Grill logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.