 |
QFC Tournament 976 Round 4 PBP Commentary |
Main event
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace Leon (ranked 2681 p4p, 333 weight class) and Vitor Dos Santos (ranked 4020 p4p, 425 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
|
175 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick |
|
Good wrestler
Basic striking
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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ace Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leon changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dos Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dos Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Leon lands an elbow.
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Leon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Leon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Leon drops an elbow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Leon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leon prevents Dos Santos from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dos Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dos Santos striking from the bottom here.
Leon works over Dos Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Leon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dos Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dos Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leon working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dos Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Leon throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Leon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos is striking but Leon is not phased and passes to half guard.
Dos Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dos Santos is still trying to improve position.
Leon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Leon landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dos Santos tries to roll over but Leon keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dos Santos wants to get back to full guard but Leon has passed into side control.
Dos Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard.
Leon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dos Santos tries to buck Leon off but Leon is having none of it.
Leon scoring with punches from side control.
Leon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Leon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Leon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leon lands strikes from half guard.
Leon working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dos Santos tries to roll over but Leon keeps him under control.
Dos Santos gets back to full guard.
Dos Santos punching from the bottom - just letting Leon know he's still in a fight.
Leon advances to half guard.
Leon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dos Santos missing with punches from the bottom.
Leon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Leon has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but Leon has passed to side control!
Leon working the ground and pound.
Leon lands a nice forearm strike.
Dos Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Leon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Leon creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Leon working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to half guard.
Leon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Leon working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Leon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dos Santos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Leon was covering up waiting for the punch and Dos Santos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Leon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Leon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Leon has wrist control.
Dos Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dos Santos lands a few punches from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Leon gets back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leon won't allow Dos Santos to pass to mount.
Leon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Leon gets full guard.
Leon working for a triangle but Dos Santos defends it easily.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Leon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Leon has momentary wrist control but Dos Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Leon has his foot on Dos Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dos Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
Leon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Leon is looking for a triangle but Dos Santos pushes his legs off easily.
Ace Leon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Leon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dos Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Leon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos loads up on a big left hand. Leon felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Dos Santos looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Leon can't hide his disappointment, as Dos Santos celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitor Dos Santos!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
48% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
