PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 783 p4p, 1010 weight class) and Jake The Dog (ranked 109 p4p, 141 weight class). The Dog has chosen Meditation Time as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Costa
vs
The Dog

183 cm
31
190
18 - 16 - 0

186 cm
35
195
18 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake The Dog!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dog lands a jab.
The Dog connects with a crisp jab.

Costa gets a takedown into half guard.

Costa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but The Dog sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Dog manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The Dog looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa looking to sit in guard and control but The Dog gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The Dog controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The Dog has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Desert Fitness & Training -13 Elites/1 Sensational. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog scoring with punches to the head and body.
The Dog preventing the sweep.
We've been hearing good reports from Costa's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa is working hard here to advance position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Dog accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Dog sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Costa has his feet on The Dog's thighs here. He's pushed The Dog off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! The Dog screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Santiago Costa!
A victorious Santiago Costa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.