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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neto Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zangief gief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neto Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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236 lbs
1 - 9 - 0 |
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253 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neto Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zangief gief!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
gief shoots in for a double leg but Dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dos Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
gief shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but gief is having none of it.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but gief swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
gief closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
Neto Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zangief gief.
gief shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dos Santos's guard.
Dos Santos being controlled here, momentarily.
gief won't allow Dos Santos to sweep him here.
gief controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
gief drops back looking for a leg! Dos Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dos Santos manages to kick gief off! gief jumps back into Dos Santos's guard.
gief is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
I looks like gief might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Dos Santos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
gief advances to half guard.
gief sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up here but gief is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
gief is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Despite being in the dominant position, Zangief gief just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
gief shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
gief scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with gief in particular looking to stall.
Let's hope that gief has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
gief takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
gief performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
gief seems to be looking for submissions.
Dos Santos is trying to stand back up but gief is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
gief works his way into side control.
gief staying calm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Despite being in the dominant position, Zangief gief just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos gets the takedown into side control.
gief manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
gief missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
gief is controlling the pace.
gief is looking to advance position but Dos Santos won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zangief gief dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
gief tightens his grip and picks Dos Santos up, before dumping him to the ground. Dos Santos manages to land in guard.
gief controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dos Santos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
gief postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
gief is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
gief landing with the ground and pound.
gief slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
gief pushes down on Dos Santos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
gief content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Despite being in the dominant position, Zangief gief just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
gief doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
gief wants to control but Dos Santos postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dos Santos tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Dos Santos working away.
gief is trying to get back to half guard.
gief is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dos Santos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
gief is controlling Dos Santos's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is stalling here. gief is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dos Santos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and gief has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Dos Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos is trying to buck gief off.
Dos Santos trying to remain calm as gief controls from the top position.
gief's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Despite being in the dominant position, Zangief gief just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos clinches up with gief and pushes him back against the cage.
gief keeps control of Dos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
gief has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dos Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Neto Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zangief gief.
The referee calls for Dos Santos to work.
gief has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Dos Santos is trying to keep an underhook but gief manages to get the takedown into half guard.
gief sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zangief gief showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
gief shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
gief scores a takedown into full mount!
gief lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dos Santos hang on?
gief looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dos Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
gief looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dos Santos can't escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
gief avoids the attempt from Dos Santos to control.
Dos Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
gief controlling from the full mount.
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
gief controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
gief landing strikes from the mount.
gief takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Despite being in the dominant position, Zangief gief just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos has his takedown stuffed
and gief counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
gief seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
gief with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
gief prevents Dos Santos from getting back to his feet.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as gief controls the pace.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but gief is one step ahead there.
gief not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dos Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. gief doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. gief manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
gief with a nice head shot there.
gief prevents Dos Santos from getting back to his feet.
gief controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zangief gief comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got gief winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zangief gief!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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