PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wagner dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Loconsole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

dos Santos
vs
Loconsole

173 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Attliction

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagner dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Loconsole!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loconsole blocks a head kick by dos Santos.

Loconsole closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Loconsole tries for a kimura but dos Santos is defending well.
dos Santos is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Loconsole off and has taken his back!

Loconsole defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of dos Santos's arms.
Loconsole wants to escape the position.

Loconsole is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if dos Santos gets his way!
Loconsole trying to get back to his feet but dos Santos is in full control for now.
Loconsole looking very determined here, making life difficult for dos Santos.
dos Santos doesn't have the hooks in and Loconsole manages to turn into his guard.
Loconsole tries to stand but dos Santos is controlling from the bottom.
Loconsole looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Loconsole gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Loconsole trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Loconsole gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Loconsole looks gassed!
Loconsole shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with dos Santos but dos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
dos Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Loconsole tries to clinch but dos Santos is having none of it.
A head kick misses from dos Santos.
Loconsole takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Loconsole fails to land the takedown.
dos Santos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Loconsole drives through and clinches with dos Santos against the cage.
dos Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Loconsole pulls his leg out and moves away.

Loconsole pushes dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

dos Santos is fighting off a takedown attempt but Loconsole is just too persistent for him and manages to trip dos Santos to the mat. dos Santos regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loconsole slips nicely into half guard.

Loconsole stands up out of the half guard.
Wagner dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loconsole blocks a head kick by dos Santos.

dos Santos gets caught flat footed, as Loconsole shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Loconsole is pushing down on dos Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. dos Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Loconsole has managed to sneak the leg through.
Loconsole wants to free his trapped foot but dos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Loconsole is looking for a kimura here.

Loconsole postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for dos Santos to stand up.
dos Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice combo by dos Santos! Oh, that's hurt him - Loconsole falls to the canvas and dos Santos follows him into side control.

Loconsole is rocked!

dos Santos tries for a kimura but Loconsole is defending well.
Loconsole is still in real trouble! Can dos Santos finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

dos Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no dos Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Loconsole seems to have recovered his senses.

dos Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Loconsole tries to improve position but can't.
Loconsole gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
dos Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
dos Santos tries to control but Loconsole wriggling away.

dos Santos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

dos Santos stands up from mount. Strange move.
dos Santos throws a series of punches but Loconsole avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.

Loconsole feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Loconsole drops back, looking for a kneebar! dos Santos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. dos Santos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from dos Santos!
Loconsole is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on dos Santos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
dos Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

dos Santos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Loconsole defends it well.

dos Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Loconsole defends the submission attempt.

dos Santos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Loconsole doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time dos Santos.
dos Santos is keen to just control but Loconsole is a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Loconsole looking for submissions off his back.
Loconsole tries to roll over but dos Santos keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wagner dos Santos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Loconsole avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Loconsole moves into the clinch.

Loconsole works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Loconsole is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
dos Santos is trying to control the position but Loconsole postures up.

Loconsole postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! dos Santos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Loconsole, into his guard.

dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Loconsole has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes dos Santos off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
dos Santos throws a lazy head kick

and Loconsole counters by moving into the clinch.
dos Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
dos Santos fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wagner dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loconsole misses with a knee strike.
Loconsole lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Loconsole.

It looks like Wagner dos Santos has been cut.
Loconsole with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loconsole with a knee to the head.
Loconsole scores with a knee to the head.

Loconsole gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Loconsole sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed dos Santos's guard.
Loconsole passes to full mount!
dos Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
dos Santos regains half guard.

dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nick Loconsole has got the better of the ground game so far.
dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Loconsole has control of the leg.
dos Santos trying to control from the bottom.

Loconsole is working for a kimura but dos Santos is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. dos Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Loconsole pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dos Santos is keeping the position for now.

dos Santos working for a triangle but Loconsole defends it easily.
Loconsole passes dos Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loconsole frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Loconsole is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, dos Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Loconsole jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… dos Santos is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by dos Santos and Loconsole has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
dos Santos is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
You can see the frustration on dos Santos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Loconsole looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
dos Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Loconsole is looking for a kimura here.
Loconsole tries to pass the half guard into mount. dos Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loconsole passes to side control.

Loconsole decides to stand up, so the ref orders dos Santos to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loconsole, right into the meat.

Loconsole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
dos Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Loconsole just stands there and leans against the cage.

Loconsole drags the fight down to the ground.

dos Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
dos Santos trying to control but Loconsole is working from the bottom.

dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
dos Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Loconsole is proving hard to escape from.
dos Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Loconsole keeps working.

Loconsole looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

dos Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Loconsole is just riding it out for now. dos Santos eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loconsole gets back to full guard.
dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Loconsole swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Loconsole escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. dos Santos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Loconsole manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Loconsole moves into the clinch successfully.

Loconsole is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. dos Santos can't fight it off and eventually Loconsole manages to take the fight to the floor. dos Santos looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loconsole pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loconsole pushing down on dos Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Loconsole has control of the leg.
Loconsole tries to pass the half guard into mount. dos Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Loconsole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wagner dos Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Loconsole gets a clinch.
dos Santos fails to pull guard.
dos Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Loconsole shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Loconsole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Loconsole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Loconsole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
dos Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Loconsole smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wagner dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from dos Santos.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by dos Santos!
dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Loconsole shows good takedown defense.

Loconsole gets a takedown into half guard.

Loconsole stands up and beckons dos Santos to join him on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Loconsole shoots in and bounces dos Santos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Loconsole slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
dos Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Loconsole pushes his legs off easily.
dos Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Loconsole is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Loconsole tries to free his leg and advance position but dos Santos is retaining full guard.

Loconsole drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but dos Santos manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Loconsole has dos Santos in his guard.
dos Santos passes Loconsole's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Loconsole moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Loconsole wants to get back to his feet but dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Loconsole is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! dos Santos rolls with it to try and escape but Loconsole cranks on the arm and dos Santos is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nick Loconsole!