PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nelio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong Su han (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Su han has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Kong Su han told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

dos Santos
vs
Su han

177 cm
25
152 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

168 cm
22
151 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nelio dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kong Su han!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
dos Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Su han.
dos Santos looks for a takedown but Su han sprawls well.
No luck for dos Santos with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelio dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Su han moves into the clinch successfully.
Su han lands a nice knee to the body.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on dos Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Su han.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Su han crunches a lovely knee into dos Santos's ribcage.
Su han lands a nice knee to the body.
Su han gets underhooks to prevent dos Santos's takedown attempt.
dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
dos Santos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Su han.

It looks like Nelio dos Santos has been cut.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
dos Santos dodges an elbow strike from Su han.
dos Santos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Su han throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Su han scores a nice knee to the body.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Su han lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Su han gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Su han unloads a knee to the mid-section. dos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Su han comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Su han throws an elbow but it misses.
Su han lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Su han trying to land knees to the body.
Su han with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Su han throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Su han gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from dos Santos.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han throws an elbow that misses.
Su han utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Su han lands an elbow that stopped dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
dos Santos jumps guard but Su han stands there with dos Santos around his waist. dos Santos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Su han scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Su han scores with a knee to the head.
dos Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Su han throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Su han.
Su han misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from dos Santos.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Su han.
dos Santos looking for a takedown.
Su han throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Su han trying to land knees to the body.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Su han throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Su han pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
dos Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Su han lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Su han pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Su han utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Su han gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Su han tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Su han utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Su han throws an elbow but misses.
dos Santos fails to pull guard.
dos Santos wants a takedown.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Su han with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
dos Santos blocks the elbow strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries to break the clinch but Su han is controlling the position.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Su han pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
dos Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nice elbow from Su han.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Su han throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Su han looking to throw knees to the head but dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Su han lands a good knee to the midsection. dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Su han lands an elbow that stopped dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
Su han prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from Su han.
Su han throws an elbow but it misses.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han connects with a knee to the head.
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Su han.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
dos Santos is trying to drag Su han to the mat but Su han just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Su han.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Su han misses with a knee strike.
Su han throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Su han.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Su han.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Su han.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
Su han throws an elbow but it misses.
dos Santos looking for a takedown.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
dos Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Su han fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Su han fails with an attempt to clinch.
Su han displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dos Santos.
Su han tries a head kick but it misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Su han defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dos Santos.

dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Su han wants to get back to his feet.

dos Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
dos Santos wants to control but Su han is keeping him busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Su han is defending against the submission attempts here by dos Santos.
Su han is trying to stand up here but dos Santos is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kong Su han dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nelio dos Santos's cut.
That's time! dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Su han, looking for a takedown. dos Santos pushes Su han against the cage but Su han circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dos Santos is defended easily by Su han.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelio dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Su han displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dos Santos.
dos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Su han.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

dos Santos jumps into guard, dragging Su han to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Su han wants to get up but he can't break dos Santos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Su han really doesn't want to stay on the ground with dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

dos Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Su han is aware though and is defending well.

dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Su han tries to stand but dos Santos is controlling from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Su han accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

dos Santos working for a triangle but Su han defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Su han trying to stand up but can't free himself from dos Santos's guard.
dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Su han got a little sloppy there for a moment and dos Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Su han has managed to get both his arms back between dos Santos's legs - danger averted.
Su han throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Su han defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos working a defensive guard here.

Su han stands up from dos Santos's guard - Su han perhaps looking for a knockout.
Su han moves in looking to clinch but dos Santos pushes him off.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Su han.
Su han wants to clinch up but dos Santos keeps it at a distance.
dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Su han feints and then cracks dos Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow dos Santos down.
Nelio dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Su han.
Su han is looking to slow dos Santos down with leg kicks.
Nice takedown defense from Su han. No joy for dos Santos on that attempt.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Kong Su han is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dos Santos dives in and grabs Su han's left leg, looking for a takedown. Su han pushes down on dos Santos's head and hops out.
A nice leg kick lands there from Su han.
dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but Su han sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Su han lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Su han has managed to clinch.
dos Santos tries to pull guard but Su han holds him up against the cage and eventually dos Santos drops back down to his feet.
Su han putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Su han.
Su han has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Su han lands an elbow that stopped dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Su han pushes off an throws an elbow but dos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Su han lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Su han just misses with a elbow thrown towards dos Santos's brow.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
Su han is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Su han tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
Su han lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Su han lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Su han lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Su han throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Su han throws an elbow but misses.
Su han lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
dos Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
dos Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Su han obliges.
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Su han pushes off an throws an elbow but dos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Su han gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Su han.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.
Su han using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han lands an elbow inside.
Su han lands a nice elbow.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.
Su han with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
dos Santos dodges an elbow strike from Su han.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Su han lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Su han throws an elbow but misses.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dos Santos's defenses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Su han gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Su han tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Su han.
Su han throws an elbow that misses.
Su han misses with an elbow over the top.
dos Santos dodges an elbow strike from Su han.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Su han.
Nelio dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Su han throws an elbow but misses.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Su han, against the cage.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Su han with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Su han creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Su han lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
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 Su han walks away with a smile on his face. dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Su han lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Su han tries to sprawl out of it but dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Su han manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Su han tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Su han buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kong Su han comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Su han has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Kong Su han!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Kong Su han!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Kong Su han!

Kong Su han wins by unanimous decision!