PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Verbiah Sozefay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

dos Santos
vs
Sozefay

178 cm
28
155 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

172 cm
22
166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Verbiah Sozefay!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sozefay stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos. dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
dos Santos punishes Sozefay's body with a nice straight punch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by dos Santos.
Sozefay is trying to control dos Santos's posture but dos Santos avoids it.

dos Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sozefay has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sozefay tries to bench press dos Santos off him but dos Santos keeps the position.
dos Santos wants to control but Sozefay is keeping him busy.
dos Santos is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
dos Santos tries to move to mount but Sozefay blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sozefay is not content to let dos Santos control the position.
Sozefay is looking to reverse the position.

dos Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sozefay keeps working.

dos Santos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
dos Santos moves into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

dos Santos working for a guillotine from mount but Sozefay is in no mood to give up.
dos Santos looking to control but Sozefay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sozefay tries to hold on but dos Santos pushes him away.
dos Santos content just to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
dos Santos tries to control but Sozefay wriggling away.

dos Santos wants to finish this one by submission but Sozefay is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sozefay really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sozefay slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
dos Santos wants to control but Sozefay is keeping him busy.

dos Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

dos Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
Sozefay is refusing to be controlled, as dos Santos sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Sozefay is defending well.

dos Santos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sozefay sees it coming and defends easily.
Sozefay trying to hold on to dos Santos's head to control him but dos Santos postures up.
dos Santos is keen to just control but Sozefay is a slippery customer.

dos Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

dos Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sozefay has managed to free his arm - good work.
dos Santos is stalling here. Sozefay 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 Sozefay has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sozefay stuffs the takedown.
dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Sozefay pushes dos Santos away with a front kick.
dos Santos avoids the head kick by Sozefay.
Sozefay slips a jab from dos Santos.
Sozefay slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for dos Santos.
dos Santos looks for a takedown but Sozefay sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Sozefay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
dos Santos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sozefay. That one must have hurt.
Sozefay scores with a head kick.

It looks like Rafael dos Santos has been cut.
dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Sozefay circles away.
Sozefay lands a nice looking kick to the body. dos Santos takes a step back to recover.
dos Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sozefay is fending him off so far but dos Santos persists. Nope, Sozefay circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sozefay throws a head kick that dos Santos semi-blocks.
dos Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sozefay.
dos Santos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sozefay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from dos Santos.
Sozefay lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sozefay.
Sozefay lands a jab-cross combination.
Sozefay throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sozefay throws a quick head kick that skims the top of dos Santos's head.
Rafael dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sozefay. dos Santos shrugs it off though.
Sozefay connects with a jab.
Verbiah Sozefay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sozefay. dos Santos shrugs it off though.
Sozefay moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sozefay cracks dos Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sozefay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sozefay connects with a looping right hand.
Sozefay jabs at dos Santos's body.
Sozefay lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
dos Santos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sozefay counters with a good, hard body kick but dos Santos shrugs it off.
dos Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sozefay.
Sozefay pushes dos Santos away with a front kick.
dos Santos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sozefay thuds his right hand into dos Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A solid body kick from Sozefay.
Sozefay scores with a one two! dos Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
dos Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sozefay buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sozefay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sozefay scores with a kick to the midsection.
dos Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Rafael dos Santos's cut is getting worse.
dos Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sozefay throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Sozefay tenderised dos Santos's leg. dos Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
dos Santos misses with a combination
and Sozefay makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. dos Santos really felt that one!
Sozefay lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
dos Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sozefay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sozefay connects with a single shot there.
dos Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sozefay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
dos Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sozefay connects with a high kick.
Sozefay scoring well with a low kick there.
Verbiah Sozefay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sozefay throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
dos Santos takes one to the side of the head.

Rafael dos Santos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters circling a little - Sozefay finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sozefay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sozefay.
A cross from Sozefay lands.
Sozefay thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on dos Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Sozefay lands a nice leg kick that just misses dos Santos's sensitive parts.
Sozefay clobbers dos Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sozefay scores with a jab to the head.
Sozefay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

dos Santos is rocked!
dos Santos closes the distance but Sozefay moves to the side
and Sozefay counters with a good low kick that dos Santos was not able to check.
Sozefay plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oh dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Rafael dos Santos's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
dos Santos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Sozefay lands a glancing blow to the side of dos Santos's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sozefay lands a high kick!
Sozefay cracks dos Santos with a good jab.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rafael dos Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Verbiah Sozefay!