PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jak Bornak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Bornak

185 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jak Bornak!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bornak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bornak looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bornak fails in his attempt to clinch.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Dos Santos to work.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Dos Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Bornak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bornak gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the ropes.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Dos Santos to work.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dos Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos is trying to stall.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos stalling against the ropes.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bornak gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the ropes.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Bornak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Bornak avoids the damage to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bornak is keeping busy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bornak avoids it.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos leaning against his opponent.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos is pushing Bornak up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Bornak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the ropes.
Dos Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos stalling.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bornak avoids it.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Junior Dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bornak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Bornak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Bornak blocks it.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch but Bornak improves position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.

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.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dos Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dos Santos is trying to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos trying to stall but Bornak improves his position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Come on Dos Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos slows down the pace here.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Dos Santos gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Junior Dos Santos.
Bornak throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Bornak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A lazy left from Dos Santos finds it's target.
Dos Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Bornak.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dos Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dos Santos can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Bornak blocks it.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos taking a breather.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.

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.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bornak is keeping busy.
Jak Bornak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bornak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bornak.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Junior Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Dos Santos!