PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Neto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neto's entrance music is Bad Boys - Bob Marley. A fine choice. Junior Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Neto
vs
Dos Santos

183 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

193 cm
26
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Neto!
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, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neto, pushing him back against the cage.
Neto can't break the clinch.

Neto breaks from the clinch.

Dos Santos shoots in and bounces Neto off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dos Santos stops Neto from standing up.

Dos Santos has gone for a leg lock! Neto slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dos Santos's guard.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Neto is having none of it.

Dos Santos pushes Neto off and gets back to his feet.
Neto misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Neto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Neto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Neto tests Dos Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos darts in and clinches Neto up against the cage.

Dos Santos pulls Neto into guard.

Dos Santos pushes Neto off and gets back to his feet.
Neto looks to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Neto throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Neto misses with a combination

and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos prevents Neto from escaping the position.

Neto sneaks out the side door and pushes Dos Santos away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Neto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Neto scores with a one two! Dos Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Neto throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.

Dos Santos darts in and clinches Neto up against the cage.
Neto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dos Santos is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Neto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neto bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dos Santos's head backwards.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Dos Santos moves out of range as Neto strikes.
Neto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Neto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a body kick.
Dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neto misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos cracks the inside of Neto's front leg.

Dos Santos has managed to clinch.

Neto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Neto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Neto misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Neto there.

Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dos Santos as Neto tries to tie him up.
Neto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Neto is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling him.
Dos Santos is working for takedown but Neto is calmly controlling the position for now.

Neto breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dos Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Neto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neto connects with a single shot there.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Neto misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Neto misses.

Dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Neto.
Neto tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neto manages to break the clinch.
Neto throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Neto throws a head kick that half lands.
Neto throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Neto misses with a combination

and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
Dos Santos wants a takedown.
Ed Neto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Neto is looking to control Dos Santos's arms but Dos Santos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neto has his back to the cage.
Dos Santos can't break the clinch.
Neto tries to break free but Dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.

Neto breaks from the clinch.

Dos Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos won't allow Neto to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neto uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Junior Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
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.

Dos Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Neto moves into the clinch.

Neto manages to break the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Neto enables Dos Santos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Neto manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Dos Santos stands up and waves to Neto to follow him.
Neto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Neto finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Neto clinches with his opponent.

Neto breaks the clinch.
Ed Neto is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Neto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dos Santos has time to react.
Neto tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Neto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neto misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Neto pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dos Santos back to the cage. Neto follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Neto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Neto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Neto - that will leave a mark!
Dos Santos throws a lazy head kick

and Neto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dos Santos wants to break free but Neto has control.

Neto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Neto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Neto looks to land a left hand but Dos Santos moved out of range nicely.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Neto but Neto pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Neto lands but Dos Santos takes it in his stride.
Neto looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Neto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Neto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Neto tries to sprawl but Dos Santos drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neto pushes Dos Santos off looking to stand but Dos Santos dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dos Santos decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.

Dos Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Dos Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
Dos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Neto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Neto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dos Santos.
Junior Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos wants to free his trapped foot but Neto is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Neto pushes Dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neto misses with a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Neto. No joy for Dos Santos on that attempt.

Dos Santos darts in and clinches Neto up against the cage.

Neto breaks the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Neto scores with a four punch combination!

Dos Santos tries to keep at a distance but Neto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Neto has Dos Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Dos Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Neto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Neto misses
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Neto moves into the clinch successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neto gets underhooks to prevent Dos Santos's takedown attempt.
Ed Neto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Dos Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Neto is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.

Neto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Neto dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Neto.
Neto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Neto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ed Neto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Neto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dos Santos.
Neto misses with a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a series of strikes. Neto will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Neto circles away.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and Neto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Neto throws a leg kick which misses Dos Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as Dos Santos tries to avoid it.
Neto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Neto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dos Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Neto explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Neto.
Dos Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Neto throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Neto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.

Dos Santos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Neto.
Neto scores with a head kick.
Dos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Neto backs up against the cage.

Neto has Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

Neto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Neto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Neto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos moves to clinch but Neto breaks away
and Neto counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick

and Neto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Neto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Neto breaks from the clinch.
Ed Neto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Neto scores with a body shot.
Neto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Neto misses with a straight left.
Neto lands a high kick!

Neto gets tackled into the cage by Dos Santos. Dos Santos maintains the clinch.
Neto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dos Santos's efforts to push away.

Neto breaks from the clinch.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Neto counters with a good, hard body kick but Dos Santos shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neto lands a head shot.

Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Neto just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neto wants to break the clinch but can't.

Neto breaks the clinch.

Neto closes the distance and clinches.

Neto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Ed Neto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Dos Santos.
Neto scores with a punch to the head.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Neto.
Dos Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Neto swivels and escapes.
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Neto is having none of it.
Neto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Neto.
Nice shot by Neto.
Dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that is checked

and Neto counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Neto leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Dos Santos.
Neto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Neto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Neto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dos Santos somewhat.
A combination from Neto does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Neto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Neto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Neto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Neto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Neto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ed Neto!