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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Conifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Conifer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gabriel Dos Santos's chin.
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165 lbs
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Conifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conifer throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Conifer misses with a double jab.
Conifer stuffs the takedown attempt from Dos Santos. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Conifer wants to clinch.
Dos Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Conifer tries to stand but Dos Santos is controlling from the bottom.
Conifer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Conifer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dos Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Conifer pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Conifer controlling him for the moment.
Dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Conifer is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Dos Santos Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Conifer's back instead.
Dos Santos is trying to stick to Conifer's back but Conifer is turning into Dos Santos. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dos Santos's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Conifer.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Conifer is proving a slippery customer.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Conifer is one step ahead there.
That's two 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 has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Conifer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Conifer wants to stand but Dos Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dos Santos holds on and takes a little breather.
Dos Santos being controlled here, momentarily.
Dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Conifer pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Conifer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Conifer manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Conifer postures up.
Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Conifer passes into half guard.
Dos Santos is trying to control but can't.
Conifer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dos Santos preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Conifer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dos Santos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dos Santos won't allow Conifer to pass to mount.
Conifer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Conifer wants to stand up but Dos Santos manages to regain full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Conifer takes the fight into the clinch.
Conifer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Conifer jumps guard and drags Dos Santos to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dos Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gabriel Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
John Conifer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Conifer misses with a takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Conifer won't be happy with that.
Dos Santos tries for a kimura but Conifer is defending well.
Conifer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but Conifer is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Conifer is trying to improve his position.
Conifer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.
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!
Conifer can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two 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.
Conifer is not content to let Dos Santos control the position.
Dos Santos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dos Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Conifer's head but Conifer avoids it well.
Dos Santos slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos decides to stand up, so the ref orders Conifer to his feet.
Conifer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Conifer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Conifer closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Conifer smiles and moves away.
Conifer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dos Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dos Santos stands and throws Conifer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gabriel Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Conifer is trying to improve his position.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but Conifer is working away.
Dos Santos is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Conifer looks calm but he's in trouble here. Dos Santos gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Conifer is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Dos Santos lets go of the hold and Conifer can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Dos Santos!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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