PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herb Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dos Santos has chosen Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hurt
vs
dos Santos

178 cm
27
166 lbs
13 - 18 - 0

178 cm
31
155 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herb Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurt chopping away at his opponent's legs.

dos Santos dives in and scores a takedown into Hurt's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
dos Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Hurt keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
dos Santos prevents Hurt from getting back to his feet.
Hurt keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.
dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hurt is keeping the position for now.
dos Santos won't allow Hurt to get back to his feet.
dos Santos postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

dos Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

dos Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hurt has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hurt has hold of dos Santos's hands but dos Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt tries to roll over but dos Santos keeps him under control.

dos Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dos Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
dos Santos is just content to waste time from the top position. Hurt takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hurt wants to stand up but dos Santos is controlling him.
Hurt keeping moving, preventing dos Santos from controlling successfully.

dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hurt wants to stand but dos Santos is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Hurt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hurt pushes dos Santos off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A decent looking cross lands there for dos Santos.
Hurt doesn't manage to clinch there - dos Santos circles away.
Hurt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hurt looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for dos Santos!
Hurt is breathing heavily.
dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Hurt avoids the attempt from dos Santos to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hurt prevents dos Santos from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurt scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish dos Santos?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dos Santos's face.
Hurt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
dos Santos is working to get back to half guard.
dos Santos sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Hurt is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Hurt has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt tries to stand but his hand is stuck under dos Santos.

dos Santos kicks Hurt off and gets back to his feet.
dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hurt throws a sloppy body shot
and dos Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Hurt backing up. Hurt nods at dos Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

dos Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

dos Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hurt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
dos Santos is putting a hurting on Hurt here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hurt is trying to buck dos Santos off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

dos Santos in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Hurt is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafael dos Santos!