PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Kalula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalula's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Give it up. Junior Dos Santos looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Kalula
vs
Dos Santos

170 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nelson Kalula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kalula fails with the takedown.
Kalula shoots in but no luck this time.
Kalula wants to clinch.
Kalula fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Kalula. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalula moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos pushes him off.
Dos Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Kalula, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kalula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kalula tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Dos Santos. No joy for Kalula on that attempt.
Kalula wants to clinch.
Dos Santos swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kalula looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kalula fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kalula fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dos Santos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Kalula moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalula tries to clinch up but Dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dos Santos leaves Kalula with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dos Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dos Santos tries to bum rush Kalula with a series of wild strikes but Kalula uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kalula moves to clinch but Dos Santos breaks away
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Some bone on bone action there as Kalula checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dos Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
A combination from Dos Santos does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kalula.
Kalula tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Kalula ducks under and follows up with a left that Kalula also avoids with ease.
Kalula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.

Kalula drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kalula tries to advance position but instead Dos Santos slips a leg back in to half guard.
Kalula is trying to control the action in half guard but Dos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Kalula bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kalula shoots for a double leg takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Kalula's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice sprawl there from Dos Santos as Kalula shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kalula. Dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kalula circles away quickly and effectively.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Kalula moves out of range.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Kalula misses with a few strikes there.
Kalula throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kalula.
A bone on bone clash there as Kalula blocks the leg kick.
Kalula tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves away
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kalula is looking to clinch but Dos Santos is avoiding it.
Kalula checks a leg kick.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Kalula shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Kalula. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Kalula checks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kalula shoots in but Dos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kalula dives in and grabs Dos Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes down on Kalula's head and hops out.
Nelson Kalula is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kalula tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kalula counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No joy there for Dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dos Santos looks to land a combination. Kalula sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kalula misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
No joy there for Dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dos Santos looks to land a combination but Kalula avoids it well.
Kalula fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws out a leg kick but Kalula moves out of range and Dos Santos only half commits.
Kalula has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kalula tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves away
and Dos Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kalula gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos Santos thumps Kalula with a low kick.
Dos Santos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kalula fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Kalula or perhaps it was just good defense by Dos Santos which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalula shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dos Santos pinned against the cage. Dos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Kalula.
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kalula is out of range.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick
and Kalula counters with a series of strikes. Dos Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Dos Santos. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Kalula fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalula wants to clinch.
Dos Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kalula is out of range.
Kalula shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
Dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kalula misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Kalula counter with a right hand.
Dos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kalula checks the leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Kalula misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dos Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Kalula, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kalula circles away quickly and effectively.
Dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kalula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Kalula. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kalula is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dos Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Kalula tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dos Santos swivels and escapes.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kalula counters with a head kick.
Kalula tries to clinch up.
Kalula slips a jab and a cross from Dos Santos.
Kalula falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Kalula backing up. Kalula nods at Dos Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
Dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dos Santos.
Kalula is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kalula wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalula tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kalula showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kalula tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dos Santos swivels and escapes.
Kalula fails with the takedown.
Kalula tries to clinch up but Dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Kalula shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Kalula throws the kick towards the body but Dos Santos avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Kalula counters with a body kick that stops Dos Santos in his tracks momentarily.
Kalula throws a leg kick but Dos Santos checks it.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Dos Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dos Santos tries to score with a low kick but Kalula moves his leg out of the way.
Kalula tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Kalula keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Kalula fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Dos Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Kalula avoids them all with ease.
Kalula shoots for a takedown but Dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kalula tries to clinch up.
Kalula throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kalula throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dos Santos's waist but Dos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kalula off to one side.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Kalula ducks under and follows up with a left that Kalula also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Nelson Kalula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dos Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30

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