PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitayn Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch comes to the cage accompanied by No Sleep Till Brooklyn. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yauch
vs
Dos Santos

182 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Yauch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitayn Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Yauch moves out of range.
Yauch cracks Dos Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yauch lands a slapping body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a hook.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Yauch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yauch lands with a nice combination. Dos Santos backs away looking to recover.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos throws a looping overhand right but Yauch ducks down to avoid it.
Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yauch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dos Santos blocks a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Dos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Dos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to bum rush Yauch with a series of wild strikes but Yauch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab from Yauch.
Yauch defending well as Dos Santos loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Yauch.
Dos Santos throws a low kick but Yauch moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Yauch counter with a right hand.
Dos Santos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yauch lands with an overhand left.
Yauch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yauch circles away quickly and effectively.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Nice shot by Yauch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Yauch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yauch checks a leg kick nicely.
Yauch moves out of range of the body kick from Dos Santos.
Yauch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yauch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dos Santos.
Yauch is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Yauch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Yauch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dos Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Yauch to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yauch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jab from Yauch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Yauch counters with a nice body shot.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a nice body shot.
Yauch scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yauch scores with a shot to the body.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos takes one to the chin there.
Yauch connects with a nice looking jab.
Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yauch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Yauch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yauch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dos Santos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yauch jabs at Dos Santos's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Decent striking displayed by Yauch there.
Yauch lands with an overhand left.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Yauch counters with a nice body shot.
Dos Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Yauch counters with a straight right hand.
Yauch is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Yauch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Yauch.
Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yauch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Yauch dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yauch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dos Santos's head backwards.
Dos Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A lazy left from Yauch finds it's target.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the side of Yauch's head but Yauch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yauch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dos Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dos Santos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yauch dodges the punch combination from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot lands for Yauch.
Dos Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yauch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yauch 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.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a right hand to the body.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Yauch avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos misses with a leg kick.
Yauch lands a jab-cross combination.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yauch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yauch lands a jab-cross combination.
Dos Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yauch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos throws a combination that misses
and Yauch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Dos Santos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy left from Yauch finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yauch with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yauch works the jab nicely.
Mitayn Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yauch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yauch is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dos Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yauch scores with a nice strike.
Yauch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yauch lands a glancing blow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos tried to score with a low kick but Yauch checks it.
Yauch lands with a shot to the body.
Yauch scores with a jab.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Yauch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yauch to score with a decent uppercut.
Yauch lands an overhand right.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yauch scores with a decent looking hook.
Yauch tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Yauch.
Yauch cracks Dos Santos with an open hand slap.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a nice uppercut.
Dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Yauch as he connects with a hook.
Yauch scores with a jab. Dos Santos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Yauch scores with a nice right hand.
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos tries a low kick but Yauch avoids it.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yauch cracks Dos Santos with a good jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dos Santos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yauch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yauch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yauch lands with a straight right. Dos Santos didn't see that one coming.
Yauch scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yauch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yauch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Yauch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Yauch dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Yauch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yauch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yauch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yauch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Adam Yauch is winning the standup battle so far.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dos Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch combination from Dos Santos misses.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yauch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dos Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dos Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yauch counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Dos Santos is rocked!
Yauch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dos Santos on the side of the head.
Dos Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Yauch finish him?
Dos Santos is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice jab there from Yauch.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Yauch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yauch lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yauch lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dos Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Yauch closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Dos Santos! Yauch dives in looking to finish! Dos Santos is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Yauch!
An out of breath Adam Yauch thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.