PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Stafford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Dos Santos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Calvin Stafford's chin.

Stafford
vs
Dos Santos

199 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Calvin Stafford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dos Santos scores with a sloppy right hand. Stafford should have avoided that one.

It looks like Calvin Stafford has been cut.
Dos Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stafford. That did some damage!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stafford avoids it.
Stafford blocks an elbow strike.
Stafford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stafford jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dos Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Stafford gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stafford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stafford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stafford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dos Santos.
Stafford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dos Santos can pounce on him.
Stafford shoots in but Dos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stafford's defenses.
Dos Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stafford blocks an elbow strike from Dos Santos.
Stafford avoids a wild elbow strike from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stafford.
Dos Santos has Stafford pressed against the cage, preventing Stafford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dos Santos lands an elbow inside.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that stopped Stafford in his tracks for a moment.
Dos Santos tries to circle away but Stafford has him pinned against the cage.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stafford tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dos Santos smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Stafford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body kick there by Dos Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos pushes Stafford away with a front kick.
Stafford is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos lands a brutal head kick. Stafford looks out on his feet and Dos Santos throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Miguel Dos Santos!
After winning the bout, Miguel Dos Santos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.