PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rackham
vs
Dos Santos

182 cm
37
193 lbs
38 - 19 - 0

196 cm
35
194 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Rackham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oscar Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rackham throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Rackham avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rackham lands a head kick!
Rackham throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rackham throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Rackham misses with a head kick.
Dos Santos checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rackham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rackham connects with a solid leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Dos Santos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Dos Santos counter with a right hand.
Rackham throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick. That will keep Rackham thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rackham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rackham lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rackham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Dos Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Dos Santos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rackham just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos moves away from the strike by Rackham.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rackham as he avoids it easily.
Jack Rackham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rackham scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rackham closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fighters circling - Rackham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dos Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rackham is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dos Santos's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Rackham misses with a series of wild punches.
Rackham throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot.
Dos Santos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rackham is out of range and Dos Santos settles back down.
Rackham misses with a wild body shot.
Rackham moves out of range of the strikes.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that misses.
Rackham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dos Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rackham throws a hook but Dos Santos blocks it.
Rackham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rackham wants to clinch.
Dos Santos tries a quick counter leg kick but Rackham is wise to it.
Rackham is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rackham jabs at Dos Santos's body.
Rackham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rackham takes a kick to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Dos Santos.
Rackham tries to land a front kick but Dos Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A punch combination from Dos Santos misses.
Rackham swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rackham throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a solid body kick.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot
and Rackham counters with a head kick. That will keep Dos Santos thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rackham finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dos Santos shapes to counter with a head kick.
Rackham looks to land a left hand but Dos Santos moved out of range nicely.
Dos Santos is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rackham has closed the distance and engaged Dos Santos in a clinch.
Rackham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rackhams head.
Dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dos Santos stalling.
Rackham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dos Santos has Rackham pushed against the cage.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rackham is keeping busy.
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Rackham.
Rackham lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Oscar Dos Santos has been cut.
Rackham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Rackham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Dos Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rackham connects with a single shot there.
Rackham throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Rackham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Rackham missing with a left hand there. Dos Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dos Santos tries to counter with a clinch but Rackham shakes him off and moves away.
A left lands for Rackham.
Rackham throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rackham misses the shot to the body.
Despite the aggression on Dos Santos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jack Rackham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Rackham circles away.
A big left from Rackham misses.
Rackham misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Rackham misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dos Santos.
Jack Rackham is winning the standup battle so far.
Dos Santos checks a leg kick nicely.
Dos Santos counters with a body kick.
Jack Rackham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rackham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dos Santos throws a wild body kick that Rackham sees coming a mile off.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Rackham scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos slowing the pace effectively.
Dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Rackham, against the cage.
Rackham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rackham's face.
Rackham looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rackham lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Rackham is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rackham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rackham lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rackham misses with some punches.
Rackham misses with a punch to the body.
Rackham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dos Santos avoids it.
Rackham lands a damaging elbow.
Rackham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rackham looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Jack Rackham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rackham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rackham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Rackham throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rackham seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dos Santos can turn it around.
Rackham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dos Santos lands a hook that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Rackham lands a nice knee to the body.
Rackham lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Rackham lands an elbow inside that Dos Santos shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rackham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dos Santos's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rackham's elbow.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rackham throws a jab when Dos Santos was well out of range.
Rackham fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos connects with an inside leg kick.
Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Rackham.
Rackham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rackham tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dos Santos manages to circle out of the way.
Rackham misses with a low kick.
Rackham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rackham misses with a looping left.
Rackham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Rackham moves out of range of the body kick.
A leg kick checked by Dos Santos.

Rackham gets tackled into the cage by Dos Santos. Dos Santos maintains the clinch.
Rackham lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Rackham dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Dos Santos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A cross from Rackham lands.
Rackham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to land a leg kick but Rackham saw it coming and moves away.
Rackham lands with a good body shot.
Rackham misses with a wild combination.
Rackham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rackham darts in trying to clinch
and Dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
As Dos Santos backs away, Rackham returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rackham manages to avoid it.
Rackham bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dos Santos's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham swings for the body but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rackham throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rackham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Dos Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rackham on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rackham tries to get out of the position.

Dos Santos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rackham manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dos Santos has Rackham in his guard.

Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos looking for a guillotine here but Rackham defends easily.
Dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Dos Santos is looking for a triangle here but Rackham uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Rackham keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rackham remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Rackham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.
Dos Santos struggling a bit here.
Oscar Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack Rackham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rackham trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.

Rackham decides to stand back up. Rackham steps back and let's Dos Santos get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rackham throws a combination that misses
and Dos Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left and a right from Rackham both land. Nice combination.
Rackham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rackham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rackham lands a nice shot to the body.
Dos Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rackham counters with a right hand to the body.
Rackham throws a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dos Santos shoots and misses
and Rackham counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dos Santos's knee momentarily.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dos Santos tries to land a front kick but Rackham steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rackham swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rackham misses with a head kick.
Rackham lands a jab to Dos Santos's midsection.
Dos Santos misses with a kick to the body
and Rackham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Rackham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rackham, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Rackham!
A very excited looking Jack Rackham made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.