PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junpei Ito (ranked 5117 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Dos Santos (ranked 5004 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ito
vs
Dos Santos

182 cm
25
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junpei Ito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ito did well to prevent Dos Santos getting side control.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Dos Santos drops an elbow to the side of Ito's head.
Dos Santos working Ito over with strikes.
Dos Santos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dos Santos lands with a punch from half guard.
Dos Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ito with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dos Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ito has hold of Dos Santos's hands but Dos Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ito is trying to stand up here but Dos Santos is controlling him well.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dos Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dos Santos stops Ito from getting back to his feet.
Dos Santos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dos Santos lands a nice short elbow.
Ito tries to kick Dos Santos off but Dos Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.

Ito is rocked!
Dos Santos slips a nice elbow through Ito's hands, connecting with Ito's forehead.
Oh Ito is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dos Santos lands a big elbow - Ito is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Dos Santos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitor Dos Santos!