PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Shaw (ranked 5151 p4p, 25231 weight class) and Paulo Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 655 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Shaw
vs
Dos Santos

180 cm
26
156
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
156
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw throws the kick towards the body but Dos Santos avoids it.

Shaw closes the distance and clinches.
Shaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.
Dos Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shaw up against the cage.
Shaw is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shaw tries to pull guard but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Shaw tries to stall but Dos Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shaw tries to pull guard but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Shaw trying to stall but Dos Santos improves his position.
Shaw tries to break free but Dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Shaw is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to work over Shaw's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Shaw uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dos Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
Shaw tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shaw throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shaw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dos Santos prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaw has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dos Santos blocking some punches.
Dos Santos blocking some punches.
Shaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw 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. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Shaw shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dos Santos's guard.

Shaw avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shaw controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Shaw decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shaw looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Shaw stays in close to Dos Santos's body and controls the position.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Shaw decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Shaw throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

David Shaw dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shaw wants to clinch.
Dos Santos wants to counter with a clinch but Shaw pushes him away.
Shaw tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves away
and Shaw takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Shaw shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dos Santos's guard.
Shaw looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Shaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dos Santos is keeping the position for now.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Shaw pushes his legs off easily.
Shaw not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shaw has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Shaw pushes down on Dos Santos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Shaw content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Shaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?

Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shaw drops an elbow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Shaw slows the pace down in half guard.
Shaw has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw cracks Dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shaw controlling from mount.
Shaw landing punches.
Shaw scoring with strikes but Dos Santos is staying in there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shaw controlling his opponent.
Shaw lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

David Shaw dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Shaw gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shaw tries to pull guard but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Dos Santos tries to work over Shaw's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shaw fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Shaw gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos stalling against the cage.
Shaw is trying to pull guard but Dos Santos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Shaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.
Shaw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dos Santos prevents it.
Shaw jumps guard but Dos Santos stands there with Shaw around his waist. Shaw gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shaw fails to pull guard.
Dos Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Shaw shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Shaw is stalling in the full guard.
Shaw content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shaw stays in close to Dos Santos's body and controls the position.

Shaw gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shaw looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw controlling the action here.

Shaw is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dos Santos sees it coming and defends easily.

Shaw decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Dos Santos enables Shaw to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dos Santos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Shaw passes into half guard.
Shaw slips a nice elbow through Dos Santos's hands, connecting with Dos Santos's forehead.
Well, if Shaw is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Shaw wants to free his trapped foot but Dos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Shaw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shaw, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Shaw!