PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Suzano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neto Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Suzano
vs
Dos Santos

196 cm
22
268 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
236 lbs
2 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Suzano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neto Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Suzano closes the distance and clinches.

Dos Santos manages to pull guard.
Dos Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Suzano decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Suzano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Suzano tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suzano works Dos Santos's body with a nice hook.
Dos Santos slips under a jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Suzano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Suzano connects with the punch.

It looks like Neto Dos Santos has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Dos Santos tries to clinch up
and Suzano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Suzano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzano lands a really nice looking cross but Dos Santos seems unphased.
Suzano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suzano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Suzano is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Suzano connects with a single shot there.
Suzano misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but Suzano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Suzano moves out of range of the body kick from Dos Santos.
Suzano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Suzano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suzano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suzano cracks Dos Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Suzano closes the distance and clinches up with Dos Santos, looking for a takedown. Suzano pushes Dos Santos against the ropes but Dos Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Suzano pushes him off.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Santos is defended easily by Suzano.
Alex Suzano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neto Dos Santos.
Suzano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Suzano misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Santos walks into a jab.
Suzano throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suzano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Suzano throws a combination that misses

and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dos Santos.
Suzano lands a hook that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.

Suzano pulls guard successfully.
Suzano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dos Santos is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Suzano has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dos Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dos Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Suzano tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Suzano keeps moving.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Suzano is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzano wants to sweep but no luck.
Suzano keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Suzano is looking to stand up but Dos Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Dos Santos trying to control but Suzano is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Suzano lands an overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Suzano moves out of range.
Suzano closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
A good leg kick by Dos Santos.
Suzano scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Suzano scores with a three punch combo!
Suzano could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
No joy there for Suzano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suzano jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dos Santos moves forwards but Suzano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dos Santos misses with a combination
and Suzano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Suzano scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suzano throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alex Suzano is winning the standup battle so far.
Suzano clobbers Dos Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Suzano misses with a combination

and Dos Santos counters with a single leg into guard. Suzano didn't expect that.

Suzano throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Suzano is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Dos Santos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Suzano is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dos Santos, into his guard.
Suzano stays in close to Dos Santos's body and controls the position.
Suzano's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Suzano seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dos Santos for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dos Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dos Santos is looking to stand up but Suzano isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzano seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four 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.

Suzano decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Dos Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Suzano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dos Santos somewhat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Suzano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Suzano throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Suzano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Neto Dos Santos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Suzano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suzano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos wants to clinch

and Suzano counters by moving into the clinch.
Suzano fails to pull guard.
Suzano keeps control of Dos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Suzano drags the fight down to the ground.
Suzano manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Suzano manages to capitalize on a mistake by Dos Santos to take his back!
Dos Santos controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzano just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Suzano controlling well, preventing Dos Santos from escaping the position.
Good control from Suzano.
Dos Santos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Suzano prevents Dos Santos from getting the reversal.
Suzano controlling the pace for now.
Suzano takes Dos Santos's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Dos Santos is in trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzano controls the action.
Suzano punches the canvas rather than the man.
Suzano has good solid back control here.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Neto Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Alex Suzano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos holding both Suzano 's hands and preventing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Suzano really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Dos Santos.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Suzano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suzano has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Suzano!