PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jim Halberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos has chosen Three Amigos - Mexican Party as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Halberg
vs
Dos Santos

164 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

170 cm
20
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Halberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halberg shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.
Halberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halberg dives in and grabs Dos Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes down on Halberg's head and hops out.
Halberg moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos pushes him off.

Dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Halberg.

Dos Santos gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Halberg trying to control here.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dos Santos is looking to advance position but Halberg won't allow it.
Dos Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dos Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Halberg is trying to maintain the position but Dos Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
Dos Santos content to control rather than advance.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is looking to advance position but Halberg won't allow it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halberg is trying to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos is nestled in close to Halberg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dos Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dos Santos is pressing down on Halberg's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halberg is holding on for now.
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.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Halberg taking some punishment here, with Dos Santos in his half guard.
Halberg moves into full guard.
Halberg is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Halberg is keeping the position for now.
Halberg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dos Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dos Santos's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Halberg throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Dos Santos gets to his feet - Halberg follows without any prompting.
A jab from Halberg does it's job there.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Halberg ducks under and follows up with a left that Halberg also avoids with ease.

Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dos Santos is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Dos Santos gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Halberg regains guard.
Dos Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dos Santos postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Dos Santos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Halberg in a clinch.

Dos Santos tightens his grip and picks Halberg up, before dumping him to the ground. Halberg manages to land in guard.
Halberg keeping full guard, as Dos Santos tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Halberg being controlled here, momentarily.
Halberg keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Halberg trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Dos Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Halberg's guard.
Dos Santos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Halberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dos Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Dos Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Halberg wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
Halberg tries to get to full guard but Dos Santos has control of the leg.
Dos Santos not doing much here.
Dos Santos drops an elbow to the side of Halberg's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dos Santos working Halberg over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dos Santos in particular looking to stall.
Halberg has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dos Santos is working away from the top position though.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.
Dos Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controlling his opponent.
Dos Santos lands a big elbow.
Dos Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Halberg is bucking up trying to escape but Dos Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dos Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dos Santos unloading with bombs!
Dos Santos looking to finish Halberg with some ground and pound. This is bad for Halberg!
Dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Halberg is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos looking for a guillotine from mount but Halberg is having none of it.
Dos Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Halberg's face.
Dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Halberg hang on?
Dos Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Dos Santos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dos Santos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Halberg was covering up waiting for the punch and Dos Santos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Halberg keeps moving.
Halberg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Halberg is keeping the position.
Dos Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Dos Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Halberg wants to stand up but Dos Santos is controlling him.
Dos Santos cracks Halberg with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos stands and throws Halberg's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dos Santos working the ground and pound from side control.
Dos Santos happy to just control the position for now.
Dos Santos working the ground and pound.
Dos Santos lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Halberg's face as Dos Santos controls the position.
Halberg is trying to control Dos Santos's posture but Dos Santos avoids it.
The referee asks Dos Santos politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dos Santos prefers to stall for the moment though.
Halberg takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Miguel Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Halberg avoids nicely.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos effectively controlling the action here.

Dos Santos has hold of one of Halberg's legs. Halberg is fighting the takedown attempt but Dos Santos gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dos Santos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Halberg keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jim Halberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dos Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Dos Santos!