PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Senior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finly Darvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Gonna Fly Now. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Darvin

193 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
22
274 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Senior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Finly Darvin!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Darvin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dos Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Darvin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Darvin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Darvin won't allow Dos Santos to get back to his feet.
Darvin is looking to work some ground and pound but Dos Santos has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Darvin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Dos Santos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darvin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Darvin. Darvin gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Darvin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Senior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Finly Darvin.
Darvin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos scores with a jab. Darvin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Finly Darvin has been cut.
Darvin looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Darvin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Darvin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dos Santos is looking to escape.

Dos Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Dos Santos throws a shot to the body.
Dos Santos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dos Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Darvin is trying to defend but Dos Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dos Santos stops Darvin from getting back to his feet.
Dos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Darvin wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darvin is looking to control Dos Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Darvin avoid being mounted?
Darvin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Darvin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dos Santos.
Darvin keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Dos Santos wants to control but Darvin is keeping him busy.
Darvin trying to hold on to Dos Santos's head to control him but Dos Santos postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Darvin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darvin stuffs the takedown.
Darvin closes the distance and clinches up with Dos Santos, looking for a takedown. Darvin pushes Dos Santos against the cage but Dos Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dos Santos. Darvin shrugs it off though.
Dos Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice body punch from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Finly Darvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dos Santos. That's going to slow Darvin down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos lands with a straight right. Darvin didn't see that one coming.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dos Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch.

Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darvin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dos Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darvin's sensitive parts.
Darvin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dos Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darvin's calf.
Dos Santos lands with a nice combination. Darvin backs away looking to recover.
Darvin with a poor takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Darvin.
Darvin with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Dos Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darvin moves away from the strike by Dos Santos.
Darvin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Dos Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Darvin fights it but they end up in guard.
Dos Santos postures up.
Darvin is trying to hold Dos Santos in close to prevent damage but Dos Santos has managed to pass into half guard.
Dos Santos tries to stand but can't do so whilst Darvin controls his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darvin is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Senior Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Finly Darvin's cut.
That's time! Dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Darvin backs up against the cage.
Darvin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Dos Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Darvin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown

and Darvin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Darvin wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Darvin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Darvin seems to be working for a kimura but Dos Santos defends the submission attempt.
Darvin is trying to control. Dos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Darvin is controlling the pace.
Darvin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dos Santos is staying active underneath Darvin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Darvin is looking for a kimura here.

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.
Dos Santos is trying to stand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Darvin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dos Santos swivels and escapes.

Dos Santos has managed to clinch.
Darvin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dos Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Senior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Finly Darvin.
Darvin prevents a takedown attempt there.

Dos Santos wants the takedown. Darvin is fighting it off but Dos Santos persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Darvin's guard against the cage.
Darvin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dos Santos's guard.
Darvin tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dos Santos is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darvin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Darvin is working an open guard so Dos Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Darvin dives in and grabs Dos Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes down on Darvin's head and hops out.
Darvin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Darvin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darvin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Darvin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Senior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darvin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dos Santos.
Darvin fails with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Senior Dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Darvin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Darvin really felt that one!
Darvin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Darvin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Darvin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a two punch combination.

Darvin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Darvin is trying to work for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos keeping control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Senior Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Finly Darvin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Darvin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.
Darvin misses with a takedown attempt

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Senior Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Dos Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
Darvin trying to control here.
Darvin tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Darvin is trying to maintain the position but Dos Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darvin tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Darvin keeps working.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dos Santos stuns Darvin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dos Santos cracks a nice hook into Darvin's ribs.
Darvin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dos Santos delivers a nice body kick.
Darvin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Darvin's knee momentarily.
Senior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Finly Darvin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos scores with a one two! Darvin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Darvin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darvin takes one to the chin there.
Darvin walks into a left hand.

Darvin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dos Santos to the mat! Dos Santos manages to get full guard.
Darvin throws a big right hand that misses.
Darvin wants to get up but he can't break Dos Santos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Darvin trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Darvin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Dos Santos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Darvin, into his guard.
Darvin is trying to control the position but Dos Santos postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darvin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Darvin trying to control the position.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Darvin trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darvin can do to turn this around?

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.
Dos Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Darvin's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darvin moves out of range of the body kick from Dos Santos.

Dos Santos clinches with his opponent.

Darvin has hold of one of Dos Santos's legs. Dos Santos is fighting the takedown attempt but Darvin gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Darvin is having none of it.
Darvin postures up in Dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos blocks it.

Darvin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Darvin postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Senior Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

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