PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by projota - Samurai. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dos Santos
vs
Cruz

171 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Santos.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cruz checks a leg kick.
Cruz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Dos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dos Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cruz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cruz fails to land the takedown.
Cruz shoots in for a double leg but Dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pedro Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Cruz.
Dos Santos's corner calls for a 1-2. Dos Santos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dos Santos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch.
Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Dos Santos counter with a right hand.
Cruz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Pedro Dos Santos has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Pedro Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Dos Santos connects with the punch.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dos Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Cruz drops his hands momentarily and Dos Santos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cruz has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Santos throws a lazy body kick
and Cruz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dos Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cruz looks gassed!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dos Santos.
Cruz looks for a takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well.
Cruz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Cruz moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cruz shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Cruz is avoiding it.
Cruz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos is looking to clinch.
Dos Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Diego Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cruz. Cruz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dos Santos throws a wild body kick that Cruz sees coming a mile off.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Cruz is avoiding it.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Cruz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Cruz pushes him off.
Cruz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cruz looks for a takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruz circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cruz under the eye.
Cruz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dos Santos's waist but Dos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cruz off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos misses with a body kick.

Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz has Dos Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Dos Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cruz decides to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Cruz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dos Santos can't keep his opponent in guard - Cruz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dos Santos is trying to stand back up but Cruz is controlling him

Cruz has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Dos Santos defend it? Cruz steps over the head and cranks it - Dos Santos is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Cruz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Diego Cruz!