PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Birchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Birchum

190 cm
24
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

197 cm
24
192 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Birchum!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birchum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dos Santos.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Birchum lands a slapping body shot.
Dos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Birchum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Birchum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dos Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dos Santos misses with a left hand
and Birchum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Birchum moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dos Santos throws out the jab.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Birchum throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Dos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos slips under a jab from Birchum.
Birchum lands a nice hook to Dos Santos's body. Dos Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birchum throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Birchum.
Birchum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dos Santos.
The fighters circling - Dos Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Birchum misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birchum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Birchum uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Birchum counters with a series of strikes. Dos Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Birchum dodges the punch combination from Dos Santos.
Birchum slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dos Santos misses with a right hand
and Birchum counters with a nice uppercut.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Birchum avoids it easily.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dos Santos looks to land a right hand but Birchum moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birchum lunges at Dos Santos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dos Santos's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Birchum dominated that round.
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.

Birchum misses with a wild body shot.
Birchum misses with a straight right.
Birchum scores with a three punch combo!
Birchum looks to throw the jab but Dos Santos is out of range.
Dos Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Birchum.
Dos Santos tries to bum rush Birchum with a series of wild strikes but Birchum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Birchum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dos Santos connects with a high kick.
Birchum lands a jab to the head.
Birchum scores with a one two! Dos Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Birchum misses with a looping right.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Birchum moves out of range.
Dos Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Birchum. Birchum circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Birchum was well out of range.
Birchum slips a straight right by Dos Santos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Birchum moves out of range easily.
Mister Birchum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Dos Santos.
Birchum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos scores with a nice body kick.
Dos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Birchum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Birchum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Birchum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dos Santos.
Birchum throws out a powerful jab.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Birchum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birchum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Birchum lands the left hand.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Birchum avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Birchum avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Birchum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Birchum misses with a two punch combination.
Birchum tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Birchum thows a body shot but no joy.
Birchum connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dos Santos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Birchum's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Birchum moves out of range easily.
Birchum misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchum misses with a looping left.
Dos Santos needs to keep his hands up - Birchum had a free shot at his head there.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Birchum slips the punch.
Dos Santos scores with a jab. Birchum acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Birchum lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circle momentarily. Birchum darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Birchum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Birchum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Birchum.
Birchum swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Birchum misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Birchum.
Dos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Birchum cracks Dos Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dos Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Birchum scores with a nice head shot.
Dos Santos misses with a body kick.
Birchum swings for the body but Dos Santos moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos throws a front kick that sends Birchum stumbling back into the cage.
Birchum lands a jab-cross combination.
Birchum throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Birchum.
Birchum avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Birchum comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Birchum 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Birchum!
A relieved looking Mister Birchum thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.