PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Verdum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Verdum

185 cm
19
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William 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 Tokyo, Amir Verdum!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verdum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dos Santos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Verdum momentarily.
Dos Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Verdum looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Verdum scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verdum turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Verdum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dos Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Santos misses with a lunging right hand
and Verdum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Verdum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dos Santos connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verdum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Decent striking displayed by Dos Santos there.
Dos Santos misses with a lunging right hand
letting Verdum counter with a right hand.
Dos Santos misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Verdum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dos Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Verdum looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
William Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Verdum.
Verdum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Verdum throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Verdum misses the shot to the body.
Verdum misses with a hook. Dos Santos ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Dos Santos misses.
Dos Santos lands a jab to the head.
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Verdum. Those never looked like landing.
Verdum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Verdum.
Verdum ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
Verdum staying out of range there.
Verdum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos.
Nice defenses there by Verdum.
Verdum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donk. Dos Santos catches Verdum right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verdum counters with a left and a right that stings Dos Santos.
Verdum throws a hook but Dos Santos avoids it easily.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Verdum manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verdum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dos Santos scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdum blocks a jab.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verdum moves away.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Verdum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dos Santos throws out the jab.
Dos Santos lands an overhand right.
A head kick misses from Verdum.
Verdum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dos Santos backs up against the cage.
Dos Santos misses with a looping right.
Verdum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Verdum throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dos Santos scores with a shot to the body.
Verdum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos lands with a hook. Verdum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Verdum finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Verdum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Verdum.
Danga de danga de dang - Verdum scores with a four punch combination!
Verdum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Verdum.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Verdum looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Verdum ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot by Verdum.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verdum. Dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that William Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verdum was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
Verdum throws a shot from downtown. Dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Dos Santos misses its intended target.
Dos Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verdum.
Dos Santos misses with a straight right.
Verdum fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dos Santos lands a right hook to the body.
A lazy left from Dos Santos finds it's target.
Dos Santos cracks Verdum with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Verdum slips under a jab.
Verdum with a hook.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Verdum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Verdum.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
William Dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Verdum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dos Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dos Santos misses with a right hand
and Verdum counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Verdum.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verdum. Dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Verdum on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good work by Dos Santos as he checks the leg kick.
Dos Santos avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verdum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Verdum moves out of range.
Dos Santos works the jab nicely.
Verdum misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Verdum counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos cracks a nice hook into Verdum's ribs.
Verdum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos looks to throw the jab but Verdum is out of range.
Verdum swings widly with a right hand
and Dos Santos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dos Santos checks the leg kick.
Dos Santos thuds his right hand into Verdum's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Dos Santos blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks to land a right hand but Verdum moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Verdum.
Verdum throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Dos Santos counter with a right hand.
Verdum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Verdum lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dos Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Verdum throws out the jab.
Verdum takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Verdum throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Dos Santos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Verdum has time to react.
Good standup being displayed there by Dos Santos as he connects with a hook.
Dos Santos misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Verdum.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dos Santos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Verdum.
Dos Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Verdum's shoulder, as Verdum tries to avoid the shot.
Verdum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Verdum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verdum misses with a two punch combination.
Verdum throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Verdum swinging wildly here.
Verdum misses with a hook to the body
and Dos Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verdum thinking.
Verdum is breathing heavily.
Verdum lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Verdum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verdum moves away.
Dos Santos lands with a cross.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Verdum slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Verdum slips a jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Verdum's shoulder, as Verdum tries to avoid the shot.
Verdum swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Verdum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Dos Santos misses with a hook.
Dos Santos lands with a right hand.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Verdum blocks it.
Verdum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dos Santos drops his hands momentarily and Verdum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Verdum connects with a leg kick. Dos Santos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Verdum counters with a good, hard body kick but Dos Santos shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a hook.
Verdum thows a body shot but no joy.
Verdum feints a jab promting Dos Santos to slip. Verdum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dos Santos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jab, jab by Dos Santos - just one landing.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Verdum is just out of range.
Verdum tries to land a leg kick but Dos Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Dos Santos misses with a hook
and Verdum counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verdum was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dos Santos checks a leg kick.
Amir Verdum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos lands a nice looking body shot.
Verdum connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Verdum cracks the inside of Dos Santos's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verdum was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Verdum blocks it.
Verdum throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Verdum was well out of range.
Dos Santos throws a looping overhand right but Verdum ducks down to avoid it.
Dos Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dos Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Verdum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dos Santos checks a low kick from Verdum.
Verdum takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut
and Verdum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verdum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dos Santos misses with a hook. Verdum ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dos Santos checks a low kick from Verdum.
Dos Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dos Santos throws a poor cross that misses
and Verdum counters with an outside leg kick.
Dos Santos throws a lazy right hand but Verdum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verdum throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Santos's shoulder, as Dos Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Verdum throws a jab when Dos Santos was well out of range.
Nice body punch from Dos Santos.
Verdum tries to score with a low kick but Dos Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Dos Santos lands a slapping body shot.
Verdum's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dos Santos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Verdum scrambles back to his feet.
Dos Santos looks to throw the jab but Verdum is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Dos Santos. That snapped Verdum's head back.
Dos Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Verdum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Verdum throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos lands a head shot.
Verdum thumps Dos Santos with a low kick.
Dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Verdum moves away and avoids it.
Dos Santos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Verdum doesn't seem bothered though.
Verdum tries to land a front kick but Dos Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
William Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Dos Santos misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Verdum throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Amir Verdum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Verdum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Verdum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Verdum.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to William Dos Santos.
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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Dos Santos!
William Dos Santos managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry), into his post fight interview.