PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Santos De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Diat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos De Jesus comes to the cage accompanied by Without Honor or Humanity. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Santos De Jesus
vs
Diat

188 cm
23
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
29
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Santos De Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stu Diat!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diat missing with a left hand there. Santos De Jesus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diat misses with a left hand
and Santos De Jesus counters with a low kick, right behind Diat 's knee.
Diat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diat darts in trying to clinch
and Santos De Jesus counters with an inside leg kick.
Diat misses with the combination.
Diat keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diat missing with a left hand there. Santos De Jesus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos De Jesus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diat looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diat misses with a wild combination.
Santos De Jesus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos De Jesus connects with a solid leg kick.

Santos De Jesus fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Diat to the ground. Santos De Jesus is now in Diat's guard.
Diat looks winded!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos De Jesus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus wants to pass the guard but Diat is keeping the position.
Santos De Jesus controlling from the top position.
Santos De Jesus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santos De Jesus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diat swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diat wants to sweep here but Santos De Jesus controlling him for the moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Stu Diat wasn't active enough on the ground.

Santos De Jesus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos De Jesus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diat keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos De Jesus is really struggling to control Diat but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Santos De Jesus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus wants to control but Diat is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thiago Santos De Jesus.
Santos De Jesus is looking to clinch but Diat is avoiding it.

Diat gets caught napping as Santos De Jesus dives in and scores a takedown. Diat manages to retain guard.
Santos De Jesus looking to pass the guard.
Diat is wriggling around but Santos De Jesus manages to pass to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diat is trying to stand back up but Santos De Jesus is controlling him
Santos De Jesus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Santos De Jesus works his way into full mount!
Santos De Jesus takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Santos De Jesus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diat lands a two punch combo.
Santos De Jesus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diat throws the left hand but Santos De Jesus avoids the punch easily.
Diat throws a lazy uppercut

and Santos De Jesus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Santos De Jesus.
Santos De Jesus tries to pull guard but Diat won't allow it.
Santos De Jesus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos De Jesus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santos De Jesus misses with a body punch.

Santos De Jesus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diat misses the jab.
A jab from Diat misses.
Diat misses with a few strikes there.
Santos De Jesus moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos De Jesus misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diat throws out the jab.
Diat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos De Jesus.
Diat wants to land a leg kick but Santos De Jesus is out of range.
Santos De Jesus moves away from the strike by Diat.
Diat throws a series of punches but Santos De Jesus avoids them all with ease.

Santos De Jesus closes the distance and pushes Diat back into the cage.
Diat tries to break the clinch but Santos De Jesus is controlling the position.
Santos De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Diat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos De Jesus has him pressed against the cage.
Santos De Jesus tries to land a knee to the head but Diat blocks with his arms.

Santos De Jesus has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Diat is trying to keep an underhook but Santos De Jesus manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Santos De Jesus wants to pass to mount but Diat is defending the position.
Santos De Jesus passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diat wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos De Jesus looking to finish Diat with some ground and pound. This is bad for Diat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos De Jesus trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diat is looking to improve his position but Santos De Jesus isn't that keen on the idea.
Santos De Jesus wants to take his opponent's back but Diat doesn't allow it.
You get the feeling that Diat really doesn't like being in this position too much.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Santos De Jesus here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Santos De Jesus throws some wild stikes that Diat manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus looking to control but Diat is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Diat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Santos De Jesus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Thiago Santos De Jesus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos De Jesus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diat is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos De Jesus unloads with some shots from mount but Diat bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Santos De Jesus dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Diat misses with an uppercut
and Santos De Jesus counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Diat.

Santos De Jesus instigates a clinch.
Santos De Jesus lands a good knee to the midsection. Diat won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos De Jesus pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Santos De Jesus obliges.

Santos De Jesus has Diat pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Santos De Jesus pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Diat tumbling to the mat - Santos De Jesus dives into Diat's guard.
Santos De Jesus looking to pass the guard.
Diat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diat can't keep his opponent in guard - Santos De Jesus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diat wants to get back to his feet.
Santos De Jesus wants to pass the guard but Diat is defending well.
Santos De Jesus is trying to control the action in half guard but Diat is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos De Jesus looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santos De Jesus wants to pass to mount but Diat is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diat trying to control from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Stu Diat was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Santos De Jesus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos De Jesus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diat up against the cage.
Santos De Jesus prevents Diat from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Diat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos De Jesus prevents Diat from breaking the clinch.
Santos De Jesus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Diat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Santos De Jesus gets control of Diat's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos De Jesus will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Santos De Jesus wants to sweep but no luck.
Diat lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diat throws a big right hand that misses.
Santos De Jesus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thiago Santos De Jesus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diat passes easily into side control. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Santos De Jesus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos De Jesus 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Santos De Jesus!
A victorious Thiago Santos De Jesus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.