PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolae Carpathia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Three Amigos - Mexican Party. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dos Santos
vs
Carpathia

170 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Miguel Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolae Carpathia!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpathia keeps the fight on the outside.

Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carpathia fails to pull guard.

Dos Santos gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Carpathia regains guard.
Dos Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dos Santos passes into half guard.
Dos Santos drops an elbow to the side of Carpathia's head.
Carpathia wants to improve his position but Dos Santos is controlling well.

Dos Santos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Carpathia to stand up.
Nicolae Carpathia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carpathia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dos Santos.
Carpathia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carpathia shoots in for a double leg but Dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Dos Santos drives through and clinches with Carpathia against the cage.
Carpathia can't break the clinch.

Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carpathia tries to clinch up

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Carpathia looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carpathia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dos Santos working over Carpathia with some ground and pound. Carpathia looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Dos Santos stalling.
Dos Santos is nestled in close to Carpathia, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dos Santos is nestled in close to Carpathia, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Carpathia tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Dos Santos not doing much here.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dos Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dos Santos winds up and cracks Carpathia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos winds up and cracks Carpathia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Dos Santos decides to return to a standing position.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carpathia gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Miguel Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolae Carpathia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos lands a couple of elbows.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dos Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Carpathia on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dos Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carpathia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos passes into half guard.
Dos Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dos Santos working Carpathia over with strikes.
Dos Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carpathia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos winds up and cracks Carpathia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Dos Santos working Carpathia over with strikes.
Dos Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Dos Santos decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dos Santos pushes Carpathia up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Dos Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt

and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Carpathia taking punishment in the form of punches.
Carpathia takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dos Santos landing a few strikes.
Carpathia taking punishment in the form of punches.

Carpathia is rocked!
Dos Santos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carpathia to see if he's OK.
Carpathia is still in real trouble! Can Dos Santos finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carpathia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carpathia down.

Dos Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dos Santos advances to mount.
Carpathia is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carpathia?
Dos Santos looking to finish Carpathia with some ground and pound. This is bad for Carpathia!
Carpathia takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Dos Santos's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Dos Santos!