PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alanian Aryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Aryan

180 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

208 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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 New York, Marcos 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 New York, Alanian Aryan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Aryan has the dominant position.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dos Santos avoids it.

Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Aryan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Aryan throws out a counter right but Dos Santos avoids it with no problem.
Dos Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aryan swivels and escapes.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Dos Santos darts in and clinches Aryan up against the cage.
Dos Santos has Aryan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aryan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Dos Santos . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aryan has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos taking a breather.
Aryan tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aryan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos is trying to pull guard but Aryan has him pressed against the cage.
Aryan misses with a knee to the head.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dos Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Aryan won't allow it.
Dos Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Aryan walks away with a smile on his face. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dos Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Aryan is fending him off so far but Dos Santos persists. Nope, Aryan circles away and we're back to standing.
Marcos Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aryan after a bit of a struggle.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Aryan throws knees to the body.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Aryan with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aryan looks winded!
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Aryan.
Dos Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Aryan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aryan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dos Santos .
Dos Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Aryan sprawls well. He's pushed Dos Santos 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Aryan misses with a knee strike.
Aryan misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Aryan.
Dos Santos can't break the clinch.
Aryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Aryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aryan with a knee to the head.
Aryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aryan managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos .
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aryan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aryan stops a takedown attempt from Dos Santos .
Aryan connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Aryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aryan scores with a knee to the head.
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Aryan gets underhooks to prevent Dos Santos 's takedown attempt.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aryan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aryan tries to land knees in the clinch but Dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.

Dos Santos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Aryan wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Aryan can do anything to dispel that myth.

Dos Santos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Aryan leaves Dos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aryan throws out a counter right but Dos Santos avoids it with no problem.
Dos Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dos Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Aryan gets double underhooks and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
Aryan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Dos Santos . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
It seemed like Aryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Aryan gets double underhooks and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Santos is defended easily by Aryan.
Aryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos shoots for a takedown but Aryan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aryan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dos Santos looks for the body kick but Aryan saw that one coming.
Aryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Aryan avoids nicely.
Dos Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aryan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Aryan gets tackled into the cage by Dos Santos . Dos Santos maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Aryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aryan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Aryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Aryan.
Aryan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aryan landing knees to the body.
Aryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan throws a knee to the head but misses.

Dos Santos drags the fight down to the ground.
Aryan wants to stand and escape but instead Dos Santos has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos won't allow Aryan to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aryan wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.

Aryan pushes Dos Santos off and scrambles back to his feet.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aryan as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Aryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aryan defends it nicely.
Aryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aryan! But no joy.
Dos Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Aryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alanian Aryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Aryan. No joy for Dos Santos on that attempt.
Aryan throws out a counter right but Dos Santos avoids it with no problem.
Dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Aryan tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Aryan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A little jabbing left from Aryan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dos Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aryan's waist but Aryan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dos Santos off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Dos Santos . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos missing with a left hand there. Aryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aryan throws out a counter right but Dos Santos avoids it with no problem.
Dos Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aryan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aryan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aryan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Dos Santos drives through and clinches with Aryan against the cage.
Aryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Aryan scores with a knee to the head.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aryan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aryan misses with a knee strike.
Aryan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alanian Aryan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aryan looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Aryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dos Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aryan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aryan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aryan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Aryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dos Santos 's face.
Aryan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but Aryan won't allow it.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch but Aryan improves position.
Aryan stops a takedown attempt from Dos Santos .
Knees to the body from Aryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aryan lands a knee to the head.

Dos Santos breaks the clinch.

Dos Santos instigates a clinch.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Aryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Dos Santos fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks for a takedown but Aryan sprawls well.
Aryan looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Dos Santos is working for takedown but Aryan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Aryan lands a knee to the head.
Aryan tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aryan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marcos Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alanian Aryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alanian Aryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Aryan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Alanian Aryan!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Alanian Aryan!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Alanian Aryan!

Alanian Aryan wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Alanian Aryan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.