PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Remy Cloche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Cloche
vs
Dos Santos

187 cm
19
214 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

209 cm
17
290 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Remy Cloche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rafael Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cloche swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cloche circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch.
A jab lands there for Cloche.

Cloche has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cloche on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Cloche blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Cloche's ribcage.
Cloche works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cloche.
Cloche scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Cloche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Cloche's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Cloche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Cloche working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Cloche struggles to land a body shot inside as Dos Santos controls his hands.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cloche is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Cloche won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Cloche tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cloche tries a body shot but Dos Santos blocks it.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Remy Cloche has been cut.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Cloche working aggressively here.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos stalling.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cloche lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Cloche blocks it.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Cloche is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cloche's face.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Cloche won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Cloche tries to throw a body punch but Dos Santos avoids it by throwing Cloche back against the cage.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Cloche.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Cloche.
Cloche misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cloche working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Cloche.
Cloche avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Cloche lands a body punch.
Dos Santos's coach down at Harambe Remembrance Hall was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dos Santos's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cloche takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cloche lands with a right to the head.

Cloche manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cloche counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Cloche there.
Dos Santos is looking to chop away at Cloche's legs.
Dos Santos looks to clinch
and Cloche counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Cloche is avoiding it.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up
and Cloche cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cloche circles away.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos looks to clinch
and Cloche counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dos Santos rushes Cloche and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Cloche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cloche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Remy Cloche's cut.
That's time! Cloche's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dos Santos tries to clinch but Cloche moves out of range.

Dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Cloche in a clinch.
Cloche tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cloche takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cloche blocks it with crossed arms.
Cloche misses with a punch on the inside.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Cloche misses with a punch on the inside.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cloche lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cloche blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cloche.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
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 with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Rafael Dos Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cloche throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Cloche scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cloche lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cloche fails to land.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cloche misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos blocks a body shot from Cloche.
Cloche lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos prevents a body shot from Cloche.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cloche in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cloche in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Cloche managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cloche is defending well for now.
Dos Santos prevents a body shot from Cloche.
Cloche tries to work over Dos Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cloche on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cloche on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cloche pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Cloche.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cloche.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cloche blocks it with crossed arms.
Cloche lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Cloche has a couple of punches blocked by Dos Santos.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cloche.
Cloche tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Cloche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cloche.
Cloche cracks a nice hook into Dos Santos's ribs.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Cloche moves away
letting Cloche counter with a right hand.

Cloche moves into the clinch.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cloche misses with the head strike.
Cloche lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cloche cracks Dos Santos with a nice body shot.
Cloche is leaning against Dos Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cloche lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Cloche - that landed with a thud.
Cloche misses with a hook from the clinch.

Cloche pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cloche gets a clinch.
Cloche lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Cloche avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
Cloche makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cloche lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cloche goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cloche.
Dos Santos trying to stall but Cloche improves his position.
Cloche lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cloche scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cloche softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cloche avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Cloche pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Remy Cloche will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Remy Cloche's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cloche jabs at Dos Santos's body.
Cloche darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Cloche circles away and keeps his distance.
Cloche throwing a counter right hand but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Cloche dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cloche swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Cloche pushes him off.
Rafael Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Cloche counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Cloche.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Cloche moves away
and Cloche cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Cloche circles away.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Cloche moves out of range.
Cloche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Cloche circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Cloche is avoiding it.
Cloche getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Cloche back into the cage.
Cloche wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cloche avoids it.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cloche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cloche.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cloche misses with some punches.
Cloche on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Cloche on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cloche - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cloche lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cloche lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cloche is working Dos Santos over against the cage.
Cloche lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Cloche throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Cloche avoids the damage to the body.
Cloche lands an uppercut.

Cloche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
BOOM! Cloche lands a beautiful left hook that drops Dos Santos. Dos Santos tries to recover but Cloche is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Dos Santos lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Remy Cloche!
Our winner, Remy Cloche, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.