PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sol Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Licksom Hairyballs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Hairyballs

186 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sol 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 Helsinki, Licksom Hairyballs!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hairyballs shoots in but Dos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A head kick from Dos Santos lands but Hairyballs takes it in his stride.
Hairyballs swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Santos.
Hairyballs closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.

Hairyballs fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dos Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Hairyballs wants to get back to striking at distance but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hairyballs avoids it.
Dos Santos prevents Hairyballs from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos prevents Hairyballs from breaking the clinch.
Hairyballs is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.
Hairyballs's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hairyballs has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hairyballs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hairyballs tries to land knees in the clinch but Dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hairyballs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Hairyballs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hairyballs misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Hairyballs blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos keeps control of Hairyballs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hairyballs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hairyballs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Hairyballs is blocking nicely.
Hairyballs tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Hairyballs drops back down to his feet.
Sol Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Licksom Hairyballs.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hairyballs's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Hairyballs.
Hairyballs wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Hairyballs is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.
Hairyballs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dos Santos keeps control of Hairyballs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hairyballs is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hairyballs throws an elbow but misses.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.

Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hairyballs keeps the fight on the outside.
Hairyballs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.

Dos Santos clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Hairyballs tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
A nice left hand lands by Hairyballs.
Hairyballs tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Hairyballs looks gassed!
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hairyballs can't break the clinch.
Dos Santos lands an elbow just above Hairyballs 's eye.
Dos Santos prevents Hairyballs from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos has Hairyballs pressed against the cage, preventing Hairyballs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Hairyballs looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but Hairyballs holds him up against the cage and eventually Dos Santos drops back down to his feet.
Dos Santos lands an elbow inside that Hairyballs shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hairyballs's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Hairyballs is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hairyballs misses with a knee to the head.
Hairyballs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dos Santos avoids it.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hairyballs.
Hairyballs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dos Santos working Hairyballs over with knees to the body.

Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dos Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Hairyballs has one foot on Dos Santos's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hairyballs gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Dos Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hairyballs's guard now.
Hairyballs controls Dos Santos momentarily but Dos Santos frees himself.
Hairyballs is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Hairyballs keeps moving.
Dos Santos passes Hairyballs's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hairyballs pushes Dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
Hairyballs is breathing heavily.
Hairyballs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a nice body kick.

Dos Santos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hairyballs to the mat! Hairyballs manages to get full guard.

Dos Santos stands and steps away. Hairyballs gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Dos Santos scores with a takedown into Hairyballs's guard.
Dos Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hairyballs working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos stands and steps away. Hairyballs gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Dos Santos scores with a leg kick.
Dos Santos thows a body kick. Hairyballs tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dos Santos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Dos Santos.

Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Hairyballs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Hairyballs looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that stopped Hairyballs in his tracks for a moment.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hairyballs tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.

Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.

Dos Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hairyballs just stands there and leans against the cage.

Dos Santos gets control of Hairyballs's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dos Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hairyballs throws a big right hand that misses.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Hairyballs is having none of it.
Hairyballs showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hairyballs gets to his feet. Dos Santos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sol Dos Santos dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Dos Santos has Hairyballs pressed against the cage, preventing Hairyballs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hairyballs misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hairyballs scores with a hook to the body.
Hairyballs is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.

Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hairyballs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a good low kick that Hairyballs was not able to check.
Sol Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hairyballs's sensitive parts.
Hairyballs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hairyballs blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.

Dos Santos clinches up against the cage.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hairyballs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hairyballs can't break the clinch.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos keeps control of Hairyballs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hairyballs can't get the takedown.
Hairyballs wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hairyballs is trying to drag Dos Santos to the mat but Dos Santos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sol Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Licksom Hairyballs.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Hairyballs takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hairyballs takes an elbow to the temple.
Dos Santos has Hairyballs pressed against the cage, preventing Hairyballs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dos Santos scores a takedown into full mount!
Hairyballs is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dos Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dos Santos avoids the attempt from Hairyballs to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hairyballs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hairyballs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hairyballs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos controlling the pace for now.
Licksom Hairyballs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hairyballs is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sol Dos Santos!