PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 547 p4p, 75 weight class) and Jake The Dog (ranked 384 p4p, 54 weight class). The Dog has chosen Meditation Time as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Costa
vs
The Dog

183 cm
27
190 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

186 cm
31
195 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake The Dog!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dog lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Santiago Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Dog misses with a straight right.
Costa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costa takes one to the side of the head.
The Dog has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Costa is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The Dog just misses with a punch to the body.
Costa wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The Dog rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Costa counters with a nice double leg into side control. The Dog won't be happy with that.
The Dog is looking to regain half guard here but Costa keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Costa is looking to take a break and control but The Dog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Costa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The Dog tries to improve position but can't.

Costa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Dog is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa trying to control the position but The Dog is working away.
The Dog sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Costa's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Costa moves nicely into side control.
The Dog is looking for a sweep.
The Dog is not content to let Costa control the position.
The Dog is trying to escape the position but Costa is controlling the position.
The Dog tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Costa taking a break here but The Dog is having none of it and regains half guard.
Costa wants to take a breather but The Dog is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Dog manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Costa looking to pass the guard.
Costa looking to sit in guard and control but The Dog gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The Dog is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Dog is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Costa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Costa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Dog is aware though and is defending well.
Costa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Dog.
The Dog trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Dog content to stall in guard here.

Costa is looking for a triangle here but The Dog uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The Dog working the ground and pound.
Costa tries to bench press The Dog off him but The Dog keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa is not content to let The Dog control the position.
The Dog creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The Dog working away.
The Dog connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Costa some visible discomfort.
Costa tries to improve position but can't.
The Dog grinds an elbow into Costa's temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costa tries to bench press The Dog off him but The Dog keeps the position.
The Dog in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Costa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but The Dog wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Dog dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Dog getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Costa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Dog scores with a sloppy right hand. Costa should have avoided that one.
Costa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costa.
Costa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Costa fails to land the takedown.
Costa lands with an uppercut that bounces The Dog off the cage and back into range.
Costa avoids the body shot from The Dog.
Costa slips a jab from The Dog.
The Dog takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Dog throws a body shot but no joy.
Costa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dog was well out of range. Poor timing from Costa.

Costa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The Dog tries to roll over but Costa keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa is trying to control the action in half guard but The Dog is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The Dog is pressing down on Costa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Dog keeping full guard, as Costa tries to pass.
Costa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Costa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Costa preventing the sweep.
Costa wants to control from the top but The Dog keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Costa postures up.
Costa slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The Dog sneaks back into half guard.
Costa is stalling here. The Dog is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Costa seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Dog has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Costa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Costa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The Dog is looking to take a break and control but Costa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog cracks Costa with a big elbow.
The Dog throws a strike aimed at the side of Costa's head but Costa avoids it well.
Costa is working to avoid the ground and pound but The Dog connects with a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from The Dog are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Costa is trying to get back to half guard.

The Dog tries for a kimura but Costa is defending well.
The Dog scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Costa to see if he's OK.
The Dog working the ground and pound.
Costa struggling a bit here.
The Dog in side control, throwing shots but Costa defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa taking punishment in the form of punches.
The Dog cracks Costa with a big right hand but Costa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The Dog wants to control but Costa is keeping him busy.
Costa is looking for a sweep.
Jake The Dog has got the better of the ground game so far.
Costa trying to remain calm as The Dog controls from the top position.
Costa is looking for a sweep.
Costa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Costa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The Dog throws an elbow but Costa slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Dog showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Costa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Dog.
The Dog misses with a straight left.
The Dog connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costa's hands.
A jab lands there for The Dog.
Nice body punch from Costa.
Costa takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Dog has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Dog listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Costa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheers as Costa lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Dog doesn't seem phased though.
Jab from Costa.
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!
The Dog misses with a wild body shot.
The Dog scores with a sloppy right hand. Costa should have avoided that one.

Costa is rocked!
The Dog lands a nice hook to Costa's body. Costa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oh Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costa misses with a body shot.
Costa misses the jab.
The Dog misses with a looping right.
Jake The Dog seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Costa ducks under a wild hook from The Dog.
Costa misses with a straight left.
Costa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Dog.
Costa falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Dog counters with a big left hand that crumples Costa! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jake The Dog!
Jake The Dog spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.