UFC 166 Play-by-Play: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos

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Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos

Round 1: They meet in the middle and exchange.  Dos Santos lands and Velasquez may be hurt.  Velasquez moves forward and looks for a guillotine choke.  Dos Santos defends it and lands a right hand.  Velasquez closes the distance and presses dos Santos against the cage.  They separate.  Dos Santos lands a combination.  Velasquez ties him up and lands a knee to the body.  Dos Santos misses with a high kick.  Velasquez clinches and delivers knees to the legs of dos Santos.  Velasquez gets the fight to the ground.  He advances to the mount. Dos Santos works back to half guard.  Velasquez lands a big elbow.  Two minutes remain in the opening round.  Dos Santos rolls and tries to stand.  He does.  Velasquez works to get the fight back to the ground.  Dos Santos defends the attempt.  Velasquez lands on the inside.  He works dirty boxing.  They exchange knees to the body.  They separate.  Dos Santos misses with a spinning kick at the bell.  MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Velasquez.

Round 2: Dos Santos lands a left hook.  Velasquez lands a combination and takes dos Santos down.  Dos Santos immediately gets back to his feet.  Velasquez keeps the pressure on and lands knees to the legs of dos Santos.  Velasquez lands a right hand.  Dos Santos uses head movement to dodge punches.  Dos Santos pushes Velasquez away.  Velasquez closes the distance and presses dos Santos against the fence.  He delivers a knee to the body.  Dos Santos separates.  Velasquez gives him no space and delivers knees to the legs of dos Santos.  Dos Santos secures a trip takedown.  Velasquez gets up and lands a right hand.  He presses dos Santos against the cage.  He lands more knees to the legs of dos Santos.  Dos Santos can’t keep Velasquez off him.  They separate and Velasquez closes the distance again.  Velasquez lands a left hook.  Dos Santos lands a hard shot at the bell that may have hurt Velasquez.  MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Velasquez.

Round 3:  Velasquez’ corner tells him to look for trips.  Dos Santos’ corner tells him to let his hands go.  They meet in the middle.  Dos Santos lands a right hand.  Velasquez closes the distance.  Velasquez is like a blanket. He lands a right hand.  They exchange knees to the body.  Velasquez continues to land to the legs of dos Santos in the clinch.  Velasquez lands an uppercut inside the clinch.  Dos Santos delivers an elbow in close quarters and follows it up with a knee to the body.  They separate.  Dos Santos lands a right hand.  Velasquez ties him up again.  Dos Santos circles away.  Dos Santos stuffs a takedown attempt.  Velasquez lands a right hand that knocks dos Santos down.  Dos Santos is in trouble.  Herb Dean is looking closely at stopping it.  Dos Santos gets knocked down again, but gets back to his feet.  Dos Santos is wobbly.  Velasquez stays on him.  Dos Santos is trying to survive and recover.  Velasquez lands a left hand and an uppercut.  He land two hard right hands.  The cage may be holding dos Santos up.  Velasquez lands another right hand.  Dos Santos’ hands are down.  The round ends.  MMAWeekly scores the round 10-8 for Velasquez.

Round 4:  The doctor looks at dos Santos in the corner.  He’s allowed to continue.  His corner tells him to keep his hands up.  Velasquez lands a right hand.  Velasquez lands a flurry.  He presses dos Santos against the cage.  Velasquez is landing at will and then ties up dos Santos.  Velasquez lands a combination and dos Santos fires back but misses.  Velasquez delivers foot stomps.  They separate.  Dos Santos is looking to land elbows on the inside.  His face is swelling up.  His left eye is closing.  Dos Santos lands right hand.  He lands another right hand.  Dos Santos lands an uppercut.  Two minutes remain in the round.  Velasquez lands an elbow on the inside.  Velasquez is cut.  Dos Santos is cut.  The doctor is called in to check dos Santos’ cut.  He’s allowed to continue.  The fight is restarted.  Dos Santos misses with a big right hand.  Velasquez closes the distance.  Dos Santos lands a hard elbow and another.  Velasquez answers with a right hand.  Dos Santos is bleeding badly.  He lands another elbow followed by a left hook.  Velasquez delivers an elbow on the inside.  The round ends.  MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Velasquez.

Round 5: Dos Santos’ left eye is nearly swollen shut.  The doctor checks him.  He’s okayed to continue.  They both land shots.  Dos Santos lands a right hand followed by another.  Velasquez changes levels and gets the fight to the ground.  Dos Santos works to get back to his feet.  He does, but Velasquez keeps the pressure on.  Velasquez works dirty boxing.  Velasquez giving dos Santos no space.  Dos Santos lands an elbow.  Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.  Two minutes remain in the final round.  Dos Santos goes for a choke and they go to the canvas.  Dos Santos lands on his head and doesn’t get up.  Velasquez lands a right hand and referee Herb Dean steps in and stops the fight.

The official time of the TKO was 3:09 of the fifth round.

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