PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arwind Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arwind Santos looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Santos
vs
Zulu

193 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

KINGDOM

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arwind Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Zulu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Good exchange - Zulu coming out on top.
Zulu thuds his right hand into Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Decent striking displayed by Zulu there.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Zulu, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Zulu against the cage but Zulu circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zulu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zulu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zulu scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Zulu cracks Santos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zulu lands a nice hook to Santos's body. Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zulu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zulu stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donk. Zulu catches Santos right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zulu lands a big uppercut and Santos crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Santos looks OK. Zulu waves Santos back to his feet!

Santos is rocked!
Santos switches off momentarily and Zulu cracks him with a monster right hand! Santos topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Zulu dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Zulu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mohamed Zulu!