PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dileno Carneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harland Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dileno Carneiro could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Harland Sanders's chin.

Carneiro
vs
Sanders

170 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dileno Carneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harland Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carneiro doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanders counters with a nice kick to the body.
Harland Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carneiro fails to land the takedown.
Carneiro closes the distance but Sanders moves to the side

and Sanders counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Carneiro trying to keep a closed guard but Sanders is proving a slippery customer.
Carneiro has a closed guard, preventing Sanders from standing up.
Sanders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sanders throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanders accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Carneiro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanders defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!

Carneiro is looking to sinch up a triangle. Sanders throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Carneiro's body to avoid the submission. Carneiro has instead reached around Sanders's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Carneiro arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dileno Carneiro!