PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlo Rossi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robinson Crusoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossi comes to the cage accompanied by Vatican Anthem. Robinson Crusoe has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carlo Rossi's chin.

Rossi
vs
Crusoe

190 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

195 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlo Rossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robinson Crusoe!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi swings for the body but Crusoe moves out of range.
Rossi misses with a two punch combination.
Carlo Rossi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rossi tries a head kick but it misses.
Rossi scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Rossi misses.
Crusoe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rossi lands with a hook. Crusoe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rossi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Rossi misses the target.
Rossi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crusoe's head.

Rossi drops his shoulder and cracks Crusoe with a huge uppercut! Crusoe goes down! Can Rossi finish him?

Crusoe is rocked!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Crusoe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Crusoe is still in real trouble! Can Rossi finish him?
Rossi wants to get up but he can't break Crusoe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Crusoe seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carlo Rossi has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Rossi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Rossi cracks Crusoe with a big right hand and Crusoe goes down!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Crusoe manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Crusoe scores with a takedown into Rossi's guard.

Crusoe drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Crusoe as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Rossi screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Crusoe! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Robinson Crusoe!