PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Pichushkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes into the arena with Cut Throat blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Santos
vs
Pichushkin

185 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
186 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Soul Supremacy Nutrition

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauricio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Pichushkin!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichushkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pichushkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Pichushkin scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
Pichushkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Pichushkin misses with a straight left.
Pichushkin looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Pichushkin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santos avoids the body shot from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin misses with a body punch

and Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pichushkin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pichushkin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pichushkin digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Alexander Pichushkin has been cut.
Pichushkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pichushkin working hard to break the clinch.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Pichushkin blocks with his arms.
Pichushkin avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pichushkin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pichushkin scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pichushkin.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pichushkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pichushkin lands a body punch.
Santos with a knee to the head.
Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Pichushkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pichushkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pichushkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Pichushkin lands a body shot.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Pichushkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pichushkin jabs Santos right on the nose. Santos blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Mauricio Santos has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pichushkin swinging wildly here.
Pichushkin throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Pichushkin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Pichushkin lands a jab to Santos's midsection.
Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pichushkin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pichushkin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Pichushkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alexander Pichushkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pichushkin throws a combination that misses

and Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Pichushkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Pichushkin finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pichushkin lands a right hook to the body.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pichushkin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pichushkin.
Pichushkin misses with a wild body shot.
Pichushkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pichushkin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pichushkin lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pichushkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab lands there for Pichushkin.
Pichushkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pichushkin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Pichushkin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pichushkin drops Santos with a huge uppercut! Santos drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Pichushkin is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Pichushkin!
Alexander Pichushkin thanked the fans post fight for their support.