PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rostislav Kosaryov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fight . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Kosaryov

184 cm
23
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rostislav Kosaryov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Kosaryov.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Kosaryov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kosaryov throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kosaryov manages to circle out of the way.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kosaryov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kosaryov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos tries to counter with a takedown but Kosaryov is quick to defend against it.
Jab, jab by Kosaryov - just one landing.
Santos seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kosaryov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kosaryov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kosaryov looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kosaryov cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.

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

Santos is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kosaryov fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Santos to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Santos looks to clinch but Kosaryov throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Santos taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rostislav Kosaryov!
A very excited looking Rostislav Kosaryov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.