PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Dos Santos (ranked 4579 p4p, 3814 weight class) and Grand Duke (ranked 475 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Duke

192 cm
21
256
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
255
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joao Dos 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, Grand Duke!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke lands a body shot.
Dos Santos looks to land a left hand but Duke moved out of range nicely.
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Duke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos.
Duke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dos Santos looks for a takedown but Duke sprawls well.
Duke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy body shot
and Duke counters with a two punch combo.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.

Duke clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duke scores with a nice hook to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Dos Santos controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Joao Dos Santos has been cut.
Duke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duke works on Dos Santos's body with a couple of short punches.
Duke pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duke works on Dos Santos's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Duke.
A left hand lands to the body for Duke.
A short uppercut from Duke.
A short uppercut from Duke.
Duke lands with a left to the head.

Duke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Duke pushes Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duke lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Duke.
Dos Santos could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Duke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joao Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Duke lands a left and a right that send Dos Santos crashing to the mat, dazed. Duke thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Dos Santos is rocked!
Duke fakes the body blow, causing Dos Santos to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Dos Santos goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grand Duke!