PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mario Santos (ranked 2565 p4p, 5680 weight class) and Ivan Dragonov (ranked 255 p4p, 444 weight class). Ivan Dragonov looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Santos
vs
Dragonov

173 cm
20
145
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
148
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mario Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Dragonov!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragonov wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos is looking for a counter combo.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.

It looks like Ivan Dragonov has been cut.
Dragonov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've been told by Santos's head coaches at Memento Mori that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragonov.
Dragonov needs to keep his hands up - Santos had a free shot at his head there.
Nice uppercut lands for Santos. That snapped Dragonov's head back.
Santos lands the left hand.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos's corner calls for a 1-2. Santos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Dragonov misses.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.

Dragonov is rocked!
Dragonov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dragonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Santos finish him?
Dragonov gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Santos gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Santos!