PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentino Santiago (ranked 743 p4p, 2053 weight class) and Batu Otgonbayar (ranked 101 p4p, 276 weight class). Batu Otgonbayar told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Santiago
vs
Otgonbayar

190 cm
27
199
11 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
180
11 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Valentino Santiago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Batu Otgonbayar!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Otgonbayar gets a clinch.
Otgonbayar blocks an uppercut.
Otgonbayar managing to block the knees to the body from Santiago.
A head punch on the inside from Otgonbayar fails to land.
Santiago blocking some punches.
Otgonbayar has a couple of punches blocked by Santiago.
Santiago tries to land a knee to the head but Otgonbayar blocks with his arms.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by Otgonbayar.
Otgonbayar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Otgonbayar avoiding damage as Santiago throws knees to the body.
Otgonbayar prevents a body shot from Santiago.
A nice left hand lands by Otgonbayar.
Otgonbayar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Otgonbayar misses with a punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar lands an uppercut.
Santiago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Otgonbayar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Otgonbayar lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Otgonbayar lands with a left to the head.
Otgonbayar lands with a light punch inside.
Otgonbayar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
Otgonbayar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Otgonbayar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Otgonbayar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santiago throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Otgonbayar avoids it.
Otgonbayar misses with the head strike.
Otgonbayar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
Otgonbayar lands with a right to the head.
Santiago takes a shot to the head.
Santiago missing with knees to the body.
Otgonbayar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar swings wildly with an uppercut but Santiago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Otgonbayar lands with a short shot to the head.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Otgonbayar avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Otgonbayar lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Otgonbayar.

Santiago is rocked!
Santiago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Otgonbayar's elbow.
Oh Santiago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Otgonbayar misses with a punch on the inside.
Santiago misses with a body punch.
Santiago seems to have got his legs back now.
A short uppercut from Otgonbayar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Otgonbayar creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Santiago's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Santiago drops to his knees and Otgonbayar pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Batu Otgonbayar!
After winning the bout, Batu Otgonbayar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.