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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Dos Santos (ranked 3783 p4p, 5077 weight class) and Al Fatih Salman (ranked 432 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Fatih Salman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Al Fatih Salman!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Salman to the ground. Dos Santos is now in Salman's guard.
Dos Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Salman's head.
Dos Santos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dos Santos lands a couple of elbows.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dos Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos controlling from the top position.
Dos Santos could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dos Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos works over Salman with some ground and pound from guard.
Dos Santos passes Salman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dos Santos connects with a nice short shot to Salman's temple.
Salman looks winded!
Dos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Salman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salman is staying active underneath Dos Santos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dos Santos is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Salman is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dos Santos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dos Santos has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salman is bucking up trying to escape but Dos Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Salman hang on?
Dos Santos tries to control but Salman wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos raining down shots from the mount!
Salman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dos Santos cracks Salman with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adriano Dos Santos!
Al Fatih Salman was interviewed post fight and said 'Defeat will make me stronger'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
66% |
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