PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mihail Delov (ranked 25134 p4p, 629 weight class) and Gabriel Santos (ranked 4397 p4p, 480 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Delov
vs
Santos

176 cm
25
182 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mihail Delov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Delov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Delov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos jumps guard but Delov turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Santos manages to break the clinch.

Delov closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Delov fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Delov closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delov is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Delov tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos tries to move into range but Delov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Delov is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Delov trying to control but Santos postures up.
Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Santos has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Delov defend it? Santos steps over the head and cranks it - Delov is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Santos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Santos!
A less than humble Gabriel Santos misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.