PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dandi Cuopo (ranked 4640 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haris Siskauskas (ranked 4591 p4p, 426 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cuopo
vs
Siskauskas

178 cm
19
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Dandi Cuopo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haris Siskauskas!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siskauskas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cuopo is fending him off so far but Siskauskas persists. Nope, Cuopo circles away and we're back to standing.

Cuopo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Siskauskas's guard.
Cuopo throwing strikes but missing.
Siskauskas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cuopo postures up in Siskauskas's guard and throws a big left but Siskauskas blocks it.
Siskauskas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cuopo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Siskauskas's head.
Cuopo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cuopo postures up in Siskauskas's guard and throws a big left but Siskauskas blocks it.
Cuopo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siskauskas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cuopo landing some decent shots from guard.
Siskauskas wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Cuopo is now in half guard.
Cuopo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuopo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cuopo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Siskauskas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Siskauskas has hold of Cuopo's hands but Cuopo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Siskauskas is defending against the submission attempts here by Cuopo.
Siskauskas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cuopo.
Ground and pound from Cuopo.
Cuopo scores with a big shot! Siskauskas's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Siskauskas! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dandi Cuopo!