PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Morientes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leatherface Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morientes comes to the cage accompanied by Rap Das Armas. Ricardo Morientes looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Morientes
vs
Killer

185 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Morientes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leatherface Killer!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Killer throws a head kick but Morientes moves out of range.

Killer clinches up with Morientes and pushes him back against the cage.
Killer throws an elbow that misses.

Killer drags the fight down to the ground.

Morientes is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Killer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morientes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Killer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morientes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morientes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Killer keeping moving, preventing Morientes from controlling successfully.
Killer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Killer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Morientes drops back looking for a leg! Killer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Killer manages to kick Morientes off! Morientes jumps back into Killer's guard.
Morientes slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morientes advances position into side control!
Killer regains half guard.
Morientes is breathing heavily.

Killer looking for submissions off his back.
Killer wants to get back to his feet.

Morientes is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Killer is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Morientes pulls his head out easily.

Morientes is working for a kimura but Killer is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer gets back to full guard.
Killer keeping full guard, as Morientes tries to pass.
Morientes stopping the sweep attempt from Killer.

Killer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Killer trying to strike off his back.

Killer is looking for a triangle but Morientes pushes his legs off easily.
Morientes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Killer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morientes trying to control the position from guard on top but Killer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Killer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Killer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Killer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Killer works his way into full mount!
Morientes is working to get back to half guard.

Killer working for a submission but Morientes is keeping him at bay.
Morientes gets back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Killer wants to get back to his feet.
Killer tries to pass to full mount but Morientes defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Killer there.

Killer stands up out of the half guard.
Killer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morientes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Killer's waist but Killer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morientes off to one side.

A big head kick from Killer and Morientes is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Morientes is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Killer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oh Morientes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Killer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Killer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Killer gets to his feet. Morientes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Morientes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Killer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Morientes misses with a takedown attempt - Killer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morientes shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Morientes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Killer drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Morientes right on the button. Morientes goes down! Killer follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Killer gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leatherface Killer!