PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Santa Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres has chosen It's My Time-Fabulous as his entrance music. Paolo Santa Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santa Cruz
vs
Torres

170 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
162 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paolo Santa Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Torres!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres misses with a leg kick.
Torres throws a right and a left that Santa Cruz avoids nicely.
Torres throws a leg kick but Santa Cruz checks it.
Torres swinging wilding here.

Santa Cruz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Santa Cruz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Torres slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Santa Cruz prevents Torres from improving his position.
Santa Cruz passes to side control.

Santa Cruz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Santa Cruz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Torres knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Torres is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Santa Cruz off and has taken his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santa Cruz tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Santa Cruz is desperately trying to improve his position but Torres has a good base and remains in mount.
Torres scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Santa Cruz prevents Torres from taking his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Cruz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Torres is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Santa Cruz is surviving well by controlling Torres's body position as best he can.
Santa Cruz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santa Cruz is breathing heavily.

Torres looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Santa Cruz is looking to improve his position but Torres isn't that keen on the idea.
Torres is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santa Cruz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santa Cruz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Santa Cruz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Torres passes Santa Cruz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Santa Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.

Torres is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santa Cruz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Torres.

Torres is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Santa Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Torres passes into half guard.

Torres is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santa Cruz defends it well.
Santa Cruz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felipe Torres! Felipe Torres retains his lightweight title!