PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mulat Brutislav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brutislav comes to the cage accompanied by Focus - Hocus Pocus. Santos Jimenez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Santos Jimenez looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Brutislav
vs
Jimenez

181 cm
20
162 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Likes ground

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mulat Brutislav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santos Jimenez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brutislav misses with a series of wild punches.
Brutislav lands a jab to Jimenez's midsection.
Brutislav throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jimenez.
Brutislav throws a nice looking combination but Jimenez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jimenez takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Jimenez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jimenez looks gassed!
Brutislav wants to get back to his feet.
Jimenez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
You get the feeling that Brutislav really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Brutislav trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jimenez looking to control but Brutislav is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brutislav really wants to buck Jimenez off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jimenez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jimenez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Brutislav is looking to escape.
Brutislav is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jimenez wants to control the pace but Brutislav is squirming around nicely.
Jimenez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brutislav?
Brutislav is bucking up trying to escape but Jimenez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brutislav is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez working the ground and pound effectively.
Jimenez won't let Brutislav get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jimenez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brutislav is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jimenez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Brutislav knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jimenez on the ground.
Brutislav wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jimenez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brutislav is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutislav is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Brutislav is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Jimenez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jimenez trying to control but Brutislav is having none of it.
Brutislav really wants to buck Jimenez off and get back to his feet.
Brutislav on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brutislav tries to get out of the position.
Brutislav holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jimenez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Brutislav blocking the ground and pound.
A nice elbow there by Jimenez.
Brutislav is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jimenez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Brutislav because Jimenez loaded up on that one.
Jimenez breaks from Brutislav's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brutislav wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jimenez tries to control but Brutislav wriggling away.
Brutislav is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jimenez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brutislav?
Jimenez landing punches.
Brutislav wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Jimenez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brutislav can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Brutislav bucks up and throws Jimenez to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Brutislav drops Jimenez with a big left hand and mounts him. Jimenez is in big trouble!

Jimenez is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Brutislav content just to control the position here.
Jimenez is still in real trouble! Can Brutislav finish him?

Brutislav stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Santos Jimenez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jimenez dodges the punch combination from Brutislav.
Brutislav lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Jimenez falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mulat Brutislav!