PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Tome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Tome
vs
Santoro

175 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Luiz Tome!
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, Marcello Santoro!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro lands with a nice body punch.
Santoro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tome shoots in looking for a takedown. Santoro tries to sprawl out of it but Tome keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santoro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tome shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santoro sprawls well. Santoro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tome gets slowly back to his feet.
A nice combination there by Santoro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santoro lands a left and a right that send Tome crashing to the mat, dazed. Santoro thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tome is rocked!
Tome is breathing heavily.
Santoro shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Tome takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Santoro sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Tome bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcello Santoro!