PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dagestan Opasevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Opasevich comes to the cage accompanied by Мурад Гусев. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Opasevich
vs
Santoro

183 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
171 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
World class 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dagestan Opasevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcello Santoro!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Opasevich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Santoro misses its intended target.
A lazy left from Santoro finds it's target.
Santoro misses with an uppercut. Opasevich saw that one coming.
Santoro cracks a nice hook into Opasevich's ribs.
Santoro swings for the body but Opasevich moves out of range.

Opasevich scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Opasevich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Opasevich thows a huge punch but Santoro dodges it nicely.
Santoro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Opasevich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Opasevich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Opasevich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santoro defending well though.
Santoro is looking for a sweep. Opasevich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Opasevich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santoro tries to get to full guard but Opasevich has control of the leg.
Opasevich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santoro taking some punishment here, with Opasevich in his half guard.
Opasevich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santoro defending well though.
Opasevich thows a huge punch but Santoro dodges it nicely.
Santoro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Opasevich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Opasevich works his foot free and advances to mount.
Santoro is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Santoro is working to get back to half guard.
Opasevich cracks Santoro with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Opasevich unloads with some shots from mount but Santoro bucks and avoids them well.
Opasevich working Santoro over with strikes here.
Opasevich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Santoro is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot lands for Opasevich! Santoro is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dagestan Opasevich!