PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Salvador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titulescu Raul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titulescu Raul has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Salvador
vs
Raul

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Salvador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Titulescu Raul!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raul tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Salvador manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raul is looking to clinch.
Raul moves in looking to clinch but Salvador pushes him off.
Raul wants to clinch.
Raul tries to clinch but Salvador moves out of range.
Raul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salvador swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raul looks to clinch

and Salvador counters with a takedown into side control.
Salvador scoring with punches and elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Raul can do anything to dispel that myth.

Salvador is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Raul looks calm but he's in trouble here. Salvador gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Raul is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Salvador lets go of the hold and Raul can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Diego Salvador!