PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evangelista Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrei Arlovski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Arlovski
vs
Santos

180 cm
26
185 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrei Arlovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evangelista Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arlovski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Arlovski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santos does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Arlovski throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Arlovski dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Arlovski throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arlovski swinging wildly here.
Arlovski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Santos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slow jab from Arlovski misses its intended target.
Santos connects with a solid leg kick.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos throws a series of punches but Arlovski moves out of range.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos connects with a leg kick. Arlovski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Santos slips a jab from Arlovski.
Arlovski loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Arlovski throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Arlovski looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Santos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Arlovski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Arlovski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a combination that misses
and Arlovski counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arlovski thows a body shot but no joy.
Arlovski throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Santos moves forwards but Arlovski connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Santos is rocked!
Arlovski drops Santos with a big left hand! Santos is injured, injured bad! Arlovski jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrei Arlovski!