PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Fuego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borre Oppeboen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Fuego looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Fuego
vs
Oppeboen

185 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dante Fuego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Borre Oppeboen!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuego paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fuego throws a sloppy head kick and Oppeboen moves out of range easily.
Fuego lands a jab-cross combination.
Fuego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oppeboen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fuego lands a glancing blow to the side of Oppeboen's head.
Fuego pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oppeboen wants to clinch up but Fuego keeps it at a distance.
Oppeboen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuego misses with a double jab
and Oppeboen counters with a series of strikes. Fuego will be more careful next time no doubt.
Oppeboen throws a nice looking combination but Fuego bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fuego with a nice cross.
Oppeboen throws a series of punches but Fuego avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oppeboen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oppeboen has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oppeboen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oppeboen is landing with some decent strikes but Fuego is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oppeboen lands a heavy elbow.
Fuego keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oppeboen scoring with strikes but Fuego is staying in there.

Fuego is rocked!
Fuego taking shots to the head.
Oh Fuego is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oppeboen landing punches.
Oppeboen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oppeboen lands a big elbow.
Fuego is breathing heavily.
Oppeboen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oppeboen unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Fuego wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Oppeboen celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Borre Oppeboen!