PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Mustacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustacho comes to the cage accompanied by Los Lobos - Canción Del Mariachi. Seia has chosen The Offspring - All i Want as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mustacho
vs
Seia

186 cm
28
211 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

190 cm
28
209 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Heisenberg
KAISER

Milwaukee's Best 160
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rogerio Mustacho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mustacho scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mustacho with the ground and pound but Seia uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Mustacho thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mustacho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Seia pulls Mustacho in to control the position.
Mustacho trying to control but Seia is working from the bottom.
Mustacho sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rogerio Mustacho.
Mustacho looks to land a body kick but Seia moved away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mustacho.
Seia moves out of range as Mustacho throws a body kick.
Kelemi Seia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seia. That's going to slow Mustacho down.
Seia misses with a wild body shot.
Seia keeps the fight on the outside.
Seia lands with a nice body punch.
Seia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Seia loads up on a big right hand but Mustacho slips the punch.
Seia misses with an uppercut. Mustacho saw that one coming.
A good leg kick by Seia.
Seia misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia scores with a nice right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mustacho darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mustacho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seia. Seia obviously looking to wear him down.
Seia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mustacho was well out of range. Poor timing from Seia.
Mustacho moves out of range of the strikes.
Mustacho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Seia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mustacho's sensitive parts.
Mustacho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Seia misses with a straight left.
Mustacho throws a chopping leg kick but Seia manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Seia swats away the attempt to clinch by Mustacho.
Seia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seia throws a predictable looking body shot

so Mustacho counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia wants to stand up but Mustacho is controlling him.
Mustacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Seia is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mustacho controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mustacho wants to control from the top but Seia keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rogerio Mustacho wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Mustacho looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Seia thumps Mustacho with a low kick.
Mustacho lands a nice looking body shot.
Mustacho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Seia is out of range and Mustacho settles back down.
A low kick from Seia misses

and Mustacho counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Seia's guard now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mustacho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mustacho wants to control from the top but Seia keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mustacho is really struggling to control Seia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogerio Mustacho dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mustacho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Seia finds it's way round the side to connect with Mustacho's head.
Mustacho fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seia.
Seia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Seia cracks the inside of Mustacho's front leg.
Mustacho misses with an attempted mid kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Mustacho checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mustacho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Seia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Seia has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Mustacho throws a body kick that misses
and Seia counters with a stiff right hand.
Seia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seia connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Mustacho.
Seia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mustacho manages to avoid it.
Seia checks a leg kick.
Seia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mustacho.
Seia tries to clinch there but Mustacho circles away.
Seia 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for Seia.
Seia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mustacho tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seia feints and then cracks Mustacho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mustacho down.
Mustacho checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mustacho takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kelemi Seia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seia tries to clinch up but Mustacho circles away and keeps his distance.
Seia lands a jab to Mustacho's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a low kick but Mustacho moves out of range easily.
Seia throws a wild body kick that Mustacho sees coming a mile off.
Mustacho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Seia connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mustacho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seia scrambles back to his feet.
Mustacho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mustacho avoids a kick to the body.
Mustacho misses with a kick to the body.
Seia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seia tries to close the distance and clinch but Mustacho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mustacho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seia lands with a shot to the body.
Mustacho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Seia lands a right hook to the body.
Mustacho shoots in but no luck this time.
Mustacho is looking to score with low kicks.
Seia lands a right hook to the body.
Seia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Seia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seia tests Mustacho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Seia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Seia there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seia misses with a body shot.
Seia throws a low kick but Mustacho avoids it.
Mustacho avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Seia sprawls well. Seia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mustacho gets slowly back to his feet.
Mustacho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mustacho wants to clinch.
Mustacho takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Seia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mustacho doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mustacho with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Seia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mustacho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seia tries to score with a low kick but Mustacho moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelemi Seia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Seia looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustacho is just out of range.
Mustacho misses with a hook to the body
and Seia counters with a low kick, right behind Mustacho 's knee.
Seia throws a leg kick but Mustacho moved away.
Mustacho is looking to chop away at Seia's legs.
Seia throws out a powerful jab.
Seia blocks the body kick.
Mustacho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Seia misses with a low kick.
Seia blocks a head kick by Mustacho.
Seia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Seia connects with a solid leg kick.
Mustacho swats away the attempt to clinch by Seia.
Mustacho misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mustacho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mustacho at a distance.
Mustacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seia was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustacho.
Seia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Seia throws a low kick but Mustacho moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Mustacho.
Seia throws a leg kick but Mustacho sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mustacho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
Mustacho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seia.
Mustacho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Seia is out of range and Mustacho settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho misses with an attempted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as Mustacho blocks the low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Seia.
Seia is looking to clinch but Mustacho is avoiding it.

Seia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mustacho, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mustacho tries for a takedown. No joy.
Seia has a couple of punches blocked by Mustacho.
Mustacho lands a nice uppercut.
Seia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mustacho.
Seia leaning against his opponent.
Seia misses with a punch on the inside.
Mustacho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seia's elbow.
Mustacho tries to score a body lock takedown but Seia shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seia blocks an uppercut.
Seia misses with some punches.
Seia blocks a body shot from Mustacho.
A nice left hand lands by Seia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mustacho tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rogerio Mustacho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mustacho misses with the head strike.
Mustacho has a couple of punches blocked by Seia.
Mustacho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mustacho or not.
Mustacho misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seia.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mustacho up against the cage.
Seia is trying to break the clinch but Mustacho is controlling him.
Seia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Seia lands a left hand.
Seia tries to work over Mustacho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia misses with some punches.
Mustacho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Seia is working Mustacho over against the cage.
Seia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Seia.
A left hand lands to the body for Seia.
Seia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mustacho has a couple of punches blocked by Seia.
Seia works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Seia - that landed with a thud.

Seia manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Seia.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Seia.
Mustacho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seia is looking to slow Mustacho down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelemi Seia really dominated that round.
That's time! Mustacho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Seia tries to clinch up.
Mustacho throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seia.
Mustacho misses with an uppercut.
Seia throws a jab when Mustacho was well out of range.
Mustacho misses with a head kick.
Seia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mustacho looks to land a right hand but Seia moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seia. Mustacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seia scores with the left hand. Mustacho knows he should have avoided that one.
Mustacho is looking to wear down Seia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Seia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mustacho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seia - that will leave a mark!
Mustacho tried to score with a low kick but Seia checks it.
Seia fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustacho throws the kick towards the body but Seia avoids it.
Mustacho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Seia avoids it really well and circles away.
Mustacho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Seia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Seia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seia lands a nice shot to the body.
Mustacho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seia. Seia obviously looking to wear him down.
Mustacho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seia misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia is looking to slow Mustacho down with leg kicks.
Mustacho looks to land a body kick but Seia moved away.
Mustacho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Mustacho shoots in for a double leg but Seia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mustacho scores with a spinning back kick!
Seia blocks a leg kick.
Seia slips under a jab from Mustacho.
Mustacho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustacho throws a leg kick that misses.
Seia throws a lazy right hand but Mustacho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mustacho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seia avoids the head kick by Mustacho.
Seia throws the kick towards the body but Mustacho avoids it.
A low kick from Seia misses

and Mustacho counters with a nice double leg into side control. Seia won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho working the ground and pound but Seia is defending the strikes.
Mustacho wants to control but Seia is keeping him busy.
Mustacho tries to move to full mount but Seia actually manages to regain half guard.
Mustacho trying to control from Seia's half guard. Seia has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mustacho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia working a defensive guard here.
Seia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mustacho is one step ahead there.
Mustacho passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seia wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Rogerio Mustacho will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mustacho checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mustacho throws a leg kick but Seia checks it.
An inside leg kick from Mustacho misses.
Mustacho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seia walks into a straight right hand from Mustacho.
A head kick misses from Mustacho.

Seia has Mustacho up against the cage in a clinch.
Mustacho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Mustacho fails to land.
Mustacho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seias head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mustacho.
Mustacho drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Seia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mustacho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Seia backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Seia.
Mustacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kelemi Seia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seia lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seia.
A head punch on the inside from Mustacho fails to land.
Seia blocking some punches.
Mustacho throws a punch but it's blocked by Seia.
Seia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Seia blocking some punches.
Seia is trying to maintain a safe position but Mustacho gets an underhook and turns Seia into the cage.
Mustacho blocking some punches.
Mustacho struggles to land a body shot inside as Seia controls his hands.
Seia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mustacho controlling the action here for a moment.
Mustacho misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Seia fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mustacho.
Seia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mustacho has a couple of punches blocked by Seia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Seia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seia wants to clinch.
Seia swats away the attempt to clinch by Mustacho.
Seia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mustacho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
Mustacho swings for the body but Seia moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho throws a head kick that misses.
Mustacho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seia. Seia obviously looking to wear him down.
Mustacho delivers a nice body kick.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Mustacho.
Seia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mustacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seia manages to avoid it.
Seia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big left from Seia misses.
Seia misses with a body kick.
Seia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seia.
Mustacho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seia loads up on a big right hand but Mustacho slips the punch.
Mustacho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mustacho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Seia is out of range.
Mustacho thows a leg kick but Seia checks it
and Seia counters with a leg kick.
Mustacho tried to score with a low kick but Seia checks it.
Seia scores with a jab. Mustacho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Seia.
Mustacho looks to throw a body kick
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seia avoids the head kick by Mustacho.
Seia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mustacho. That did some damage!
Both fighters circling a little - Seia finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kelemi Seia.
I think Seia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 46:49
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelemi Seia! Kelemi Seia retains his light heavyweight title!
Kelemi Seia took some time post fight to say the following; 'El mariachi. I love you'.