PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Hallman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Alcantara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Piotr Hallman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hallman
vs
Alcantara

185 cm
20
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piotr Hallman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruben Alcantara!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hallman fails with a takedown attempt.
Hallman tries to clinch there but Alcantara circles away.
Piotr Hallman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hallman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alcantara tries to avoid it but Hallman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alcantara to the ground. Alcantara escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Alcantara dives in and scores a takedown into Hallman's guard.
Alcantara wants to pass the guard but Hallman is keeping the position.
Hallman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alcantara's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alcantara manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Alcantara looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hallman!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alcantara looks up at the clock and then as Hallman takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Alcantara smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Alcantara is putting a hurting on Hallman here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alcantara tries for a kimura but Hallman is defending well.
Hallman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Alcantara working the head and body with strikes.

Alcantara is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Hallman is trying to escape and Alcantara transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Hallman is forced to tap! Nice work there by Alcantara! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ruben Alcantara!