PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fillipo Alicatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alicatti comes to the cage accompanied by Blur - Song 2. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ryan's choice of entrance music: Wassup - by ASAP Rocky. Santos Ryan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Alicatti
vs
Ryan

182 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
36
185 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fillipo Alicatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santos Ryan!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ryan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alicatti throws a lazy head kick
and Ryan counters with a series of strikes. Alicatti will be more careful next time no doubt.
A good leg kick by Ryan.
Ryan scores with a punch to the head.
Ryan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alicatti throws a head kick but Ryan moves out of range.

Alicatti gets a clinch.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ryan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alicatti backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alicatti is trying to break free.
Ryan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Fillipo Alicatti has been cut.
Alicatti misses with a punch to the body.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Alicatti.
Ryan lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ryan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alicatti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ryan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Ryan.
Alicatti is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Ryan.
Ryan lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan lands a damaging elbow.
Alicatti swings wildly with an uppercut but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan landing knees to the body.
Ryan lands a knee to the head.
Ryan blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Ryan.
Ryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ryan gets a clinch.
Ryan lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ryan.
Ryan connects with a knee to the head.
Alicatti is trying to break the clinch but Ryan is controlling him.
Ryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ryan lands a damaging elbow.
Ryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ryan.
A bit of stalling here from Ryan.
A short left from Ryan.
Alicatti takes an elbow to the temple.
Ryan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ryan scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Alicatti is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Alicatti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ryan stalling in the clinch.
Ryan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alicatti backwards.

Ryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alicatti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ryan dances in with a quick combination. Alicatti is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Ryan snaps Alicatti's head back. Alicatti stumbles backwards against the cage. Ryan steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Alicatti's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Alicatti just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Santos Ryan!
A victorious Santos Ryan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.