PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lupertazzi (ranked 3824 p4p, 513 weight class) and Alexei Surov (ranked 4813 p4p, 614 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Surov's choice of entrance music: Amphetamines. Alexei Surov struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Alexei Surov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Diego Lupertazzi's chin.

Lupertazzi
vs
Surov

183 cm
32
185 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

177 cm
50
182 lbs
40 - 25 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Lupertazzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexei Surov!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lupertazzi has Surov up against the cage in a clinch.

Lupertazzi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lupertazzi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Alexei Surov has been cut.
Surov swings for the body but Lupertazzi moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi lands a slapping body shot.
Lupertazzi scores with the left hand. Surov knows he should have avoided that one.
Lupertazzi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lupertazzi blocks a jab.
Lupertazzi throws a right and a left that Surov avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lupertazzi digs a good hook to Surov's body.
Surov misses with a wild body shot.
Lupertazzi stuns Surov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Surov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Surov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lupertazzi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Lupertazzi.
Diego Lupertazzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lupertazzi sizes up Surov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lupertazzi slips under a jab from Surov.
Surov takes a swing at Lupertazzi's ribcage but misses.
Lupertazzi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Surov tries to move into range but Lupertazzi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lupertazzi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Surov under the eye.
Surov misses with a right hand
and Lupertazzi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Lupertazzi moves into the clinch successfully.
Lupertazzi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lupertazzi scores with a shoulder strike.
Surov looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Lupertazzi.

Lupertazzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Surov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lupertazzi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Lupertazzi pushes Surov up against the cage in a clinch.

Lupertazzi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lupertazzi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Surov, pushing him back against the cage.
Lupertazzi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Surov backwards.
Lupertazzi with a knee to the head.

Lupertazzi breaks from the clinch.
Surov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lupertazzi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Surov is rocked!
Lupertazzi drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Surov right on the button. Surov goes down! Lupertazzi follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Lupertazzi gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Lupertazzi!