PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichiban Tostito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tostito has chosen Hero - Nickelback as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saint
vs
Tostito

182 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Russia GOLD

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jensen Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ichiban Tostito!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint ducks under a wild hook from Tostito.
Tostito throws out a loose jab but Saint uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tostito throws a chopping leg kick but Saint manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tostito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Saint bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tostito's head backwards.
Tostito moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tostito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Saint, as that shot connected.
Tostito swinging wilding here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tostito lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick misses from Tostito.
Tostito tries to land a front kick but Saint steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tostito throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tostito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tostito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint looks for the body kick but Tostito saw that one coming.
Tostito motions for Saint to come forward. Tostito throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tostito moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
Jab from Saint.
Tostito looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tostito throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Tostito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tostito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tostito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ichiban Tostito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tostito throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Ichiban Tostito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Saint.
Saint lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saint.
Tostito looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
Jab from Saint.
Tostito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Saint counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tostito!
Tostito looks gassed!
Tostito takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Saint lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Saint is landing with some decent strikes but Tostito is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Saint is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saint has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Saint trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Saint lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tostito hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tostito?
Tostito tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tostito takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Saint fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Tostito is rocked!
Tostito is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tostito is still in real trouble! Can Saint finish him?
Tostito is squirming around, avoiding Saint's attempts to control the action.
Tostito seems to have recovered his senses.
Tostito tries to reverse the position but Saint maintains control.
Tostito is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Saint.
Saint looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Saint has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tostito's face.
Tostito is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Saint lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Saint.
Saint looking to control but Tostito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Saint lands with some strikes.

Saint has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Tostito is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jensen Saint!