PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiam Dos Santos (ranked 1611 p4p, 203 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 1828 p4p, 224 weight class). Giuseppe Turturro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Turturro

187 cm
28
195 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

185 cm
21
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raiam Dos Santos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Turturro clinches with his opponent.
Dos Santos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but Dos Santos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Turturro pulls Dos Santos into guard.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Turturro keeps moving.
Turturro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Turturro has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Dos Santos doesn't defend quickly enough and Turturro has managed to lock this one up! Can Dos Santos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Turturro on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Giuseppe Turturro!
Giuseppe Turturro is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Giuseppe Turturro was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.