PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiam Dos Santos (ranked 1197 p4p, 162 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 834 p4p, 117 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dos Santos
vs
Turturro

187 cm
29
195 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

185 cm
22
184 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raiam Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro looks to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Turturro tries to clinch up.

Turturro has Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Turturro tries to pull guard but Dos Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Turturro tries to pull guard but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Dos Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dos Santos to keep the fight standing.
Raiam Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giuseppe Turturro.
Dos Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turturro tries to pull guard but Dos Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Turturro controls his hands.
Dos Santos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turturro backwards.

Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Turturro tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos lands a nice hook to Turturro's body. Turturro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Turturro clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Turturro drops back down to his feet.

Turturro ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Turturro no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Turturro is trying to control the position but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos wanted to stand there but Turturro had control of the position.

Dos Santos is sitting in close to Turturro's body. Turturro has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Dos Santos is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Dos Santos is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Turturro.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Giuseppe Turturro!
Giuseppe Turturro was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.