PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ante Pavlovic (ranked 1420 p4p, 3525 weight class) and Michael Santos (ranked 196 p4p, 420 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pavlovic
vs
Santos

178 cm
26
180
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
180
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Pavlovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Santos!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos avoids the body shot from Pavlovic.
Ante Pavlovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavlovic throws out a powerful jab.
Pavlovic misses with a wild body shot.
Pavlovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pavlovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Michael Santos has been cut.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavlovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavlovic lands a jab to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Santos has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Santos tries to clinch up but Pavlovic circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlovic punishes Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Santos moves out of range as Pavlovic strikes.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pavlovic but Pavlovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Santos takes one to the side of the head.
Pavlovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pavlovic wants it to stay on the feet.
Ante Pavlovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Santos.
Pavlovic lands a right hook to the body.
Pavlovic cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.
Santos with a poor takedown

and Pavlovic counters with a crisp right hand that drops Santos! Pavlovic lets Santos back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Santos is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlovic weaves into range and cracks Santos right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Santos goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Pavlovic is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ante Pavlovic!
After winning the bout, Ante Pavlovic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.