PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentino Santiago (ranked 2052 p4p, 4422 weight class) and Oscar Dome (ranked 253 p4p, 469 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Santiago
vs
Dome

190 cm
26
199
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
192
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Valentino Santiago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oscar Dome!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dome lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santiago displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dome throws out the jab.
Santiago half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dome scores with a punch to the head.
Dome moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dome lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Dome lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santiago doesn't seem phased though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dome.
Nice shot lands for Dome.
A left lands for Dome.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dome drives through and clinches with Santiago against the cage.

Santiago pulls Dome into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Santiago is on top in guard.

Santiago passes Dome's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Santiago passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

Santiago is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dome is surviving well by controlling Santiago's body position as best he can.
Santiago is looking to work his way around to Dome's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

Santiago working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Dome is controlling an arm, preventing Santiago from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

Santiago looking to secure an arm triangle but Dome defends it well.
Dome is trying to escape the mount but Santiago keeps good control and instead manages to take Dome's back.

Santiago is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Dome has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Santiago has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Dome taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Santiago doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Valentino Santiago!
Valentino Santiago is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Valentino Santiago made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.