PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichiban Tostito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tostito's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hero - Nickelback. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tostito
vs
Saint

180 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Elite Nutrition Supplements

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ichiban Tostito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint tries to clinch there but Tostito circles away.
Saint shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tostito but Tostito pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tostito slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
Saint lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Saint.
Saint fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tostito throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Tostito swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Tostito. No joy for Saint on that attempt.
Tostito thows a body shot but no joy.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tostito as he jumps to the side.
Ichiban Tostito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Tostito darts in trying to clinch
and Saint counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Tostito scores with a four punch combination!

Tostito pushes Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
Tostito looking to slow down the pace here.
Tostito scores a nice knee to the body.
Saint fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tostito throws an elbow that misses.
Saint tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
Tostito lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tostito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Tostito is trying to trip Saint. He has hold of a leg but Saint is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Tostito persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Saint is pulling down on Tostito's head. It's preventing any offense from Tostito, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tostito drops back looking for a leg! Saint is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Saint manages to kick Tostito off! Tostito jumps back into Saint's guard.
Tostito with a flurry of punches that miss.
Saint controls Tostito momentarily but Tostito frees himself.
Saint has control of Tostito's left arm, preventing Tostito from doing any damage.
Tostito has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tostito trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.
Saint trying to keep a closed guard but Tostito is proving a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tostito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saint tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tostito swivels and escapes.
Saint looks gassed!
Tostito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Saint tries to clinch up

and Tostito moves into the clinch.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tostito gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Saint keeping full guard, as Tostito tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tostito scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tostito trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.
Saint trying to control the position.
Saint is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Tostito pushes down on Saint's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Saint wants to control but Tostito is keeping busy.
Tostito wants to pass the guard but Saint is defending well.
Tostito is thwarting Saint's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Tostito wants to work for an arm triangle but Saint is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tostito is keen to just control but Saint is a slippery customer.
Tostito passes the guard and advances to mount!

Tostito working for a guillotine from mount but Saint is in no mood to give up.
Saint is looking to get to half guard.
Tostito breaks from Saint's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Tostito is working for a guillotine from mount but Saint frees his head quite easily.
Tostito can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Saint is looking to escape.
Saint wants to hold on but Tostito pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tostito lands a big shot there that rocks Saint but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tostito fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tostito lands a nice shot to the head.
Tostito lands a big shot there that rocks Saint but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tostito wants to control the pace but Saint is squirming around nicely.
Tostito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tostito is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tostito with a couple of short strikes.
Tostito controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tostito trying to control but Saint is having none of it.

Tostito working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Saint looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Tostito! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ichiban Tostito!