PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Sultanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sultanov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by No Vaseline. Fabio Huerta looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Huerta
vs
Sultanov

184 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
177 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

South Side Swagger
Fighters Edge Nutrition and Supplements

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fabio Huerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amir Sultanov!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerta keeps the fight on the outside.
Sultanov tries to clinch up but Huerta circles away and keeps his distance.

Sultanov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sultanov is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Sultanov.
Sultanov lands an elbow that stopped Huerta in his tracks for a moment.
Sultanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Huerta misses with some punches.
Sultanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Huerta takes an elbow to the temple.
Sultanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sultanov lands a nice elbow.
Sultanov landing knees to the body.
Sultanov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huerta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sultanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sultanov with a knee to the head.

Sultanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sultanov is looking to clinch.

Sultanov clinches.

Sultanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sultanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sultanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sultanov gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sultanov breaks the clinch.
Sultanov tries to clinch but Huerta moves out of range.
Sultanov tries to clinch there but Huerta circles away.
Huerta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sultanov is fending him off so far but Huerta persists. Nope, Sultanov circles away and we're back to standing.
Amir Sultanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sultanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sultanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huerta throws a right and a left that Sultanov avoids nicely.
Huerta is breathing heavily.
Sultanov tries to clinch up

and Huerta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sultanov lands an elbow inside that Huerta shrugs off.
Sultanov connects with a knee to the head.
Huerta is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sultanov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Sultanov.

Sultanov breaks the clinch.
Sultanov tries to clinch but Huerta moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sultanov tries to clinch but Huerta moves away

and Huerta counters by moving into the clinch.
Huerta tries for a takedown but Sultanov manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Huerta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short uppercut from Sultanov.
Huerta takes an elbow to the temple.
Sultanov lands an elbow that stopped Huerta in his tracks for a moment.
Sultanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sultanov lands a damaging elbow.

Sultanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sultanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huerta closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sultanov circles away.
Sultanov lands with a slapping head kick.
Sultanov tries to clinch up

and Huerta counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sultanov!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huerta controlling his opponent.
Huerta fails to take his opponent's back.
Sultanov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huerta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Huerta jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sultanov manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sultanov tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Huerta has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Huerta lands a shot to the head.
Sultanov trying to control but not successfully.

Sultanov defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Huerta's arms.
Sultanov controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sultanov trying to control the position but Huerta manages to sink in the hooks.

Huerta is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Sultanov defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Sultanov is trying to get back to his feet but Huerta has full control of the position and if anything, Sultanov has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Huerta is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Sultanov defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lull in the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Huerta working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Huerta lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Huerta dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sultanov clinches but Huerta breaks the clinch

and Huerta counters by moving into the clinch.
Sultanov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sultanov lands a body shot.
Sultanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sultanov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huerta's face.
Sultanov landing knees to the head.
Come on Sultanov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sultanov lands an elbow that stopped Huerta in his tracks for a moment.

Sultanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sultanov tries to clinch up

and Huerta counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sultanov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Huerta is controlling him.

Sultanov pushes Huerta off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sultanov wants to clinch

and Huerta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sultanov's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Sultanov kicks Huerta off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sultanov tries to clinch there but Huerta circles away.
Sultanov moves in looking to clinch but Huerta pushes him off.
Sultanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sultanov lands a high kick!
Sultanov tries to clinch up.
Sultanov closes the distance but Huerta moves to the side

and Huerta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sultanov's guard.

Sultanov pushes Huerta off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Huerta darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Huerta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Huerta is nestled in close to Sultanov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Huerta wants to take a breather but Sultanov is having none of it.
Huerta trying to pass the guard but Sultanov defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sultanov tries to get to full guard but Huerta has control of the leg.
Sultanov is controlling Huerta's trapped leg to prevent Huerta from advancing to side control.
Sultanov tries to kick Huerta off but Huerta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sultanov trying to control from the bottom.
Huerta is trying to control the action in half guard but Sultanov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Huerta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sultanov is looking to clinch.
Huerta misses with a two punch combination.

Huerta fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sultanov sprawls well initially but Huerta persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Huerta lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Huerta is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sultanov defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sultanov wants to get back to his feet.
Sultanov keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Huerta throwing shots but Sultanov is blocking nicely.
Huerta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sultanov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Huerta is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sultanov pushes Huerta off looking to stand but Huerta dives back in and keeps control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Huerta throws the kick towards the body but Sultanov avoids it.
Sultanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huerta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sultanov wants to clinch up but Huerta keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sultanov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sultanov tries to clinch but Huerta moves out of range.
Sultanov moves out of range as Huerta throws a body kick.
Sultanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Huerta.
Huerta tries to clinch there but Sultanov circles away.
Sultanov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Sultanov pushes him off.
Huerta clinches but Sultanov breaks the clinch

and Sultanov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Sultanov manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sultanov gets a clinch.

Sultanov breaks the clinch.
Huerta circles away from the clinch attempt

and Huerta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sultanov's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Huerta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sultanov looks to clinch

and Huerta counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sultanov won't be happy with that.
Sultanov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Huerta asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Huerta has an Americana. Sultanov didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Huerta is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Huerta hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Fabio Huerta!