PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sorgi Kartov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by BLOWN AWAY. Kartov has chosen Coal Chamber - Loco as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sorgi Kartov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Kartov

176 cm
29
155 lbs
20 - 7 - 2

172 cm
27
157 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sorgi Kartov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kartov doesn't seem bothered though.
Santos scores with a sloppy right hand. Kartov should have avoided that one.
Kartov tries to move into range but Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kartov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kartov misses with a looping right.
Kartov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice shot by Santos.
Kartov misses with a wild body shot.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kartov.
Kartov looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
A head kick by Santos misses
and Kartov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santos cracks Kartov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kartov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Santos is out of range and Kartov settles back down.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Kartov throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Kartov misses its intended target.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kartov.
Santos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Santos works Kartov's body with a nice hook.
Sorgi Kartov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kartov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.
Kartov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kartov manages to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Santos - that will leave a mark!
Kartov misses the shot to the body.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Kartov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kartov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kartov pushes Santos away with a front kick.
Santos with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kartov takes one to the chin there.
Kartov throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Santos.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kartov moves away.
Santos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kartov looks gassed!
Kartov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kartov looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Kartov misses with a left hand
and Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kartov throws a right hand that misses
and Santos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kartov's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Kartov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kartov misses with a wild body shot.
Kartov throws a wild body kick that Santos sees coming a mile off.
Kartov lands a jab to the nose.
Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Kartov looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kartov was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Kartov lands a right hook to the body.
Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A solid body kick from Santos.
Kartov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Santos scores with a jab.
Santos scores with a head kick. Kartov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Kartov is rocked!
That kick from Santos tenderised Kartov's leg. Kartov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kartov is still on wobbly legs! Can Santos finish him?
Santos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A punch lands to the side of Kartov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kartov gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Santos gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Kartov is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Santos!