PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sneaky Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bastos
vs
Snake

191 cm
19
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Bastos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sneaky Snake!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastos tries to clinch but Snake is having none of it.
Snake lands a jab to Bastos's midsection.
Snake misses with a wild combination.
Snake misses the shot to the body.
Snake looks to land a combination but Bastos avoids it well.
Bastos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Snake.
Bastos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Snake.
Snake throws a lazy right hand but Bastos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Snake cracks Bastos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Snake slips a jab from Bastos.
Bastos misses with a looping right.
Snake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bastos circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos needs to keep his hands up - Snake had a free shot at his head there.
Snake stuffs the takedown attempt from Bastos. Bastos gets slowly back to his feet.
Sneaky Snake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Snake.
Snake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bastos circles away quickly and effectively.
Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Snake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bastos throws an overhand right that lands on Snake's shoulder, as Snake tries to avoid the shot.
Bastos shoots in looking for a takedown but Snake manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bastos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bastos throws an overhand right that lands on Snake's shoulder, as Snake tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Snake. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bastos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Snake sprawls well initially but Bastos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Snake tries to get to full guard but Bastos has control of the leg.
Snake won't allow Bastos to pass to mount.
Bastos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Snake keeps working.
Bastos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastos is trying to control. Snake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Snake wants to improve his position but Bastos is controlling well.
Snake gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastos trying to control the position from guard on top but Snake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bastos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Snake wants to hit a switch here but Bastos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Snake there!
Snake holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bastos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Bastos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bastos landing strikes from the mount and Snake is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bastos lands a big elbow.

Snake is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Snake tries to improve his position but Bastos has taken his back! Bastos has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Snake tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Bastos pushes Snake away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rafael Bastos!