PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Balon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberval Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balon comes to the cage accompanied by Dawaj na ring. Mariusz Balon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Roberval Santos's chin.

Balon
vs
Santos

193 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Rage's Cloths

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mariusz Balon!
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, Roberval Santos!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos with a poor takedown

and Balon counters with a shoot takedown. Santos fights it but they end up in guard.

Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Balon is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.

Balon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Balon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Balon is aware though and is defending well.
Balon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Balon throwing strikes but missing.
Balon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Balon is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Balon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Balon postures up and lands a big shot to Santos's brow.
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!
Santos is trying to keep Balon in close.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Santos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Santos wants to control the pace but Balon is squirming around nicely.
Balon holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Santos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Balon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos throws some wild stikes that Balon manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing strikes from the mount.
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balon can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Mariusz Balon has been cut.
Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Santos lands with some strikes.

Mariusz Balon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mariusz Balon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roberval Santos!