PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zevran Arishok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santana
vs
Arishok

190 cm
21
184 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

183 cm
23
176 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zevran Arishok!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arishok lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A telegraphed right hand from Santana misses the target.
Arishok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Santana misses with an uppercut.
Arishok connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santana. Santana circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santana looks to land a combination but Arishok avoids it well.
Arishok lands a jab to the head.
Arishok lands a nice shot that snaps Santana's head back.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Arishok has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Santana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santana misses with a head kick.
Arishok punishes Santana's body with a nice straight punch.

Oooooh!!! Arishok has knocked Santana down with a huge combo! Arishok steps away and waves a wobbly Santana back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Santana is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santana throws a body kick that misses.
Oh Santana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arishok connects with a crisp jab.
Arishok blocks a head kick by Santana.
Arishok fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santana.
Santana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arishok moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arishok jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santana misses with a head kick.
Arishok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arishok lands with an uppercut that bounces Santana off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arishok with a hook.
Santana walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Arishok swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zevran Arishok!
After winning the bout, Zevran Arishok thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.