PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Chung Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Almeida Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chung Young
vs
Almeida Santos

184 cm
21
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lee Chung Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Almeida Santos!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chung Young. That did some damage!
Nice takedown defense from Almeida Santos. No joy for Chung Young on that attempt.
Chung Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Almeida Santos.
Almeida Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chung Young is breathing heavily.
Chung Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Almeida Santos.
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!
Chung Young avoids the head kick by Almeida Santos.
Almeida Santos connects with a solid leg kick.
Almeida Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chung Young at a distance.
Good leg kick by Almeida Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Almeida Santos throws a nice looking combination but Chung Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Almeida Santos throws a right hand that Chung Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Chung Young also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Almeida Santos misses.
Almeida Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Chung Young dodges the punch combination from Almeida Santos.
Victor Almeida Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chung Young feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Almeida Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chung Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Almeida Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chung Young is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chung Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almeida Santos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Almeida Santos keeping moving, preventing Chung Young from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chung Young is looking to work some ground and pound but Almeida Santos has wrist control.
Almeida Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chung Young stopping the sweep attempt from Almeida Santos.
Almeida Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A combination from Almeida Santos does no damage.
Almeida Santos loads up on a big right hand but Chung Young slips the punch.
Almeida Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Chung Young.

Chung Young in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Almeida Santos is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lee Chung Young!