PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Rybicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rybicki
vs
Petrosyan

182 cm
23
171 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pawel Rybicki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Petrosyan!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rybicki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petrosyan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rybicki clinches but Petrosyan breaks the clinch

and Petrosyan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Petrosyan.

Petrosyan manages to break the clinch.
Rybicki tries to clinch

and Petrosyan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Rybicki avoids the damage to the body.
Petrosyan lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Pawel Rybicki has been cut.
Rybicki is trying to break free.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Rybicki being controlled against the cage.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rybicki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan stalling the fight.
Rybicki stops a takedown attempt from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan wants a takedown but no success here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rybicki.
Petrosyan leaning against his opponent.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rybicki avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Petrosyan stalls.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Rybicki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rybicki wants to get back to striking at distance but Petrosyan won't allow it.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rybicki blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.

Petrosyan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rybicki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rybicki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Petrosyan but Petrosyan pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Petrosyan has closed the distance and engaged Rybicki in a clinch.
Rybicki being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Rybicki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rybicki avoids a wild elbow strike from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Rybicki won't want to take too many of those.
Rybicki tries to score a body lock takedown but Petrosyan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Petrosyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pawel Rybicki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrosyan is looking to clinch but Rybicki is avoiding it.
Petrosyan looks gassed!
Rybicki tries to clinch but Petrosyan moves away

and Petrosyan moves into the clinch.
Rybicki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rybicki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rybicki is stalling here.
Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rybicki is trying to force a seperation but Petrosyan has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan prevents Rybicki from breaking the clinch.
Rybicki tries to break free but Petrosyan pushes him back against the cage.
Petrosyan working Rybicki over with knees to the body.
Rybicki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Petrosyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rybicki tries to bum rush Petrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Petrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Petrosyan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rybicki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rybicki misses with a double jab.
Petrosyan tries to clinch but Rybicki moves out of range.

Rybicki moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rybicki blocks the elbow strike.
Rybicki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rybicki looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Rybicki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petrosyan slowing the pace effectively.

Rybicki decides to pull guard.
Petrosyan wants to stand but Rybicki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rybicki throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rybicki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rybicki wants to stand and escape but Petrosyan is having none of it.
Rybicki being controlled here, momentarily.
Rybicki trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Petrosyan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pawel Rybicki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rybicki shoots in but no luck this time.
Rybicki takes a swing at Petrosyan's ribcage but misses.
Petrosyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rybicki swats away the attempt to clinch by Petrosyan.

Petrosyan takes the fight into the clinch.
Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rybicki is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Rybicki takes an elbow to the temple.
Petrosyan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rybicki gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Petrosyan breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rybicki misses with a kick to the body

and Petrosyan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rybicki managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Rybicki in his tracks for a moment.

Pawel Rybicki's cut is getting worse.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Rybicki has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Petrosyan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rybicki trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a nice elbow.
Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Petrosyan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rybicki avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrosyan. Rybicki does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan looks to clinch

and Rybicki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Petrosyan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Petrosyan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rybicki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Petrosyan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rybicki has passed into side control.
Petrosyan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petrosyan looks to move to half guard but instead Rybicki has passed into mount! Damn!
Rybicki lands a big shot there that rocks Petrosyan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Rybicki.
Rybicki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Petrosyan is looking to escape.
Petrosyan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rybicki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Petrosyan hang on?
Rybicki unloading with bombs!
Rybicki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Petrosyan tries to lock up and control but Rybicki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rybicki controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rybicki working Petrosyan over with strikes here.
Rybicki avoids the attempt from Petrosyan to control.
Rybicki working Petrosyan over with strikes here.
Rybicki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Petrosyan is looking to escape.
Rybicki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Petrosyan is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pawel Rybicki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pawel Rybicki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rybicki wants to clinch but Petrosyan slips to the side

and Petrosyan counters by clinching up.
Petrosyan with a knee to the head.
Rybicki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Petrosyan lands a damaging elbow.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Rybicki won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Petrosyan.
Rybicki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Petrosyan throws an elbow but misses.
Rybicki tries to break free but Petrosyan pushes him back against the cage.
Petrosyan is trying to stall.
Rybicki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Petrosyan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rybicki.
Rybicki tries a body shot but Petrosyan blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rybicki.

Rybicki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rybicki tries to clinch but Petrosyan moves out of range.
Petrosyan takes a swing at Rybicki's ribcage but misses.
Rybicki shoots in looking for a takedown. Petrosyan tries to sprawl out of it but Rybicki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Petrosyan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rybicki throws a leg kick but Petrosyan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Petrosyan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rybicki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rybicki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rybicki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rybicki tries to clinch but Petrosyan moves out of range.
Rybicki avoids the head kick by Petrosyan.
Rybicki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petrosyan circles away quickly and effectively.
Rybicki throws a body kick that misses.
Rybicki misses with a few strikes there.
Rybicki fails to land with a series of punches.
Petrosyan wants to clinch but Rybicki slips to the side

and Rybicki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rybicki has had enough of the clinch but Petrosyan keeps him there for the moment.

Petrosyan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petrosyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rybicki misses with a takedown attempt - Petrosyan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Petrosyan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Petrosyan ducks under a wild hook from Rybicki.
Petrosyan tries to clinch there but Rybicki circles away.
Rybicki looks to clinch
and Petrosyan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Petrosyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rybicki gets control of Petrosyan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rybicki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Petrosyan wants to stand but Rybicki is controlling his posture from full guard.

Rybicki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Petrosyan is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rybicki wants to sweep but no luck.
Petrosyan trying to control but Rybicki is working from the bottom.

Petrosyan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Petrosyan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rybicki circles away.
A head kick misses from Rybicki.
Rybicki closes the distance looking to clinch

and Petrosyan counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rybicki goes for a takedown attempt but Petrosyan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Rybicki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petrosyan misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giorgio Petrosyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Petrosyan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Petrosyan!