PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Delquanavant Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Petroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Ridin' Dirty. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Washington
vs
Petroni

180 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Delquanavant Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcelo Petroni!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petroni gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Washington stopping the sweep attempt from Petroni.
Washington wants to control from the top but Petroni keeps moving.
Petroni utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Petroni is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Washington is aware though and is defending well.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Petroni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Washington avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Petroni escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Washington gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Petroni scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Petroni has his takedown stuffed

and Washington counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Washington drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Washington jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Washington looking to sit in guard and control but Petroni gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Washington keeping full guard, as Petroni tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington has a closed guard, preventing Petroni from standing up.
Washington tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington keeping full guard, as Petroni tries to pass.
Petroni wanted to stand there but Washington had control of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Petroni throws a series of punches but Washington moves out of range.
Petroni tries to clinch

and Washington counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petroni is looking to escape.
Petroni is staying active underneath Washington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Petroni pushes Washington off and gets back to his feet.
Washington is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Petroni lands a nice looking body shot.
Washington is breathing heavily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Petroni darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Washington gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petroni slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Petroni has his foot on Washington's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Washington works his way back into a safe position though.

Washington got a little sloppy there for a moment and Petroni has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Washington has managed to get both his arms back between Petroni's legs - danger averted.

Petroni looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcelo Petroni will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Washington looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Washington not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Petroni keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.

Petroni is looking for a triangle but Washington pushes his legs off easily.

Washington drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Washington jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Petroni is looking for a triangle but Washington pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Petroni looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington won't allow Petroni to sweep him here.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Petroni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Petroni escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Washington gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Petroni is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Washington is working an open guard so Petroni takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Washington needs to keep his hands up - Petroni had a free shot at his head there.
Petroni swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcelo Petroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petroni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Washington counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington wants to control from the top but Petroni keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Petroni blocks nicely.
Petroni tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Petroni is looking to sinch up a triangle. Washington throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Petroni's body to avoid the submission. Petroni has instead reached around Washington's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Petroni arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marcelo Petroni!