PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between ivan petrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oshae Penni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penni comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Let The Bodies Hit The Floor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Oshae Penni is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

petrovic
vs
Penni

195 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, ivan petrovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oshae Penni!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

petrovic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Penni to score an easy takedown into full guard.
petrovic thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Penni postures up.
Penni throws and elbow that misses. petrovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Penni's guard. Nice move by petrovic!
petrovic passes Penni's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Penni pushes petrovic off looking to stand but petrovic dives back in and keeps control.
petrovic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
petrovic has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
petrovic with a couple of short strikes.
petrovic content just to control the position here.
petrovic wants to control the pace but Penni is squirming around nicely.
Penni really doesn't want to stay on the ground with petrovic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Penni looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
petrovic looking to finish Penni with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penni!
petrovic tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Penni is squirming around, avoiding petrovic's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Penni that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

petrovic is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Penni can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
petrovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Penni's face.
petrovic tries to control but Penni wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Penni defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from petrovic.

petrovic has isolated one of Penni's arms. Penni looking to fight him off but petrovic twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). ivan petrovic!