PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Pawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Simon Petrov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Pawn
vs
Petrov

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Black Pawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Simon Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Petrov.

Petrov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pawn's guard.
Pawn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Petrov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pawn is proving hard to escape from.
Petrov stops Pawn from standing up.
Petrov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pawn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Petrov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Petrov postures up in Pawn's guard and throws a big left but Pawn blocks it.
Petrov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Petrov moves into the clinch successfully.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Petrov slips under a jab.
Petrov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Simon Petrov has been cut.
Petrov scores with a jab. Pawn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Black Pawn has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pawn scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Petrov looks gassed!
Pawn scores with a hook to the body. Petrov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov drops his hands momentarily and Pawn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pawn cracks Petrov with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Petrov falls to his knees and Pawn doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Black Pawn!