PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Karpov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karpov has chosen Villieläin - Voittamaton as his entrance music. Petrov is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Ivan Karpov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Petrov
vs
Karpov

185 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

183 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Karpov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov throws a head kick but Karpov moves out of range.
Petrov looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Karpov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Petrov to the mat! Petrov manages to get full guard.
Karpov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Petrov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karpov on the ground.
Karpov is stalling in the full guard.
Karpov stands up over Petrov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Karpov gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Karpov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Karpov works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Karpov.
Karpov controlling his opponent.
Karpov working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Ruslan Petrov's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpov lands a heavy elbow.
Karpov scoring with strikes but Petrov is staying in there.

Ruslan Petrov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Karpov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Karpov looking for a guillotine from mount but Petrov is having none of it.
Karpov lands a big shot there that rocks Petrov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Karpov working the ground and pound effectively.
Karpov looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Karpov is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Petrov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Karpov controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpov landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Petrov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Karpov raining down shots from the mount!
Karpov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Petrov is looking to escape.
Petrov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Karpov controlling from the full mount.
Karpov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Petrov is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpov landing strikes, looking to finish!

Jeez, Ruslan Petrov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ruslan Petrov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ivan Karpov!