PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Pietrovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jelk Samsamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietrovitch comes to the cage accompanied by Punishment - Biohazard. Samsamson has chosen Get ready for 0-6 Pietrovitch!!!!!!! as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pietrovitch
vs
Samsamson

191 cm
23
214 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

192 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Rivers Edge Nutrition
Donkey Punch Apparel

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Pietrovitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jelk Samsamson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samsamson tries for a takedown but Pietrovitch sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pietrovitch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pietrovitch misses with a two punch combination.
Samsamson tries to bum rush Pietrovitch with a series of wild strikes but Pietrovitch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pietrovitch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pietrovitch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Samsamson is defended easily by Pietrovitch.
Samsamson fails to land the takedown.
Nikolai Pietrovitch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jelk Samsamson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Samsamson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Samsamson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
You get the feeling that Pietrovitch really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samsamson looking to control but Pietrovitch is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Samsamson controlling from the full mount.

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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrovitch's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Samsamson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
I looks like Samsamson might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four 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.
Samsamson is stalling here but it's allowed Pietrovitch to get half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

No joy there for Pietrovitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pietrovitch lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Jelk Samsamson has been cut.
Pietrovitch clobbers Samsamson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pietrovitch throws a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Pietrovitch - just one landing.
Pietrovitch misses with a two punch combination.
Crunch! Samsamson slams his shin into Pietrovitch's torso.
Nikolai Pietrovitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pietrovitch connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Samsamson's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pietrovitch swinging wildly here.
Pietrovitch slaps away a takedown attempt from Samsamson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pietrovitch clobbers Samsamson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrovitch throws a sloppy head kick and Samsamson moves out of range easily.
Samsamson misses with a combination
and Pietrovitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pietrovitch scores with a shot to the body.
Samsamson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pietrovitch throws a combination that misses

and Samsamson moves into the clinch.
Samsamson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Samsamson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pietrovitch fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Samsamson is breathing heavily.
Pietrovitch misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrovitch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pietrovitch scores with a jab. Samsamson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Samsamson dodges the punch combination from Pietrovitch.
Pietrovitch throws a nice looking combination but Samsamson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Samsamson misses with a double jab
enabling Pietrovitch to counter with a crisp jab.
Pietrovitch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Samsamson.
Pietrovitch misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrovitch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Samsamson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pietrovitch falls off balance throwing a combination
and Samsamson counters with a big head kick but Pietrovitch shrugs it off.
Pietrovitch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Samsamson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pietrovitch.
Pietrovitch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pietrovitch throws a nice looking combination but Samsamson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Samsamson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pietrovitch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That has opened up Jelk Samsamson's cut even more.
Pietrovitch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Samsamson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Pietrovitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nikolai Pietrovitch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samsamson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pietrovitch fails to land with a series of punches.
Pietrovitch fails to land with a series of punches.
Pietrovitch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Pietrovitch drops Samsamson with a beautiful combination! Samsamson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pietrovitch is looking for the KO!

Samsamson is rocked!
Pietrovitch connects with a stiff jab that staggers Samsamson - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nikolai Pietrovitch!