PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Krushtov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesse Ventura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krushtov
vs
Ventura

191 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
221 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

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 St Petersburg, Petr Krushtov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krushtov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krushtov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ventura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krushtov loads up on a big right hand but Ventura slips the punch.

Ventura has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ventura lands a knee to the body.
Ventura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krushtov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ventura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ventura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Ventura.
Ventura gets underhooks to prevent Krushtov's takedown attempt.
Ventura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ventura landing knees to the head.
Ventura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ventura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ventura.
Ventura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krushtov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Krushtov managing to block the knees to the body from Ventura.
Ventura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ventura looks gassed!
Ventura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krushtov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ventura misses with a knee to the head.
Ventura tries to land a knee to the head but Krushtov blocks with his arms.
Ventura is pressed up against the cage. Krushtov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ventura down to the mat. Ventura avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krushtov waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ventura.
Ventura is looking to chop away at Krushtov's legs.
Ventura on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ventura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jesse Ventura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krushtov checks a leg kick nicely.
Krushtov just misses with a punch to the body.
Ventura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krushtov throws out the jab.

Krushtov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Krushtov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Krushtov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Krushtov landing strikes from the mount.
Krushtov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Krushtov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Krushtov cracks Ventura with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Krushtov controlling from the full mount.
Krushtov scoring with strikes but Ventura is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krushtov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Krushtov scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ventura?
Krushtov lands a big shot there that rocks Ventura but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Ventura is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krushtov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ventura is still in real trouble! Can Krushtov finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Krushtov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Krushtov unloading with bombs!
Krushtov lands a heavy elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Krushtov lands a heavy elbow.
Ventura really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Krushtov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Krushtov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Krushtov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ventura's face.
Ventura is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krushtov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ventura can do anything to dispel that myth.
Krushtov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Krushtov controlling the pace for now.
Krushtov scoring with strikes but Ventura is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krushtov is landing with some decent strikes but Ventura is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Krushtov lands with some strikes.
Krushtov unloading with bombs!
Krushtov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Krushtov breaks from Ventura's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Krushtov lands a heavy elbow.
Krushtov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krushtov lands a nice shot to the head.

Krushtov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Krushtov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petr Krushtov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ventura slips under a jab from Krushtov.
Krushtov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Ventura as Krushtov shoots in.
Ventura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krushtov throws out the jab.
Krushtov throws an overhand right that lands on Ventura's shoulder, as Ventura tries to avoid the shot.
Krushtov misses the jab.
Krushtov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ventura is fending him off so far but Krushtov persists. Nope, Ventura circles away and we're back to standing.
Krushtov looks to land a right hand but Ventura moved out of range.
Krushtov shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Krushtov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ventura ducks under a wild hook from Krushtov.
Krushtov slow jab from Ventura misses its intended target.
Krushtov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Krushtov misses with a hook. Ventura ducked under it nicely.
Krushtov misses with an uppercut. Ventura saw that one coming.
Jesse Ventura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Krushtov misses.
Krushtov misses with a hook. Ventura ducked under it nicely.
Krushtov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ventura pinned against the cage. Ventura gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Krushtov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ventura circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krushtov throws a looping overhand right but Ventura ducks down to avoid it.
Krushtov looks for a takedown but Ventura sprawls well.
Krushtov misses with a hook.
No luck for Krushtov with that takedown attempt.
Ventura checks a low kick from Krushtov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ventura slips a straight right by Krushtov.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Krushtov.
Krushtov throws a shot from downtown. Ventura moves away and avoids it.
Krushtov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krushtov shoots for a double leg takedown but Ventura sprawls well. He's pushed Krushtov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Krushtov tries to clinch but Ventura is having none of it.
Krushtov throws a shot from downtown. Ventura moves away and avoids it.
Krushtov throws a hook but Ventura blocks it.
Ventura slips under a jab from Krushtov.
Ventura stuffs the takedown attempt from Krushtov. Krushtov gets slowly back to his feet.
Krushtov looks to land a right hand but Ventura moved out of range.
No luck for Krushtov with that takedown attempt.
Krushtov misses the jab.
Krushtov missing with a left hand there. Ventura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krushtov tries for a takedown but Ventura sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ventura blocks a jab.
Ventura slips a jab from Krushtov.
Krushtov misses with an uppercut. Ventura saw that one coming.
Krushtov throws a series of punches but Ventura moves out of range.
Ventura slips a jab from Krushtov.
Krushtov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice takedown defense from Ventura. No joy for Krushtov on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Krushtov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A swing and a miss from Krushtov.
Horrible takedown by Krushtov or perhaps it was just good defense by Ventura which made him look bad.
Krushtov throws a looping overhand right but Ventura ducks down to avoid it.
Ventura slips a jab from Krushtov.
Krushtov looks to land a right hand but Ventura moved out of range.
Krushtov misses with a looping right.
Krushtov throws a hook to the side of Ventura's head but Ventura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krushtov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ventura manages to avoid it.
Krushtov has a takedown stuffed.
Ventura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krushtov.
Krushtov is looking to clinch but Ventura is avoiding it.
Ventura stuffs the takedown attempt from Krushtov. Krushtov gets slowly back to his feet.
Krushtov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ventura as he avoids it easily.
Krushtov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ventura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krushtov.
Krushtov misses with a looping right.
Ventura slips under a jab.
Ventura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krushtov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ventura ducks under a wild hook from Krushtov.
Ventura ducks under a wild hook from Krushtov.
Krushtov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ventura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krushtov looks to land a left hand but Ventura moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Krushtov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krushtov throws a hook but Ventura blocks it.
Krushtov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ventura pinned against the cage. Ventura gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Krushtov throws a hook but Ventura blocks it.
Krushtov misses with a hook.
Ventura keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ventura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krushtov throws out the jab.
Krushtov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ventura is fending him off so far but Krushtov persists. Nope, Ventura circles away and we're back to standing.
Krushtov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ventura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Krushtov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krushtov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ventura circles away.
Krushtov tries to clinch up.
A big left from Krushtov misses.
Ventura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krushtov.
Krushtov shoots for a double leg takedown but Ventura sprawls well. He's pushed Krushtov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Krushtov shoots in looking for a takedown. Ventura tries to sprawl out of it but Krushtov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ventura manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Krushtov throws a right hand that Ventura ducks under and follows up with a left that Ventura also avoids with ease.
Krushtov just misses with a punch to the body.
Krushtov just misses with a punch to the body.
Krushtov misses with a wild combination.
Krushtov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ventura sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ventura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krushtov throws a big shot that misses.
Krushtov throws a shot from downtown. Ventura moves away and avoids it.
Krushtov throws out a loose jab but Ventura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ventura stuffs the takedown attempt from Krushtov. Krushtov gets slowly back to his feet.
Krushtov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ventura manages to avoid it.
Krushtov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Krushtov throws a looping overhand right but Ventura ducks down to avoid it.
Krushtov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The fighters circling - Krushtov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krushtov throws the left hand but Ventura avoids the punch easily.
Krushtov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ventura as he avoids it easily.
Krushtov throws a hook but Ventura avoids it easily.
Ventura slips under a jab.
Krushtov slow jab from Ventura misses its intended target.
Krushtov misses the shot to the body.
Krushtov swinging wilding here.
Ventura ducks under a wild hook from Krushtov.
Krushtov missing with a left hand there. Ventura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ventura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krushtov.
A big right from Krushtov misses.
Nice defenses there by Ventura.
Ventura checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Ventura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ventura seems to have recovered his senses.
Ventura looking to throw knees to the head but Krushtov is blocking nicely.
Ventura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krushtov's face.
Ventura misses with a knee strike.
Ventura trying to land knees to the body.
Krushtov managing to block the knees to the body from Ventura.
Ventura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Krushtov is rocked!
Ventura has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Krushtov - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Ventura, and another! Krushtov is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jesse Ventura!