PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giorgio Petrosyan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holt
vs
Petrosyan

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 Montreal, Maximus Holt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giorgio Petrosyan!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holt is looking to score with low kicks.
Petrosyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Holt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Petrosyan but Petrosyan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Petrosyan thows a body shot but no joy.
Holt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Holt with a poor takedown
and Petrosyan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Holt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Petrosyan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holt's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maximus Holt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrosyan, right into the meat.
Petrosyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Holt is breathing heavily.
Petrosyan lands with a kick to the temple. Holt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Maximus Holt has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrosyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Holt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrosyan lands a head kick. Holt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Petrosyan throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Holt. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Petrosyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Petrosyan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Petrosyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt avoids the head kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Holt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrosyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Giorgio Petrosyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrosyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Petrosyan pushes Holt up against the ropes in a clinch.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Petrosyan working Holt over with knees to the body.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Holt's ribcage.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Holt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but Holt blocks it.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holt's face.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holt's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Petrosyan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petrosyan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrosyan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrosyan working Holt over with knees to the body.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrosyan landing knees to the head.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but Holt blocks with his arms.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Holt working hard to break the clinch.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Holt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Petrosyan smiles and moves away.
Petrosyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Petrosyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Holt avoids the head kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holt misses with a two punch combination.
Petrosyan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Petrosyan scores with a head kick. Holt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Petrosyan scores with a kick to the midsection.

Petrosyan has closed the distance and engaged Holt in a clinch.
Petrosyan scores with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrosyan working Holt over with knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Holt's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holt's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Petrosyan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximus Holt's cut.
That's time! Holt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Petrosyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Holt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Petrosyan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
Petrosyan avoids the elbow strike from Holt, against the ropes.
Holt goes for a takedown attempt but Petrosyan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Holt clinches up against the ropes.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Giorgio Petrosyan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Holt tries to pull guard but Petrosyan holds him up against the ropes and eventually Holt drops back down to his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Holt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holt's face.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Holt's ribcage.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Holt's ribcage.
Holt is trying to break the clinch but Petrosyan is controlling him.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holt fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maximus Holt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Holt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Petrosyan scores with a knee to the head.
Holt managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Petrosyan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Holt looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holt goes for a takedown in the clinch but Petrosyan prevents it.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
Petrosyan working Holt over with knees to the body.
Holt tries to pull guard but Petrosyan holds him up against the ropes and eventually Holt drops back down to his feet.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Holt's ribcage.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Holt goes for a takedown in the clinch but Petrosyan prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holt is trying to break free.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Holt is working for takedown but Petrosyan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan scores with a knee to the head.
Holt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holt is pushing Petrosyan up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scores with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan working Holt over with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Holt avoids the damage to the body.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holt.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holt blocks it with crossed arms.
Petrosyan stops a takedown attempt from Holt.
Holt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Petrosyan smiles and moves away.

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.
Holt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Petrosyan counters with a thumping low kick.
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses.

Holt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head.
Holt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrosyan looking to throw knees to the head but Holt is blocking nicely.
Holt fails to pull guard.
Holt tries for a takedown. No joy.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrosyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Holt avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giorgio Petrosyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maximus Holt's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body kick from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick which misses Holt's front leg but catches the back leg as Holt tries to avoid it.

Holt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Petrosyan, pushing him back against the ropes.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Holt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Petrosyan smiles and moves away.
Giorgio Petrosyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrosyan lands with a thumping leg kick.

Holt clinches.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holt's face.
Petrosyan with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holt.
Holt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Petrosyan smiles and moves away.
Petrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Holt clinches with his opponent.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but Holt blocks with his arms.
Petrosyan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holt wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maximus Holt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Holt won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holt.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Holt avoids the damage to the body.
Holt tries to circle away but Petrosyan has him pinned against the ropes.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holt avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Holt is trying to force a seperation but Petrosyan has the dominant position.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petrosyan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holt managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but Holt blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Holt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holt tries to pull guard but Petrosyan holds him up against the ropes and eventually Holt drops back down to his feet.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but Holt blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Holt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Petrosyan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Holt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrosyan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holt is defending well for now.
Holt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Holt - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Holt fails to pull guard.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holt blocks it with crossed arms.
Holt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holt.
Holt tries to pull guard but Petrosyan holds him up against the ropes and eventually Holt drops back down to his feet.
Holt trying to stall but Petrosyan improves his position.

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.
Holt drops down looking for an ankle pick but Petrosyan pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Holt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Petrosyan - the referee stops the clock and Holt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Petrosyan. Holt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A good leg kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Petrosyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holt's sensitive parts.
Petrosyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Petrosyan is looking to slow Holt down with leg kicks.
Holt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Petrosyan.
Maximus Holt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrosyan thumps Holt with a low kick.
Holt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrosyan.
Holt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maximus Holt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petrosyan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giorgio Petrosyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Petrosyan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Petrosyan!