PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Karev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patterson's entrance music is "I'm Too Sexy". A fine choice. Pete Patterson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Patterson
vs
Karev

225 cm
28
266 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

193 cm
22
252 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Australian Xtreme - 159 Video Proof.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pete Patterson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Oleg Karev!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson wants to clinch.
Karev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karev throws a head kick that misses
and Patterson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Patterson throws a leg kick
and Karev counters with a thumping low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Patterson as he connects with a hook.
Patterson misses with an uppercut
and Karev counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Karev tries a low kick but Patterson avoids it.
Karev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Patterson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patterson moves out of range of the body kick.
Patterson blocks a leg kick.
Patterson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson cracks Karev with a good jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Patterson blocks the leg kick.
Karev throws a body kick that misses.
Jab by Patterson.
Patterson moves out of range as Karev throws a body kick.
Karev throws a lazy right hand but Patterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick by Karev misses
and Patterson counters with a big head kick but Karev shrugs it off.
Patterson throws a leg kick
enabling Karev to counter with a crisp jab.
Oleg Karev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karev blocks the body kick.
Patterson tries to land a body kick
and Karev counters with a nice low kick that buckles Patterson's knee momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Patterson checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Patterson.
Patterson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Karev blocks the low kick.
Patterson looks for the body kick but Karev saw that one coming.
A shot to the liver by Karev. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karev misses with a body shot
and Patterson counters with a nice body kick.
Pete Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Karev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Karev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patterson circles away quickly and effectively.
Karev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a leg kick
and Karev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karev throws a lazy head kick
and Patterson counters with a body kick that stops Karev in his tracks momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Patterson there.
Patterson throws a leg kick
and Karev counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karev moves out of range of the strikes.
Patterson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patterson misses with a hook. Karev ducked under it nicely.
Karev throws a lazy head kick
and Patterson counters with a right hand to the body.
Karev throws a predictable looking body shot
and Patterson counters with a left to the body.
Karev misses the body punch
and Patterson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Karev walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson jabs Karev right on the nose. Karev blinks but takes it well.
Karev moves away from the strike by Patterson.
Karev is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Patterson rather than just go for the knockout.
Patterson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karev cracks a nice hook into Patterson's ribs.
Patterson misses with a left hand
and Karev counters with a leg kick.
Karev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Patterson counters with a nice body kick.
Patterson throws a lazy body kick
and Karev counters with a right hand to the body.
Karev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patterson can pounce on him.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch but Karev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karev lands a nice shot to the body.
Karev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A solid body kick from Patterson.
Karev throws a leg kick that misses.
Karev staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patterson. Karev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Patterson misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Patterson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Patterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karev.
Karev digs a good body shot into Patterson's ribs.
Karev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patterson.
Patterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patterson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karev is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a shot to the body
and Karev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Patterson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Karev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karev cracks Patterson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Patterson scoring well with a low kick there.
Karev tries to land a front kick but Patterson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Karev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Patterson is out of range and Karev settles back down.
Patterson slips under a jab from Karev.
Karev cracks Patterson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Karev scores with a punch to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Karev.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Patterson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Patterson takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Pete Patterson has been cut.
The fighters circling - Karev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patterson moves out of range of the body kick from Karev.
Karev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patterson.
Patterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patterson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Karev is looking to slow Patterson down with leg kicks.
Karev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karev lands a two punch combo.
Donk. Karev catches Patterson right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Karev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karev misses with a wild body shot.
Patterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karev lands a jab to Patterson's midsection.
Patterson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karev looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karev misses with a body kick.
Karev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patterson was well out of range. Poor timing from Karev.
An inside leg kick lands from Karev.
Patterson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Karev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Karev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patterson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karev takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Karev just misses with a punch to the body.
Patterson misses with a low kick.
Patterson checks the leg kick.
Karev scores with a jab to the head.
Karev misses with a lunging right hand
and Patterson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Karev blocks the leg kick.
Patterson swings for the body but Karev moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patterson misses with a shot to the body
and Karev counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson throws a leg kick
and Karev counters with a good low kick that Patterson was not able to check.
Oleg Karev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Patterson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oleg Karev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pete Patterson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Patterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Karev throws a head kick that misses

and Patterson moves into the clinch.
Karev scores with a hook to the body.
Patterson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Karev.
Karev scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Karev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karev misses with a head kick.
Karev lands with a good body shot.
Karev's jab looks to have found its range, popping Patterson under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Patterson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patterson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Patterson avoids the head kick by Karev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karev throws a leg kick which misses Patterson's front leg but catches the back leg as Patterson tries to avoid it.
Karev lands a nice shot that snaps Patterson's head back.
Patterson thows a leg kick but Karev checks it
and Karev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Patterson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karev.
Karev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Karev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karev throws a shot from downtown. Patterson moves away and avoids it.
Patterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patterson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patterson thows a leg kick but Karev checks it
and Karev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Karev is looking to slow Patterson down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karev throws a head kick that misses

and Patterson counters with a takedown into side control.
Karev wants to control but Patterson postures up.
Patterson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Patterson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karev struggling a bit here.
Patterson trying to control the action but Karev is working from the bottom.
Karev is trying to buck Patterson off.
Karev defending against the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Karev can't do much from the bottom here.

Patterson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Patterson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Patterson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Karev. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Patterson trying to control the action but Karev is working from the bottom.
Karev dodges the ground and pound from Patterson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The strikes coming from Patterson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oleg Karev really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pete Patterson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Patterson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Karev throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That kick from Karev tenderised Patterson's leg. Patterson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Karev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Karev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patterson was well out of range. Poor timing from Karev.
Karev throws a hook but Patterson avoids it easily.
Karev motions for Patterson to come forward. Karev throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patterson cracks Karev with a good jab.
Patterson misses with a kick to the body
and Karev counters with a good low kick that Patterson was not able to check.
Karev throws a head kick that misses
and Patterson counters with a nice body shot.
Karev throws a leg kick
and Patterson counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karev misses with a low kick.
Patterson throws a sloppy body shot
and Karev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karev.

Patterson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Karev!
Patterson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karev wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Patterson.
Patterson throws a strike there. Karev manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Karev preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patterson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Karev sees it coming and defends easily.
Patterson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Karev!

Patterson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Karev has worked his arm free - good work by Karev!
Karev takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson working the head with strikes.
Patterson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Patterson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Patterson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Karev is looking for a sweep.
The strikes coming from Patterson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Patterson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Patterson has an Americana. Karev didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Patterson is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Patterson hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Pete Patterson!
Pete Patterson is the new heavyweight champion!