PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ditte Gaetan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Filipovich Petruhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igor Filipovich Petruhin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gaetan
vs
Filipovich Petruhin

185 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

189 cm
22
186 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ditte Gaetan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Filipovich Petruhin!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petruhin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Petruhin happy to just control the position for now.

Petruhin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Petruhin cracks Gaetan with a big right hand but Gaetan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Petruhin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The strikes coming from Petruhin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gaetan is looking to reverse the position.
Petruhin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gaetan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Petruhin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petruhin is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gaetan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Petruhin is looking to take a break and control but Gaetan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Petruhin slows the pace down.
Petruhin working the ground and pound but Gaetan is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetan is letting Petruhin control him for a moment.
Gaetan tries to improve position but can't.
Petruhin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gaetan keeps working.
Gaetan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gaetan is trying to escape the position but Petruhin is controlling the position.
Gaetan is looking to regain half guard here but Petruhin keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petruhin in side control, throwing shots but Gaetan defends.
Petruhin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gaetan tries to buck Petruhin off but Petruhin is having none of it.

Petruhin is trying to get an arm triangle but Gaetan is defending well.
A lull in the action here.
Petruhin laying and praying for a moment but Gaetan takes advantage and regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Petruhin there.
Petruhin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Filipovich Petruhin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Petruhin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gaetan is fending him off so far but Petruhin persists. Nope, Gaetan circles away and we're back to standing.
Petruhin shoots in for a takedown but Gaetan shows good takedown defense.
Petruhin shoots in and drives through. Gaetan sprawls well.
Ditte Gaetan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Filipovich Petruhin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaetan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Petruhin counters with a head kick.
Gaetan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Petruhin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gaetan quickly recovers to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petruhin is trying to control. Gaetan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Petruhin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Petruhin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Petruhin not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petruhin lands with a punch from half guard.
Well, if Petruhin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Petruhin is working for a kimura but Gaetan is defending it quite comfortably.
Petruhin is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petruhin wants to pass to mount but Gaetan is defending the position.

Petruhin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gaetan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Petruhin.
Petruhin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gaetan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

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.

Gaetan is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Petruhin is tapping! Great win for Gaetan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ditte Gaetan!