PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Avgust Petukhov (ranked 4091 p4p, 24399 weight class) and Gakus Amiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Petukhov
vs
Amiga

178 cm
25
164
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
160
2 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Avgust Petukhov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gakus Amiga!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petukhov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Petukhov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Amiga defending well though.
Petukhov working Amiga over with strikes.
Petukhov misses with a head shot. Amiga uses the momentum to regain guard.
Petukhov distracts Amiga with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petukhov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Amiga swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Petukhov sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petukhov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Petukhov stands and throws Amiga's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Amiga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amiga gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Petukhov with the ground and pound from mount.
Petukhov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Amiga can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Petukhov unloading with bombs!
Petukhov landing strikes from the mount.
Petukhov lands a big elbow.

Amiga is rocked!

It looks like Gakus Amiga has been cut.
Petukhov 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.
Petukhov looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Amiga covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Avgust Petukhov!
Our winner, Avgust Petukhov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.