PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Petrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrenko comes to the cage accompanied by Bro Hymm/ Pennywise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Petrenko
vs
James

165 cm
39
167 lbs
33 - 26 - 0

175 cm
39
166 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 33 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitry Petrenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin James!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
James fails with a takedown attempt.
James fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good exchange - Petrenko coming out on top.
James has his takedown stuffed
and Petrenko counters with a leg kick.
Dmitry Petrenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin James.
James moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrenko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from James.
We've been hearing reports that Petrenko has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Petrenko throws a big shot that misses.

Petrenko clinches up with James and pushes him back against the cage.
James told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrenko.
Petrenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrenko.
James is looking to take this one to the mat.
Petrenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petrenko throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Petrenko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
James misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Petrenko can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
James is trying to drag Petrenko to the mat but Petrenko just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
James tries to pull guard but Petrenko won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko is leaning against James and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Petrenko lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.
Petrenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petrenko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
James avoids a wild elbow strike from Petrenko.
Petrenko misses with a body punch.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James misses with a body punch.
James has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Petrenko after a bit of a struggle.
Petrenko misses with a body punch.
Petrenko lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.

James is rocked!

It looks like Kevin James has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrenko as James tries to tie him up.

James wants the takedown. Petrenko is fighting it off but James persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Petrenko's guard against the cage.

Petrenko has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. James is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James wants a takedown.
Petrenko misses with the head strike.
Petrenko misses with an elbow over the top.

Petrenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Petrenko gets a clinch.
James drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Petrenko swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrenko lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
Petrenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrenko gets through James's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Petrenko finish him?
James tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petrenko pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns James! Petrenko unloads with more strikes and James sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dmitry Petrenko!
Dmitry Petrenko gave a mention to Spartan Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).