PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wasyl Plutov (ranked 2922 p4p, 261 weight class) and Ernie Tertelgte (ranked 2574 p4p, 237 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Plutov
vs
Tertelgte

178 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
157 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wasyl Plutov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernie Tertelgte!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tertelgte looks to land a right hand but Plutov moved out of range.
Plutov is looking for a counter combo.
Plutov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tertelgte.
Plutov throws a sloppy head kick
and Tertelgte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Plutov slips a straight right by Tertelgte.
Plutov checks a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Plutov misses the target.
Plutov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tertelgte.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses.
Jab by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte misses with a straight right.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses

and Tertelgte counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tertelgte.
Plutov tries to land knees in the clinch but Tertelgte avoids the damage to the body.
Plutov lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Plutov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the head but Tertelgte blocks with his arms.
Plutov missing with knees to the body.
Plutov can't find room to land a body shot as Tertelgte controls the action.
Tertelgte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tertelgte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.
Tertelgte lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plutov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tertelgte's brow.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the head but Tertelgte blocks with his arms.
Plutov misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tertelgte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've been informed that Tertelgte has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tertelgte.
Plutov misses with a body punch.
Tertelgte gets through Plutov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tertelgte misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Plutov throws an elbow but misses.
Tertelgte misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Tertelgte.
Plutov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Plutov tries to land knees in the clinch but Tertelgte avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plutov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tertelgte gets through Plutov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte scores with a shot to the side of Plutov's head.
Plutov blocking some punches.
Plutov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tertelgte's elbow.
Tertelgte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Plutov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tertelgte lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte misses with a punch on the inside.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Plutov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tertelgte controls his hands.
Tertelgte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Plutov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tertelgte misses with a punch on the inside.
Plutov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Plutov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tertelgte's elbow.
Tertelgte lands with a short shot to the head.
Tertelgte swings wildly with an uppercut but Plutov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tertelgte lands a right hand.
Tertelgte throws a head punch that misses.
Tertelgte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Plutov gets through Tertelgte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.
Tertelgte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte misses with some punches.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tertelgte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Plutov is leaning against Tertelgte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tertelgte swings wildly with an uppercut but Plutov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plutov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Plutov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tertelgte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Plutov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Plutov tries to land knees in the clinch but Tertelgte avoids the damage to the body.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tertelgte avoids it.
Tertelgte scores with a shoulder strike.
Tertelgte throws a head punch that misses.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tertelgte working aggressively here.
Tertelgte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tertelgte misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Plutov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands a shoulder strike.
Tertelgte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Plutov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tertelgte avoids a wild elbow strike from Plutov.
Tertelgte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tertelgte working aggressively here.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tertelgte.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte pushes Plutov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tertelgte swings wildly with an uppercut but Plutov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tertelgte.
Plutov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tertelgte blocking some punches.
Tertelgte throws a punch but it's blocked by Plutov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tertelgte takes an elbow to the temple.
Plutov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tertelgte blocking some punches.
Tertelgte scores with a shot to the side of Plutov's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plutov.
Tertelgte lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Tertelgte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Plutov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tertelgte looks to land a left hand but Plutov moved out of range nicely.
Wasyl Plutov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tertelgte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Plutov throws a head kick but Tertelgte moves out of range.
Plutov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tertelgte connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Plutov scrambles back to his feet.
Tertelgte misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Tertelgte misses the target.
Tertelgte misses with a hook.
Tertelgte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Plutov on the side of the head.
Plutov throws a leg kick
and Tertelgte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Plutov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tertelgte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Plutovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Tertelgte closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plutov throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plutov blocks an uppercut.
Plutov trying to land knees to the body.
Tertelgte prevents a body shot from Plutov.
A head punch on the inside from Plutov fails to land.
Plutov tries to work over Tertelgte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Plutov missing with knees to the body.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tertelgte avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Plutov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tertelgte lands with a right to the head.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Tertelgte scores with a shoulder strike.
Plutov blocking some punches.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Plutov fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Tertelgte.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Plutov blocking some punches.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tertelgte avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plutov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tertelgte lands with a left to the head.
Tertelgte blocks a body shot from Plutov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tertelgte.
Plutov misses with a body punch.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tertelgte lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Tertelgte on the inside.
Tertelgte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Plutov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tertelgte blocks an elbow strike from Plutov.
Plutov missing with knees to the body.
Tertelgte swings wildly with an uppercut but Plutov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Tertelgte.
Plutov tries to land knees in the clinch but Tertelgte avoids the damage to the body.
Plutov can't find room to land a body shot as Tertelgte controls the action.
Tertelgte throws a punch but it's blocked by Plutov.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
A short left from Tertelgte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plutov.
Plutov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tertelgte's elbow.
Plutov lands a knee to the body.
Plutov misses with a punch to the body.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Plutov lands a right hand.
Tertelgte lands a right hand.
Tertelgte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tertelgte lands with a left to the head.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Plutov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Plutov trying to land knees to the body.
Tertelgte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tertelgte misses with some punches.
Plutov blocks an uppercut.
Plutov working aggressively here.
Tertelgte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tertelgte scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Plutov misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
Plutov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tertelgte pushes Plutov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tertelgte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tertelgte prevents a body shot from Plutov.
Plutov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tertelgte lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Tertelgte lands a nice uppercut.
Tertelgte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tertelgte fails to land.
Tertelgte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Plutov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tertelgte lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tertelgte fails to land.
Tertelgte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plutov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tertelgte's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Plutov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tertelgte avoiding damage as Plutov throws knees to the body.
Tertelgte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
A short left from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Tertelgte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Plutov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tertelgte throws a lazy right hand but Plutov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tertelgte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Plutov.
A head kick by Plutov misses
letting Tertelgte counter with a right hand.

Tertelgte moves into the clinch.
Tertelgte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Plutov misses with some punches.
Plutov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plutov blocks an uppercut.
Plutov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Plutov misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tertelgte working aggressively here.
Tertelgte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Plutov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tertelgte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Plutov pushes off an throws an elbow but Tertelgte leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Plutov blocking some punches.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
Tertelgte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tertelgte avoiding damage as Plutov throws knees to the body.
Plutov gets through Tertelgte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tertelgte fails to land.
Plutov blocks an uppercut.
Tertelgte throws a punch but it's blocked by Plutov.
Tertelgte avoiding damage as Plutov throws knees to the body.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
Tertelgte avoiding damage as Plutov throws knees to the body.
Tertelgte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tertelgte lands with a right to the head.
Plutov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.
Plutov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Plutov misses with a punch to the body.
Plutov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Plutov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tertelgte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Plutov.
Tertelgte gets through Plutov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tertelgte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Plutov trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plutov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tertelgte lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Plutov.
Plutov misses with a knee strike.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tertelgte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ernie Tertelgte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Plutov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte prevents a body shot from Plutov.
Plutov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Plutov trying to land knees to the body.
Tertelgte scores with a shot to the side of Plutov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plutov misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Plutov throws an elbow but misses.
Tertelgte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tertelgte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plutov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Tertelgte fails to land.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tertelgte is defending well for now.
Tertelgte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Plutov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tertelgte prevents a body shot from Plutov.
Plutov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tertelgte's elbow.
Plutov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tertelgte lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Plutov backwards.
Tertelgte lands an uppercut.
Plutov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Plutov working aggressively here.
Plutov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tertelgte.
Plutov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tertelgte controls his hands.
Tertelgte throws a punch but it's blocked by Plutov.
Plutov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tertelgte avoiding damage as Plutov throws knees to the body.
Plutov tries to work over Tertelgte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tertelgte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wasyl Plutov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Plutov misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Tertelgte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tertelgte 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Tertelgte!
Ernie Tertelgte seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.