PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ken Eric Luchador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eric Luchador
vs
Petrov

172 cm
22
158 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

176 cm
20
152 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 St Petersburg, Ken Eric Luchador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luchador showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petrov.
Petrov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luchador moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luchador keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luchador sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Luchador slaps away a takedown attempt from Petrov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Petrov fails to land the takedown.
Ken Eric Luchador has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirill Petrov.
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Luchador as Petrov shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Petrov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Luchador cracks the inside of Petrov's front leg.
A punch lands to the side of Petrov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrov works over Luchador's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kirill Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Luchador at a distance.
Petrov misses with a straight right.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Luchador sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Luchador, right into the meat.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luchador.
Luchador swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Petrov misses its intended target.
Luchador turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Petrov dives in and grabs Luchador's left leg, looking for a takedown. Luchador pushes down on Petrov's head and hops out.
Petrov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luchador's corner calls for a 1-2. Luchador obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luchador throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Petrov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Luchador tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov swinging wildly here.
Nice uppercut lands for Petrov. That snapped Luchador's head back.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov throws a body punch but Luchador moves out of range.
Petrov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luchador can pounce on him.
Petrov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Luchador's head.
Petrov with a jab.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Luchador uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luchador moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Luchador tries a head kick but it misses.
Luchador throws a nice inside leg kick.
Petrov throws a right and a left that both miss.

Luchador rushes Petrov and presses him up against the cage.
Petrov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luchador lands with a light punch inside.

Petrov manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Luchador controls the pace.

Petrov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Luchador is aware though and is defending well.

Petrov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Luchador is aware though and is defending well.
Luchador sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Luchador's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Petrov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Luchador doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Luchador manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Luchador controls from within his opponent's guard.

Petrov throws his legs up looking for a submission but Luchador uses it to pass to side control.
Luchador is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Petrov will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Eric Luchador dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Luchador.
Luchador misses with a low kick.
Luchador turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Luchador uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrov.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
Petrov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Petrov scores with a nice strike.
Petrov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luchador keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Kirill Petrov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luchador tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Luchador.
Petrov fails with a takedown attempt.
Luchador doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luchador staying out of range there.

Petrov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Luchador looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Luchador is trying to get back to half guard.
Petrov working away.
Luchador sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Luchador is staying active underneath Petrov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Petrov wants to pass the guard but Luchador is defending well.
Petrov trying to control the action but Luchador is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luchador moves into full guard.
Luchador preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Luchador is trying to control the position but Petrov postures up.
Luchador is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Petrov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Luchador is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luchador working a defensive guard here.
Luchador is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Petrov wants to control from the top but Luchador keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Petrov postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Petrov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luchador as he jumps to the side.
Luchador throws out a powerful jab.
Luchador stuffs the takedown attempt from Petrov. Petrov gets slowly back to his feet.
Ken Eric Luchador has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirill Petrov.
Luchador fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Luchador steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Luchador lands a right hook to the body.
Petrov throws a right hand that Luchador ducks under and follows up with a left that Luchador also avoids with ease.
Luchador digs a good body shot into Petrov's ribs.
Petrov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Luchador sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Eric Luchador dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Petrov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
Luchador steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Luchador throws a solid leg kick but Petrov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luchador.
Petrov thows a body shot but no joy.
Petrov throws a nice looking combination but Luchador bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Luchador backs up against the cage.
Petrov misses with a double jab.
Petrov misses with a jab to the body
and Luchador counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov has his takedown stuffed
and Luchador counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Petrov with a poor takedown
letting Luchador counter with a right hand.
Ken Eric Luchador has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirill Petrov.
Luchador tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Petrov is able to avoid easily.
Luchador attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luchador sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luchador lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luchador throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petrov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrov fails with the takedown
and Luchador counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrov throws a series of punches but Luchador moves out of range.
Luchador displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov misses with a combination
and Luchador counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luchador throws a nice outside leg kick.
Petrov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luchador scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Petrov falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Luchador counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luchador uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrov.
Good shot there by Luchador.
Luchador throws a body punch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Luchador is out of range.
Petrov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Petrov misses with a takedown
and Luchador counters with a thumping low kick.
Petrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petrov misses with a hook. Luchador ducked under it nicely.
Petrov misses with the combination.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Luchador shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov with a poor takedown
and Luchador counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luchador scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrov misses with a straight right.
Petrov throws the left hand but Luchador avoids the punch easily.
Petrov has his takedown stuffed
and Luchador counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Petrov misses its intended target.
Ken Eric Luchador is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ken Eric Luchador is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luchador with a jab.
Petrov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Petrov with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Luchador loads up on a big right hand but Petrov slips the punch.
Petrov throws a sloppy body shot
and Luchador counters with a nice body shot.
Luchador looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrov is just out of range.
Petrov takes one on the button.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luchador.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov checks a low kick from Luchador.
Luchador finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kirill Petrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luchador bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luchador dodges the punch combination from Petrov.
Luchador throws an overhand right that lands on Petrov's shoulder, as Petrov tries to avoid the shot.
Petrov throws a sloppy body shot
and Luchador counters with a right hand to the body.
Petrov misses with a straight left.
Petrov throws a hook but Luchador avoids it easily.
Petrov slips under a jab from Luchador.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A leg kick checked by Petrov.
Petrov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luchador was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrov.
Petrov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Luchador's shoulder, as Luchador tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Eric Luchador showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luchador has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Eric Luchador!