PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Petreski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isiah Mansfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petreski comes to the ring accompanied by I Had to Kill a Lot of People. Mansfield has chosen Ain't I by Yung LA ft. Young Dro & T.I. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Petreski
vs
Mansfield

170 cm
22
153 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

179 cm
21
137 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Beast Body
Ka-POW Clothing

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Petreski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Isiah Mansfield!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petreski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mansfield counters with a lovely straight right hand!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Mansfield enables Petreski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Mansfield manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Mansfield is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Mansfield throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Petreski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Mansfield manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Mansfield is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Petreski misses with a takedown attempt
and Mansfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Mansfield shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Petreski napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mansfield is trying to get an arm triangle but Petreski is defending well.

Mansfield thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Petreski's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Petreski is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petreski manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Mansfield is looking for a sweep. Petreski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Petreski is looking to take a break and control but Mansfield is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Mansfield looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Mansfield looking for submissions off his back.
Petreski is looking to stall here but Mansfield recovers full guard.
Mansfield is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two 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.

Petreski drops back looking for a leg! Mansfield is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mansfield manages to kick Petreski off! Petreski jumps back into Mansfield's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Mansfield has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Petreski doesn't defend quickly enough and Mansfield has managed to lock this one up! Can Petreski escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Mansfield on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Isiah Mansfield!