PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesco White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivo Petric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Smoke the Fire. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ivo Petric was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

White
vs
Petric

200 cm
22
201 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

200 cm
27
192 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesco White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivo Petric!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petric walks into a stiff left hand from White.
White shoots in looking for a takedown but Petric manages to keep the fight standing, pushing White's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
White tries a head kick but it misses.

White tries to sprawl but Petric drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
White gets back to full guard.
Petric trying to control but White is working from the bottom.

White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White keeping moving, preventing Petric from controlling successfully.
Petric must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Petric stands and steps away. White gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Petric dodges the ground and pound from White.
Petric is trying to improve his position.

White is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Petric is trying to escape and White transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Petric is forced to tap! Nice work there by White! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jesco White!