PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yasia Jigurda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Petrov
vs
Jigurda

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petr Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yasia Jigurda!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Jigurda closes the distance and clinches.
Jigurda stalling against the cage.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Jigurda has the dominant position.
Jigurda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrov up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Jigurda.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jigurda.
Jigurda landing knees to the head.
Jigurda stalling.
Petrov tries to break free but Jigurda pushes him back against the cage.
Jigurda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jigurda scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jigurda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jigurda leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jigurda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrov's face.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Jigurda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrov up against the cage.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Petrov. Those never looked like landing.
Jigurda needs to keep his hands up - Petrov had a free shot at his head there.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
Jigurda is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Petrov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jigurda fails to land with a series of punches.
Petrov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jigurda backs up against the cage.

It looks like Yasia Jigurda has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrov lands with a big left! Jigurda is wobbled badly! Petrov comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Jigurda to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Petr Petrov!