PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrov comes to the ring accompanied by Wolf Pack. Alex Jones looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Petrov
vs
Jones

184 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vladimir Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Jones!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination

and Petrov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jones's guard now.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Petrov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Petrov lands a couple of digs.
Petrov is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Petrov won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Petrov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
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.
Petrov wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Petrov won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Petrov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jones is looking to stand back up but Petrov counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jones.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Petrov scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Petrov is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Petrov lands strikes from half guard.

Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Petrov.
Nice strikes from Petrov there.
Jones scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Petrov manages to mount him!
Jones is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Petrov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Petrov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Petrov with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrov controlling his opponent.
Petrov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Petrov controlling the pace for now.

Petrov is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Petrov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Vladimir Petrov!
Vladimir Petrov took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.