PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Otubro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petor Druskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Otubro comes to the cage accompanied by Smthng 2 Die 4. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Otubro
vs
Druskin

172 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

176 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vicente Otubro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petor Druskin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otubro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Petor Druskin has been cut.
Druskin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Otubro tries to clinch but Druskin moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Druskin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Druskin drives through with a takedown into Otubro's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Otubro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Otubro keeping moving, preventing Druskin from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Druskin stops Otubro from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Druskin drops back looking for a leg! Otubro is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Otubro manages to kick Druskin off! Druskin jumps back into Otubro's guard.

Druskin stands up and waves to Otubro to follow him.
Vicente Otubro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Druskin manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Otubro on his heels. He'll look to pass Otubro's guard now, I'm sure.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Otubro working for a triangle but Druskin defends it easily.
Druskin stopping the sweep attempt from Otubro.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Druskin advances position into side control!
Druskin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Otubro keeps working.
Otubro pushes Druskin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Druskin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Druskin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Druskin has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Otubro!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Druskin looking to secure an arm triangle but Otubro defends it well.
Otubro bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Druskin is looking for a triangle but Otubro pushes his legs off easily.
Druskin trying to control the position.
Otubro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Druskin is proving hard to escape from.

Druskin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Otubro wants to stand and escape but instead Druskin has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Otubro looking for a guillotine here but Druskin defends easily.
Otubro working a defensive guard here.

Otubro is working an open guard so Druskin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Druskin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Otubro.
Druskin shoots in for a takedown but Otubro shows good takedown defense.
Otubro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Druskin.
Druskin walks into a jab.
Druskin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Otubro sprawls well. Otubro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Druskin gets slowly back to his feet.
Vicente Otubro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petor Druskin.
Druskin looks gassed!
Otubro thows a leg kick but Druskin checks it

so Druskin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Otubro working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Druskin has passed into half guard!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Druskin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Otubro pushes Druskin off looking to stand but Druskin dives back in and keeps control.

Druskin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Otubro is defending against the submission attempts here by Druskin.
Otubro is trying to stand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Otubro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Druskin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Otubro looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petor Druskin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Petor Druskin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Otubro tests Druskin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Druskin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Druskin wants it to stay on the feet.
Druskin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Otubro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Druskin's hands.
Druskin closes the distance and clinches up with Otubro, looking for a takedown. Druskin pushes Otubro against the cage but Otubro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Druskin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Otubro wants to clinch

and Druskin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Druskin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Otubro working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Druskin has passed into half guard!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Otubro is trying to stand back up but Druskin is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Druskin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Otubro is defending against the submission attempts here by Druskin.

Druskin is working for a kimura but Otubro is defending it quite comfortably.
Otubro scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Druskin manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otubro is wriggling around trying to escape.
Petor Druskin has got the better of the ground game so far.

Druskin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Druskin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Otubro is surviving well by controlling Druskin's body position as best he can.
Otubro working to try and regain half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Druskin manages to capitalize on a mistake by Otubro to take his back!

Otubro won't enjoy being in this position. Druskin looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Otubro is tapping - it's over boys! Druskin picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Petor Druskin!
Petor Druskin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.