PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivo Petric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jack
vs
Petric

174 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

200 cm
30
192 lbs
4 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivo Petric!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jack takes the fight into the clinch.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Petric looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petric changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jack fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jack moves into the clinch.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Petric is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petric's face.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petric lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands an elbow inside that Petric shrugs off.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Jack lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petric lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petric's defenses.
Petric takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petric blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Petric won't want to take too many of those.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack lands a nice elbow.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Petric tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petric lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack lands an elbow just above Petric 's eye.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands an elbow inside that Petric shrugs off.
Petric is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.
Jack landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Jack dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Petric's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jack has managed to clinch.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petric lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Petric tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petric lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Petric takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jack with a knee to the head.
Petric is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jack to keep the fight standing.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petric can do to turn this around?
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Petric on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Petric breaks from the clinch.

Jack clinches up with Petric and pushes him back against the cage.
Jack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petric.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petric has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jack is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Harry Jack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivo Petric.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petric's face.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Jack.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Petric takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Petric takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petric's face.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Petric.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petric.
Petric drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jack gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Petric is blocking nicely.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petric tries to pull guard but Jack won't allow it.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Petric leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petric is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Petric avoids the damage to the body.
Petric has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harry Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Petric blocks with his arms.
Petric effectively controlling the action here.
Petric is trying to pull guard but Jack turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Petric tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jack smiles and moves away.

Jack closes the distance and clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petric takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ivo Petric has been cut.
Petric takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jack working Petric over with knees to the body.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Jack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ivo Petric's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jack - that will leave a mark!
Jack throws a head kick that misses.
Petric throws a sloppy head kick and Jack moves out of range easily.
Jack thumps Petric with a low kick.
Jack cracks the inside of Petric's front leg.

Jack moves into range and clinches up with Petric.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
Petric takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Jack.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petric's face.
Petric takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Petric stalling in the clinch but Jack improves position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Petric in his tracks for a moment.
Petric takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a nice elbow.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Petric tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jack smiles and moves away.

Jack has Petric up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Petric's ribcage.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack stops a takedown attempt from Petric.
Jack lands an elbow just above Petric 's eye.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petric managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Petric is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Petric gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jack regains guard.
Jack controlling the position.
Jack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jack has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ivo Petric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack is trying to control the position but Petric postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Harry Jack just wasn't active enough.

Petric closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jack tries to get out of the position.
Jack stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Petric in side control, throwing shots but Jack defends.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Petric wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jack, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack can't do much from the bottom here.
Jack is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jack manages to get back to half guard.

Petric is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petric wants to stand but Jack has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Jack!