PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Sancho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paco Sancho is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Petrov
vs
Sancho

180 cm
21
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
186 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

ProNutes London

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paco Sancho!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sancho counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sancho slips under a jab from Petrov.
Sancho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Petrov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Sancho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sancho attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Petrov scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petrov throws a series of punches but Sancho avoids them all with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Petrov. No joy for Sancho on that attempt.
Sancho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petrov.
Petrov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petrov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sancho counters with a left to the body.
Sancho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Petrov in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sancho checks it well.
Petrov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sancho darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Petrov scores with a nice strike.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Sancho's shoulder, as Sancho tries to avoid the shot.
Sancho shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sancho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petrov lands a jab to Sancho's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Sancho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pavel Petrov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petrov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sancho is able to avoid easily.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sancho thows a body shot but no joy.
Petrov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sancho steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Sancho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sancho slips a straight right by Petrov.
Petrov misses with a leg kick
and Sancho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sancho throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sancho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Petrov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petrov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sancho.
Petrov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sancho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Petrov. That did some damage!
Sancho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Petrov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Petrov throws a leg kick that misses.
Sancho throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Petrov as he connects with a hook.
Sancho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petrov.
Sancho connects with a single shot there.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Petrov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sancho can pounce on him.
Sancho scores with a head kick.
Sancho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Sancho.

Petrov is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov jabs Sancho to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oh Petrov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sancho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Petrov sprawls well. Petrov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sancho gets slowly back to his feet.
Petrov seems to have got his legs back now.
Petrov throws a hook to the side of Sancho's head but Sancho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sancho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sancho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sancho. Petrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sancho blocks a head kick by Petrov.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sancho, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sancho.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Sancho is just out of range.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sancho checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Petrov stuffs the takedown.
Pavel Petrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paco Sancho.
Sancho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A clash of legs there as Petrov blocks the low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pavel Petrov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sancho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Sancho.
Sancho wants to land a leg kick but Petrov is out of range.
Petrov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sancho checks a leg kick.
Petrov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sancho.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sancho.
Sancho slips under a jab from Petrov.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sancho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Sancho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sancho fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Pavel Petrov is winning the standup battle so far.
Sancho jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sancho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancho throws a combination that misses
and Sancho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sancho connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sancho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pavel Petrov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sancho fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Petrov to the ground. Sancho is now in Petrov's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sancho preventing the sweep.
Sancho is looking to stand up but Petrov won't let him.

Petrov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Petrov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sancho throws a front kick aimed at Petrov's knee but Petrov avoids it well.
Sancho looks to throw the jab but Petrov is out of range.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Sancho sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Sancho is just out of range.
Sancho checks a low kick from Petrov.
Danga de danga de dang - Petrov scores with a four punch combination!
Sancho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Petrov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sancho misses with a body shot.
Sancho attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sancho paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Sancho misses with a looping right.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sancho.
Petrov stuffs the takedown attempt from Sancho. Sancho gets slowly back to his feet.
Sancho throws a sloppy head kick and Petrov moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov lands a right hook to the body.
Sancho lands a nice looking kick to the body. Petrov takes a step back to recover.
Petrov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sancho scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrov throws a nice looking combination but Sancho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sancho avoids a punch combination nicely.
A leg kick checked by Sancho.
A jab from Petrov finds it's way through Sancho's defenses.
Sancho fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Petrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Sancho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov slaps away a takedown attempt from Sancho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pavel Petrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paco Sancho.
Petrov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov throws a leg kick that misses.
Sancho takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sancho tries a head kick but it misses.
Good exchange - Sancho coming out on top.
Petrov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Sancho is rocked!

It looks like Paco Sancho has been cut.
Petrov catches Sancho with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Sancho forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pavel Petrov!