PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Petrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Desalvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrenko comes to the cage accompanied by Santeria/ Sublime. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Petrenko
vs
Desalvo

165 cm
26
167 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

168 cm
33
160 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dmitry Petrenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Desalvo!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Desalvo scores with a nice strike.

Petrenko clinches with his opponent.
Petrenko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Desalvo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Petrenko breaks from the clinch.
Desalvo moves away from the strike by Petrenko.
Petrenko throws a head kick that misses
and Desalvo counters with an inside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Petrenko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Desalvo avoids the head kick by Petrenko.
Petrenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Desalvo motions for Petrenko to come forward. Desalvo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petrenko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A combination from Petrenko does no damage.
Desalvo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Desalvo blocks a jab.
Desalvo tries a head kick but it misses.
Petrenko throws a leg kick that misses.
Petrenko scores with a one two! Desalvo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Desalvo tries a head kick but it misses.
Petrenko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desalvo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
No joy there for Petrenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dmitry Petrenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrenko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Desalvo's sensitive parts.
Desalvo takes one to the chin there.
Desalvo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Petrenko.
Petrenko tries to score with a low kick but Desalvo moves his leg out of the way.
Dmitry Petrenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petrenko misses with a wild combination.
Desalvo throws a leg kick that misses.
Petrenko lands with a good body shot.
Petrenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Petrenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Desalvo gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Desalvo is looking for a kimura but Petrenko is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Desalvo to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desalvo wants to take a breather but Petrenko is having none of it.
Desalvo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Desalvo trying to work for an americana but Petrenko has managed to regain full guard.
Desalvo trying to control but Petrenko is working from the bottom.
Desalvo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Desalvo with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desalvo throws a big elbow that misses.
Petrenko wants to get back to his feet but Desalvo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Desalvo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petrenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Petrenko pushes Desalvo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Desalvo lands a head kick!
Desalvo throws a head kick that Petrenko semi-blocks.
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!
Petrenko blocks a head kick by Desalvo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko loads up on a big right hand but Desalvo slips the punch.
Petrenko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Desalvo.
Dmitry Petrenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Desalvo.
Petrenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Petrenko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Desalvo throws a body punch but Petrenko moves out of range.
Petrenko lands with a kick to the temple. Desalvo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Petrenko throws a sloppy head kick and Desalvo moves out of range easily.
Petrenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrenko. Desalvo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrenko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Desalvo misses the jab.
Desalvo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrenko misses with a wild combination.
Desalvo avoids the head kick by Petrenko.
Desalvo throws a sloppy head kick and Petrenko moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Desalvo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Desalvo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Desalvo fails with the takedown.
Petrenko misses with a wild combination.
Petrenko scores with the left hand. Desalvo knows he should have avoided that one.
Desalvo avoids the head kick by Petrenko.
Desalvo looks to land a body kick but Petrenko moved away.
Petrenko misses with a series of wild punches.

Desalvo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Petrenko to the mat! Petrenko manages to get full guard.
Petrenko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Desalvo.
Desalvo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Petrenko is keeping the position for now.
Desalvo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desalvo prevents Petrenko from getting back to his feet.
Petrenko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Desalvo works over Petrenko with some ground and pound from guard.
Desalvo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Petrenko's head.
Desalvo wants to control from the top but Petrenko keeps moving.
Desalvo is working Petrenko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Desalvo throwing strikes but missing.
Desalvo trying to control but Petrenko is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Desalvo.
Desalvo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Desalvo pushing down on Petrenko's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Petrenko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Desalvo.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Desalvo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Desalvo wants to control but Petrenko is keeping him busy.
Petrenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Desalvo on the ground.
Desalvo throwing shots but Petrenko is blocking nicely.
Desalvo stops Petrenko from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Desalvo seems to be working for a kimura but Petrenko defends the submission attempt.
Desalvo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Desalvo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Petrenko is staying active underneath Desalvo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Petrenko makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Desalvo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Desalvo throws a hook but Petrenko avoids it easily.
Desalvo throws a nice looking combination but Petrenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrenko takes a swing at Desalvo's ribcage but misses.
Petrenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Petrenko misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Desalvo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Desalvo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Desalvo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Desalvo was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Desalvo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Petrenko tries to clinch but Desalvo moves away
and Desalvo counters with a body kick.
Petrenko throws a series of punches but Desalvo moves out of range.
Petrenko throws a lazy head kick
and Desalvo counters with a low kick, right behind Petrenko 's knee.
Dmitry Petrenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrenko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Desalvo lands a jab.
Desalvo tests Petrenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Desalvo connects with a single shot there.
Whack! Desalvo lands a heavy head kick that drops Petrenko. The ref tackles Desalvo to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Petrenko was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Albert Desalvo!