PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sacha Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Petrovich might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shunsei. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Petrovich
vs
Barral

186 cm
31
203 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

190 cm
29
216 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sacha Petrovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romulo Barral!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barral throws a push kick but Petrovich slaps the foot to one side.
Petrovich misses with a double jab.
Barral throws the kick towards the body but Petrovich avoids it.
Barral ducks under a wild hook from Petrovich.
Petrovich tries to bum rush Barral with a series of wild strikes but Barral uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barral connects with a leg kick. Petrovich looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barral avoids the head kick by Petrovich.
Barral throws a push kick but Petrovich slaps the foot to one side.
Petrovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Barral. Barral gets slowly back to his feet.
Petrovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Barral circles away.
Barral misses with a looping left.
Barral chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrovich can pounce on him.
Petrovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barral was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrovich.
Petrovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Petrovich. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Petrovich lands but Barral takes it in his stride.
Petrovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petrovich throws out a loose jab but Barral uses good head movement to avoid it.

Barral gets tackled into the cage by Petrovich. Petrovich maintains the clinch.
Petrovich is pushing Barral up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Petrovich tries to throw a body punch but Barral avoids it by throwing Petrovich back against the cage.
Petrovich tries a knee to the head but Barral blocks it.
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the head but Barral blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Petrovich fails to land.
Petrovich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Petrovich has a couple of punches blocked by Barral.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich misses with a knee to the head.
Petrovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Petrovich misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrovich working aggressively here.
Petrovich effectively controlling the action here.
Barral wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barral's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barral is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Petrovich is defending well.
Barral is trying to break free.
Petrovich misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Petrovich.
Petrovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barral.
Barral takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petrovich keeps control of Barral as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Petrovich tries a body shot but Barral blocks it.

Barral manages to break the clinch.
Petrovich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barral. Petrovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrovich throws a good cross that connects.
Petrovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Petrovich cracks Barral with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sacha Petrovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petrovich blocks a jab.
Barral's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barral duly obliges.
Petrovich lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrovich scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barral momentarily.
Petrovich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Petrovich scores with a sloppy right hand. Barral should have avoided that one.

Petrovich rushes Barral and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Petrovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barral's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Petrovich has Barral pushed against the cage.
Barral is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sacha Petrovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romulo Barral.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrovich displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barral up against the cage.
Petrovich lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Petrovich.
Petrovich lands a jab to Barral's midsection.
Barral walks into a stiff left hand from Petrovich.
Barral avoids the head kick by Petrovich.
Petrovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Petrovich.
Sacha Petrovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy body kick from Barral
enabling Petrovich to counter with a crisp jab.
Barral misses the jab.

Petrovich has managed to clinch.
Petrovich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Petrovich lands a right hand.
Petrovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Barral manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich tries to clinch there but Barral circles away.
Petrovich misses with a two punch combination.
Petrovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barral counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrovich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Petrovich fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Petrovich misses.
Petrovich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sacha Petrovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Barral misses with a series of wild punches.
Good shot there by Petrovich.
Petrovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barral counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Petrovich thinking.
Barral misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petrovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich with a jab.
Barral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrovich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barral to score with a decent uppercut.
Petrovich misses the shot to the body.
Barral has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Petrovich.
Barral avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barral avoids the head kick by Petrovich.
Barral thuds a left hand into Petrovich's body.

Petrovich clinches.
Barral tries to break free but Petrovich pushes him back against the cage.
Barral has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Petrovich is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Petrovich lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral wants to get back to striking at distance but Petrovich won't allow it.
Petrovich is pushing Barral up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barral avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Petrovich.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petrovich.
Petrovich looking to throw knees to the head but Barral is blocking nicely.
Petrovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A body shot lands from Petrovich.
Barral can't break the clinch.
Petrovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Barral.
Petrovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Petrovich displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barral up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petrovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the head but Barral blocks with his arms.
Petrovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Barral.
Barral has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Barral breaks the clinch.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrovich blocks the body kick.
Petrovich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Petrovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sacha Petrovich dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barral moves out of range as Petrovich strikes.
Petrovich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barral scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Petrovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barral.
Petrovich is looking to clinch but Barral is avoiding it.
Barral punishes Petrovich's body with a nice straight punch.
Barral takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Petrovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barral keeps the fight on the outside.
Petrovich cracks Barral with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrovich throws a head kick that misses.
Sacha Petrovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Barral circles away.
Petrovich misses with a two punch combination.
Petrovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barral paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrovich lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barral tries to score a power double leg takedown but Petrovich sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barral somewhat.
Petrovich wants to clinch.
Barral misses with a wild body shot.
Petrovich throws a head kick that misses.
Barral looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Petrovich displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barral.
Barral swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barral with a nice cross.
Barral throws a leg kick but Petrovich moved away.
Petrovich throws a combination. Barral tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sloppy strikes from Petrovich. Those never looked like landing.
Petrovich scores with a three punch combo!

Barral is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barral gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Petrovich gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sacha Petrovich!
Sacha Petrovich bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.