PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daemon Mustacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daemon Mustacho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Petrov
vs
Mustacho

180 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
181 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 4 - 3 - 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daemon Mustacho!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov lands a nice looking body shot.
Petrov tried to score with a low kick but Mustacho checks it.
Petrov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mustacho.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Mustacho ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov slips a jab and a cross from Mustacho.
Mustacho keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mustacho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mustacho 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 avoids the body shot from Mustacho.
Nice uppercut there from Petrov.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
Petrov scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustacho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Petrov takes a swing at Mustacho's ribcage but misses.
Mustacho moves into range and connects with a jab.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Mustacho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustacho misses with a straight right.
Mustacho slips a straight right by Petrov.
Nice shot by Petrov.
Petrov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mustacho misses with an uppercut. Petrov saw that one coming.
Mustacho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Petrov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mustacho moves forwards but Petrov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Petrov tries to work over Mustacho's front leg with a kick but Mustacho checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Petrov misses the target.
Petrov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mustacho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Mustacho closes the distance and clinches.
Mustacho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mustacho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Petrov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov throws an off balance right hand
and Mustacho counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mustacho.
Mustacho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Mustacho misses the shot to the body.
Mustacho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Mustacho thows a body shot but no joy.
Mustacho avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Petrov throws a sloppy body shot

and Mustacho counters by clinching up.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Mustacho has the dominant position.
Mustacho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Petrov backwards.
Mustacho can't find room to land a body shot as Petrov controls the action.
Mustacho working aggressively here.
Mustacho keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mustacho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrov tries to circle away but Mustacho has him pinned against the cage.
Mustacho tries a body shot but Petrov blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho scores with a shoulder strike.
Mustacho misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrov tries to circle away but Mustacho has him pinned against the cage.
Mustacho takes a shot to the head.

Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mustacho lands a slapping body shot.
Petrov throws a poor cross that misses
and Mustacho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Petrov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Petrov misses with a series of wild punches.
Pavel Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mustacho moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrov looks to land a left hand but Mustacho moved out of range nicely.
Good exchange - Petrov coming out on top.
Mustacho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Petrov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrov misses with an uppercut. Mustacho saw that one coming.
Mustacho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mustacho moves out of range as Petrov strikes.
Mustacho tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mustacho lands a body shot.
Mustacho throws a hook to the side of Petrov's head but Petrov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mustacho scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Petrov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Petrov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mustacho swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Petrov throws a nice looking combination but Mustacho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
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 the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mustacho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pavel Petrov is winning the standup battle so far.
Mustacho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Mustacho.
Petrov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mustacho counters with a leg kick.
Mustacho lands a jab to the head.
Mustacho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrov.
Mustacho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Petrov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Petrov swings for the body but Mustacho moves out of range.
Mustacho dips to his left and cracks Petrov with an uppercut!
Petrov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mustacho's head backwards.
Mustacho throws a sloppy head kick and Petrov moves out of range easily.
Nice cross by Mustacho.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mustacho checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mustacho shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Petrov eats them both and turns towards Mustacho to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mustacho tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrov tried to score with a low kick but Mustacho checks it.
Mustacho scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mustacho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pavel Petrov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mustacho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mustacho can pounce on him.

Mustacho clinches up against the cage.
Petrov can't break the clinch.
Mustacho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrov.
Mustacho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Mustacho misses with a knee strike.
Petrov tries to break free but Mustacho pushes him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Mustacho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Mustacho has him pressed against the cage.
Mustacho connects with a knee to the head.
Petrov taking a breather.
Mustacho lands an uppercut.
Mustacho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Mustacho has double underhooks.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Mustacho has him pressed against the cage.
Mustacho misses with a punch on the inside.
Mustacho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Petrov or not.
Mustacho lands a knee to the head.
Mustacho lands a knee to the head.

Petrov is rocked!
Mustacho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrov's face.
Oh Petrov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mustacho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mustacho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Mustacho tries to throw a body punch but Petrov avoids it by throwing Mustacho back against the cage.
Mustacho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mustacho creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Petrov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Petrov drops to his knees and Mustacho pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daemon Mustacho!
A very excited looking Daemon Mustacho made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.