PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Trevor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettis comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pettis
vs
Trevor

177 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cory Trevor!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trevor.
Pettis looks to throw the jab but Trevor is out of range.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Pettis misses.
Trevor wants to clinch up but Pettis keeps it at a distance.
Trevor slips under a jab from Pettis.

Trevor gets the takedown into side control.
Trevor working the ground and pound.

Trevor tries for a kimura but Pettis is defending well.

Trevor stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Trevor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ground and pound from Trevor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trevor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Trevor lands a nice short elbow.
Trevor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pettis trying to hold on to Trevor's head to control him but Trevor postures up.
Pettis wants to get back to his feet.
Trevor is nestled in close to Pettis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Trevor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pettis wants to get back to full guard but Trevor has mounted him!
The referee warns Pettis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Trevor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Trevor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pettis's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trevor looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Trevor with good strikes from the mount here!
Trevor with a couple of short strikes.
Trevor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pettis looks a forlorn figure.

Pettis is rocked!
Trevor lands a big elbow.
Oh Pettis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pettis is breathing heavily.
Trevor drops a big elbow. That's hurt Pettis! More shots from Trevor and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cory Trevor!
Cory Trevor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.