PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Petkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petkovic comes to the cage accompanied by BvC Crew - KOSOVO. Calaway has chosen R.I.P. as his entrance music. Mark Calaway has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roman Petkovic's chin.

Petkovic
vs
Calaway

210 cm
32
285 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

208 cm
30
296 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

$300

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roman Petkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Calaway!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petkovic misses with a leg kick.
Calaway misses with a low kick as Petkovic jumps back.
Petkovic fails to land the takedown.
Calaway tests Petkovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Roman Petkovic has been cut.
Petkovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Calaway misses with a straight right.
Petkovic swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Calaway counter with a right hand.
Petkovic avoids the body shot from Calaway.
Petkovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Calaway.
Petkovic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Calaway throws a lazy right hand but Petkovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Calaway pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calaway thuds his right hand into Petkovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Calaway digs a good body shot into Petkovic's ribs.

Petkovic scores with a takedown into Calaway's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Petkovic trying to control but Calaway is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway wants to stand and escape but Petkovic is having none of it.
Calaway avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Petkovic slips nicely into half guard.
Petkovic content to control rather than advance.

Petkovic is looking for a kimura but Calaway is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Petkovic to get the leverage.
Petkovic content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway trying to control here.
Petkovic stalling.
Petkovic is keen to just control but Calaway is a slippery customer.
Calaway is trying to get back to full guard.
Calaway looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Calaway throws a shot to the body.
Calaway checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Calaway checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Calaway misses with an uppercut
and Petkovic counters with a head kick. That will keep Calaway thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Calaway blocks a leg kick.
Calaway throws a lazy uppercut
and Petkovic counters with a low kick, right behind Calaway 's knee.
Calaway scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Calaway takes a swing at Petkovic's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Petkovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petkovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mark Calaway is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petkovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Petkovic staying out of range there.
Danga de danga de dang - Calaway scores with a four punch combination!
Petkovic throws a front kick aimed at Calaway's knee but Calaway avoids it well.
Calaway swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Petkovic slips a jab from Calaway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic lands with a hook. Calaway tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Petkovic scores with a takedown into Calaway's guard.
Calaway controls Petkovic momentarily but Petkovic frees himself.
Petkovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Petkovic scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calaway avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Calaway keeping moving, preventing Petkovic from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petkovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petkovic prevents Calaway from getting back to his feet.
Petkovic controls from within his opponent's guard.
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 Roman Petkovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roman Petkovic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Petkovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Calaway lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Petkovic misses with a low kick.
Calaway looks to score with a jab to the body but Petkovic is just out of range.
Petkovic dives in and grabs Calaway's left leg, looking for a takedown. Calaway pushes down on Petkovic's head and hops out.
Calaway avoids the body shot from Petkovic.
Calaway swings for the body but Petkovic moves out of range.
Calaway connects with a right hand. Petkovic shakes it off.

Roman Petkovic's cut is getting worse.
Petkovic ducks under a wild hook from Calaway.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calaway pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petkovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Calaway.
Calaway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Calaway gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Petkovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Petkovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Calaway is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petkovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Calaway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calaway looking to hit a scissor sweep but Petkovic is one step ahead there.
Calaway keeping moving, preventing Petkovic from controlling successfully.
Petkovic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A big left from Calaway misses.
Good leg kick by Petkovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Petkovic staying out of range there.
Calaway works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mark Calaway seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petkovic ducks under a wild hook from Calaway.
Petkovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petkovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Calaway lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calaway takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Petkovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Calaway is breathing heavily.
Petkovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calaway lands a jab to Petkovic's midsection.
Calaway with a jab.
Petkovic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Calaway is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Calaway sprawls well. He's pushed Petkovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Petkovic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Calaway misses with a looping right.
Petkovic scores with a nice body kick.
Petkovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Petkovic scores with a shot to the body.
Calaway's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Calaway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Petkovic.
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!
Petkovic throws a leg kick but Calaway moved away.
A head kick misses from Petkovic.
Petkovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Calaway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petkovic throws a chopping leg kick but Calaway manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Calaway misses with a double jab
and Petkovic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Calaway's knee momentarily.
Petkovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calaway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Petkovic fakes the leg kick and cracks Calaway in the body.
Petkovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petkovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Petkovic is looking to score with low kicks.
Calaway looks to land a combination but Petkovic avoids it well.
Petkovic throws a leg kick which misses Calaway's front leg but catches the back leg as Calaway tries to avoid it.
Petkovic throws a wild body kick that Calaway sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Petkovic.
Mark Calaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petkovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calaway fails to land with a series of punches.
Petkovic fakes the leg kick and cracks Calaway in the body.
Calaway blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Petkovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roman Petkovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Petkovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Calaway's calf.
No luck for Petkovic with that takedown attempt.

Petkovic fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Calaway to the ground. Petkovic is now in Calaway's guard.
Calaway keeping moving, preventing Petkovic from controlling successfully.
Calaway wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Petkovic is now in half guard.
Petkovic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Petkovic looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ground and pound from Petkovic.
Ground and pound from Petkovic.
Roman Petkovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Petkovic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petkovic lands a big elbow.
Calaway takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Petkovic landing punches.
Calaway keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Petkovic with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calaway in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Petkovic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Petkovic landing shots from mount.
Petkovic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Calaway is rocked!
Petkovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calaway can do to turn this around?
Petkovic lands a big elbow - Calaway is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Calaway is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Roman Petkovic!
Roman Petkovic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.