PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronny James Dio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markov Petrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ronny James Dio has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

James Dio
vs
Petrenko

179 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
176 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Arcticus

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronny James Dio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Markov Petrenko!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrenko tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dio defends well and Petrenko ends up having to push Dio into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dio throwing a counter right hand but Petrenko manages to avoid it.
A combination from Dio does no damage.
Dio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A left and a right from Dio both land. Nice combination.
Nice takedown defense from Dio. No joy for Petrenko on that attempt.
Petrenko fails to land the takedown.
Ronny James Dio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Markov Petrenko.
Dio connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Dio coming out on top.
Dio lands with a shot to the body.
Ronny James Dio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dio throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Petrenko stumbling backwards into the cage! Petrenko bounces back off the cage towards Dio, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Dio lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Dio celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ronny James Dio!
After the fight, Ronny James Dio was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.