PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergiu Petrescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alasdair Thacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Petrescu
vs
Thacker

190 cm
21
204 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
197 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergiu Petrescu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alasdair Thacker!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thacker misses with a jab to the body
and Petrescu counters with a nice uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petrescu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Petrescu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thacker's head.
Petrescu lands with a kick to the ribs.
Thacker looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrescu is just out of range.
Thacker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thacker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrescu.

Petrescu drives through and clinches with Thacker against the cage.
Petrescu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Petrescu swings wildly with an uppercut but Thacker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrescu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thacker avoiding damage as Petrescu throws knees to the body.
Thacker trying to land knees to the body.
Petrescu lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrescu.
Petrescu misses with the head strike.

Petrescu breaks the clinch.
Thacker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Thacker pushes Petrescu up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thacker working aggressively here.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petrescu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thacker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Petrescu throws a head punch that misses.
Thacker tries to throw a body punch but Petrescu avoids it by throwing Thacker back against the cage.
Thacker landing knees to the head.
Petrescu misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrescu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thacker blocking some punches.
Petrescu scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Alasdair Thacker has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Petrescu.

Petrescu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thacker tries to clinch but Petrescu moves out of range.
Thacker tries to clinch but Petrescu is having none of it.
Petrescu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrescu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Petrescu connects with a right hand. Thacker shakes it off.
Thacker throws a looping overhand right but Petrescu ducks down to avoid it.
Petrescu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Petrescu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thacker doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu misses with a wild body shot.
Petrescu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thacker's hands.
Thacker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petrescu scores with a jab to the body.
Petrescu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thacker.
Petrescu is looking to counter with head kicks.
Petrescu misses with a head kick.
Thacker wants to slow Petrescu down by chopping away at his legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Petrescu.
Petrescu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Thacker misses.
Thacker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Petrescu slips a jab from Thacker.
Thacker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Petrescu swats away the attempt to clinch by Thacker.
Petrescu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thacker misses with a two punch combination.
Petrescu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Petrescu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thacker.
Thacker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Petrescu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Petrescu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Petrescu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thacker throws a hook but Petrescu avoids it easily.
Thacker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thacker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thacker takes one on the button.
Petrescu avoids the body shot from Thacker.
Thacker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Thacker takes the fight into the clinch.
Thacker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thacker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Petrescu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Petrescu lands a good knee to the midsection. Thacker won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrescu misses with some punches.
Thacker can't find room to land a body shot as Petrescu controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrescu obliges.
Petrescu digs a right hand into Thacker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thacker's gas tank.
Thacker looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu connects with a knee to the head.
Petrescu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thacker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrescu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Thacker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Petrescu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thacker can turn it around.
Petrescu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Petrescu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petrescu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Petrescu blocks an uppercut.
Thacker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrescu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thacker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petrescu lands a right hand.
Petrescu lands a shoulder strike.
Petrescu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Petrescu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thacker has a couple of punches blocked by Petrescu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Petrescu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thacker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thacker misses with a right hand
and Petrescu counters with a nice uppercut.
Thacker tries a low kick but Petrescu avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergiu Petrescu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alasdair Thacker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Petrescu feints a jab promting Thacker to slip. Petrescu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Thacker slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Petrescu cracks Thacker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Petrescu tests Thacker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice cross by Petrescu.
Thacker misses with a looping right.
Nice straight punches there by Petrescu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Petrescu.
Nice defenses there by Petrescu.
Thacker clobbers Petrescu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petrescu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thacker if he has to take too many more of those.
Thacker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrescu lands with a cross.
Thacker looks to throw the jab but Petrescu is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Petrescu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrescu lands a head kick!
Thacker throws a wild body kick that Petrescu sees coming a mile off.
Thacker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Petrescu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrescu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrescu. Thacker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrescu throws a right and a left that Thacker avoids nicely.
Thacker misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thacker in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Petrescu tries to clinch but Thacker moves out of range.
Petrescu moves in looking to clinch but Thacker pushes him off.
Thacker takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Petrescu tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Thacker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thacker blocks a head kick by Petrescu.
Thacker throws a series of punches but Petrescu moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Petrescu.
Petrescu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Petrescu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thacker was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrescu.
Petrescu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thacker.
Petrescu fakes the leg kick and cracks Thacker in the body.
Thacker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thacker misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Thacker closes the distance and pushes Petrescu back into the cage.
Thacker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Petrescu lands a good knee to the midsection. Thacker won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Petrescu.

Petrescu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thacker throws a series of punches but Petrescu moves out of range.
Thacker connects with a body shot that sends Petrescu's belly button to the back.
Petrescu is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Thacker is breathing heavily.
Petrescu's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Petrescu duly obliges.
Petrescu lands with a nice body punch.

Petrescu gets a clinch.
Thacker has a couple of punches blocked by Petrescu.
Petrescu lands with a short shot to the head.
Thacker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thacker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thacker slowing the pace effectively.
Petrescu working Thacker over with knees to the body.
Petrescu tries to work over Thacker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrescu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrescu gets through Thacker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thacker tries a body shot but Petrescu blocks it.
Petrescu misses with a knee strike.
Petrescu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thacker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petrescu scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrescu scores a nice knee to the body.

Petrescu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petrescu lands a head kick!
Petrescu jabs at Thacker's body.
Thacker looks to land a right hand but Petrescu moved out of range.
Thacker just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Petrescu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Petrescu moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thacker misses with a straight right.
Petrescu connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thacker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Petrescu blocks a jab.
Thacker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice straight punches there by Petrescu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Petrescu.
Thacker tries to clinch but Petrescu is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Petrescu.
Thacker throws out a counter right but Petrescu avoids it with no problem.
Petrescu fakes the leg kick and cracks Thacker in the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Petrescu.
Decent striking displayed by Petrescu there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Petrescu.
Petrescu throws a head kick but Thacker moves out of range.
Thacker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Petrescu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thacker scrambles back to his feet.
Thacker looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrescu is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrescu throws a head kick but Thacker moves out of range.

Petrescu clinches up against the cage.

Petrescu breaks the clinch.
Petrescu throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergiu Petrescu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alasdair Thacker's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Petrescu gets tackled into the cage by Thacker. Thacker maintains the clinch.
Petrescu scores with a nice hook to the head.

Petrescu breaks the clinch.
Thacker misses the body punch
and Petrescu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Petrescu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thacker doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrescu circles away.
Petrescu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Petrescu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thacker can do to turn this around?
Petrescu lands a leg kick that knocks Thacker off balance momentarily.
Thacker swings widly with a right hand
and Petrescu counters with a left to the body.
Thacker misses with a head kick.
Petrescu slips under a jab.
Petrescu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thackers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrescu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thacker backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Petrescu catches Thacker right on the button with a cross.

Petrescu takes the fight into the clinch.
Sergiu Petrescu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thacker lands a shoulder strike.
Petrescu scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrescu working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Petrescu breaks the clinch.
Petrescu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Thacker tries to keep at a distance but Petrescu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thacker stalling in the clinch.
Thacker throws a head punch that misses.
Petrescu lands a shoulder strike.
Thacker swings wildly with an uppercut but Petrescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thacker throws a punch but it's blocked by Petrescu.
Petrescu lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petrescu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thacker.
Thacker can't find room to land a body shot as Petrescu controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petrescu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thacker blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrescu misses with a knee to the head.
Sergiu Petrescu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Petrescu.
Petrescu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thacker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thacker lands an uppercut.
Thacker tries a body shot but Petrescu blocks it.
Thacker throws a punch but it's blocked by Petrescu.
Still in the clinch, Thacker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thacker swings wildly with an uppercut but Petrescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thacker cracks Petrescu with a nice body shot.
Thacker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thacker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrescu blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Petrescu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thacker takes a swing at Petrescu's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Thacker misses.
Thacker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alasdair Thacker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrescu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thacker just misses with a punch to the body.
Thacker throws a right hand that misses
enabling Petrescu to counter with a crisp jab.
Alasdair Thacker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petrescu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Thacker.
Petrescu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Thacker rushes Petrescu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Petrescu.
Thacker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrescu has a couple of punches blocked by Thacker.
Petrescu blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thacker lands with a right to the head.
Thacker tries to land a knee to the head but Petrescu blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Petrescu.
Thacker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Petrescu.
A short right from Petrescu.
Thacker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thacker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thacker.
Petrescu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thacker backwards.
Thacker throws a head punch that misses.
Petrescu blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergiu Petrescu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Petrescu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergiu Petrescu!