PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petey Bartlett (ranked 1134 p4p, 52 weight class) and Diyorbek Nurudinov (ranked 2687 p4p, 108 weight class). Bartlett comes to the cage accompanied by KEN mode - Counter Culture Complex. Petey Bartlett could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Diyorbek Nurudinov's chin.

Bartlett
vs
Nurudinov

210 cm
30
275 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

195 cm
23
270 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Petey Bartlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diyorbek Nurudinov!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartlett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bartlett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bartlett lands with a cross.

It looks like Diyorbek Nurudinov has been cut.
Bartlett lands a nice shot that snaps Nurudinov's head back.
Bartlett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nurudinov swings widly with a right hand
and Bartlett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Nurudinov has managed to clinch.
Nurudinov blocks a body shot from Bartlett.

Bartlett breaks from the clinch.
Bartlett throws a shot from downtown. Nurudinov moves away and avoids it.
Nurudinov throws a lazy right hand but Bartlett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Bartlett does no damage.
Bartlett thuds a left hand into Nurudinov's body.
Petey Bartlett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bartlett looks to land a left hand but Nurudinov moved out of range nicely.
Bartlett misses with a looping left.
We've been told by Bartlett's head coaches at Roosters Coop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartlett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Bartlett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bartlett throws a jab when Nurudinov was well out of range.
Nurudinov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bartlett swivels and escapes.
Nurudinov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bartlett scores with a jab to the jaw.

Nurudinov closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bartlett's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Nurudinov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nurudinov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nurudinov is looking to work some ground and pound but Bartlett has wrist control.
Bartlett knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nurudinov on the ground.

Nurudinov decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nurudinov lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nurudinov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bartlett.
Nurudinov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bartlett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nurudinov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bartlett defends it well.
Nurudinov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bartlett.
Bartlett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nurudinov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Nurudinov has Bartlett up against the cage in a clinch.
Bartlett misses with a punch to the body.
Bartlett takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Bartlett.
Bartlett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nurudinov backwards.
Nurudinov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bartlett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Petey Bartlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diyorbek Nurudinov.
Bartlett prevents the takedown attempt.
Bartlett struggles to land a body shot inside as Nurudinov controls his hands.
Bartlett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartlett tries to work over Nurudinov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Bartlett.

Bartlett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bartlett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nurudinov looks winded!
Bartlett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bartlett misses with a wild body shot.
Nurudinov with the counter takedown but Bartlett avoids it easily.
Bartlett throws a sloppy body shot

and Nurudinov counters with a shoot takedown. Bartlett fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bartlett is trying to control the position but Nurudinov postures up.
Bartlett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurudinov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurudinov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nurudinov with a nice head shot there.
Bartlett working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nurudinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurudinov throws a big right hand that misses.
Bartlett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nurudinov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bartlett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nurudinov throws a big elbow that misses.
Bartlett is trying to control the position but Nurudinov postures up.
Nurudinov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bartlett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nurudinov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nurudinov postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petey Bartlett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diyorbek Nurudinov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Nurudinov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bartlett. Nurudinov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nurudinov cracks Bartlett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nurudinov throws a body shot but no joy.
Bartlett lands a glancing blow to the side of Nurudinov's head.
Bartlett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Nurudinov moves into the clinch.

Bartlett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nurudinov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bartlett.
A counter left hand to the body from Bartlett misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Bartlett.
Nurudinov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurudinov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Bartlett counters with a crisp right hand that drops Nurudinov! Bartlett lets Nurudinov back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Nurudinov is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartlett sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Nurudinov's defenses. It connects perfectly with Nurudinov's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Petey Bartlett!
During a confident post fight interview, Petey Bartlett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.