PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Poroshenko (ranked 4793 p4p, 393 weight class) and Urtan Urtanson (ranked 4616 p4p, 0 weight class). Petr Poroshenko is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Poroshenko
vs
Urtanson

184 cm
18
264 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Petr Poroshenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Urtan Urtanson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poroshenko with a lazy takedown attempt

and Urtanson counters by moving into the clinch.
Urtanson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Poroshenko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Urtanson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Poroshenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urtanson lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Petr Poroshenko has been cut.
Urtanson is pressed up against the cage. Poroshenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Urtanson down to the mat. Urtanson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Poroshenko is defended easily by Urtanson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urtanson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Urtanson wants to counter with a clinch but Poroshenko pushes him away.

Poroshenko shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Poroshenko was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Urtanson can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Poroshenko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Poroshenko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Poroshenko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Urtanson is trying to control Poroshenko's posture but Poroshenko avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Poroshenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Urtanson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Urtanson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Poroshenko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Poroshenko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Poroshenko is trying to get an arm triangle but Urtanson is defending well.
Urtanson is looking for a sweep.
Urtanson wants to control but Poroshenko postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Poroshenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Urtanson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Urtanson tries to bench press Poroshenko off him but Poroshenko keeps the position.

Poroshenko is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Urtanson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Poroshenko is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Urtanson looks calm but he's in trouble here. Poroshenko gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Urtanson is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Poroshenko lets go of the hold and Urtanson can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Petr Poroshenko!