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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Petrov (ranked 1968 p4p, 2555 weight class) and Alessio Da Santiago (ranked 114 p4p, 146 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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10 - 5 - 0 |
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144
10 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alessio Da Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov rushes Da Santiago and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Petrov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That kick from Da Santiago tenderised Petrov's leg. Petrov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Da Santiago gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Petrov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Petrov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Santiago's head.
Petrov got a little sloppy there for a moment and Da Santiago has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Petrov has managed to get both his arms back between Da Santiago's legs - danger averted.
Petrov working some strikes from top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Petrov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Petrov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Petrov is working Da Santiago over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Petrov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Petrov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Petrov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Da Santiago looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Petrov lands a couple of digs.
Da Santiago had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Petrov defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petrov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Petrov with a nice head shot there.
Petrov with a nice head shot there.
Petrov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Petrov connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Petrov lands a couple of elbows.
Petrov with a nice head shot there.
Da Santiago is rocked!
Petrov chips away with some ground and pound.
Petrov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Da Santiago is still in real trouble! Can Petrov finish him?
Petrov chips away with some ground and pound.
Our spies down at at Finch Gym inform us that Da Santiago has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov scoring with some ground and pound.
Petrov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Santiago looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Petrov chips away with some ground and pound.
Da Santiago seems to have recovered his senses.
Petrov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Petrov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Da Santiago looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Petrov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Petrov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Petrov controlling from the top position.
Petrov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Da Santiago had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Petrov defends it easily.
Petrov chips away with some ground and pound.
Petrov trying to control but Da Santiago is working from the bottom.
Petrov is really struggling to control Da Santiago but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Petrov is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Da Santiago is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Petrov chips away with some ground and pound.
Petrov wants to control from the top but Da Santiago keeps moving.
Da Santiago looking for a guillotine here but Petrov defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Petrov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Da Santiago is looking to clinch.
Petrov throws a big counter combination but Da Santiago scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Peter Petrov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrov drives through and clinches with Da Santiago against the cage.
Da Santiago creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petrov's defenses.
Petrov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Da Santiago.
Petrov breaks from the clinch.
Petrov dives in and scores a takedown into Da Santiago's guard.
Petrov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Santiago's head.
Petrov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Santiago's head.
Petrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Da Santiago looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Petrov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Petrov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Petrov works over Da Santiago with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov stays in close to Da Santiago's body and controls the position.
Petrov with a nice head shot there.
Petrov landing with the ground and pound.
Da Santiago working for a triangle but Petrov defends it easily.
Petrov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Petrov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Da Santiago had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Petrov defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Da Santiago is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Petrov defends well.
Petrov distracts Da Santiago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Petrov cracks Da Santiago with a solid left hand.
Petrov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Petrov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Santiago's head.
Petrov arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Da Santiago's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Peter Petrov!
A victorious Peter Petrov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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