PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 1049 p4p, 1331 weight class) and George Peterson (ranked 150 p4p, 179 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Martinyuk
vs
Peterson

200 cm
30
221
19 - 11 - 0

191 cm
29
216
20 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinyuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinyuk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Peterson momentarily.
Peterson tries to clinch there but Martinyuk circles away.
Martinyuk is looking to counter punch.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson with a hook.
Martinyuk misses with a hook. Peterson ducked under it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Peterson. Those never looked like landing.
Martinyuk is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinyuk.
We've been informed that Peterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Peterson throws an overhand right that lands on Martinyuk's shoulder, as Martinyuk tries to avoid the shot.
Peterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Peterson tries to bum rush Martinyuk with a series of wild strikes but Martinyuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peterson closes the distance and clinches.
Peterson tries a body shot but Martinyuk blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinyuk's brow.
Martinyuk takes a shot to the head.
Peterson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Peterson.
Martinyuk is breathing heavily.
Peterson lands an elbow that stopped Martinyuk in his tracks for a moment.
I was talking to Martinyuk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peterson.
Peterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinyuk backwards.
Peterson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinyuk tries a body shot but Peterson blocks it.
Martinyuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peterson missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson can't get the takedown.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Martinyuk.
Peterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinyuk tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peterson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Peterson fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinyuk.
A head punch on the inside from Martinyuk fails to land.
Martinyuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Martinyuk is trying to push Peterson away but Peterson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Peterson.
Peterson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinyuk or not.
Martinyuk throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Peterson.
Peterson digs a right hand underneath Martinyuk's ribcage. Martinyuk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Peterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peterson pushes Martinyuk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson lands a nice elbow.
Peterson landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson scores with a shot to the side of Martinyuk's head.
Peterson lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Peterson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Peterson.

Martinyuk is rocked!
Peterson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Martinyuk! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Peterson is unloading with more strikes now! Martinyuk drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Peterson!
George Peterson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Aspire Clothing, into his post fight interview.