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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Paulo (ranked 6496 p4p, 6367 weight class) and Andrei Petrovic (ranked 263 p4p, 259 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Paulo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrei Petrovic!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrovic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Paulo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Paulo explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Paulo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Paulo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paulo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Paulo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pedro Paulo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Paulo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Paulo is looking to counter the offense by Petrovic and move into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paulo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Petrovic.
Pedro Paulo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrei Petrovic.
Paulo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Petrovic, pushing him back against the cage.
Paulo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Petrovic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Paulo has picked Petrovic up - he's going for a ride! Paulo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Petrovic taking some punishment here, with Paulo in his half guard.
Paulo controlling the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Petrovic manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Petrovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Paulo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Paulo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Petrovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Petrovic's head.
Petrovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paulo is one step ahead there.
Petrovic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Petrovic has momentary wrist control but Paulo slips an elbow through the middle.
Paulo preventing the sweep.
Paulo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Paulo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Petrovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Paulo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Paulo is stalling in the full guard.
Paulo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Paulo controlling from the top position.
Petrovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Paulo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Petrovic wants to sweep here but Paulo controlling him for the moment.
Paulo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Paulo preventing the sweep.
Paulo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Petrovic on the ground.
Paulo is in close to Petrovic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Petrovic looking for a sweep. Not yet Petrovic, not yet.
Paulo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Paulo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Paulo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Petrovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Paulo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulo with a nice head shot there.
Paulo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Paulo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paulo postures up and lands a big shot to Petrovic's brow.
Paulo lands a couple of digs.
Petrovic controls Paulo momentarily but Paulo frees himself.
Paulo chips away with some ground and pound.
Paulo postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petrovic looks winded!
Petrovic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Petrovic wants to sweep but no luck.
Petrovic is trying to keep Paulo in close.
Paulo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Paulo postures up and lands a big shot to Petrovic's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Paulo dominated that round.
That's time! Paulo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Paulo rushes Petrovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paulo lands a takedown into guard.
Paulo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paulo stays in close to Petrovic's body and controls the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paulo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Paulo is stalling in the full guard.
Paulo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Paulo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Paulo.
Pedro Paulo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Petrovic trying to keep a closed guard but Paulo is proving a slippery customer.
Paulo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petrovic can do to turn this around?
Petrovic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Paulo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Paulo cracks Petrovic with a solid left hand.
Paulo controlling from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paulo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulo stands up over Petrovic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paulo landing with the ground and pound.
Paulo won't allow Petrovic to sweep him here.
Paulo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Petrovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Paulo tries to get to full guard but Petrovic has control of the leg.
Petrovic looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Petrovic is breathing heavily.
Petrovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Petrovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Petrovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Paulo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Paulo is pulling down on Petrovic's head to control his posture.
Petrovic throwing strikes from guard but Paulo blocks nicely.
Petrovic is fighting to break Paulo's control of his arms but Paulo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Paulo wants to sweep but no luck.
Paulo controlling the position.
Petrovic wants to pass the guard but Paulo is keeping the position.
Petrovic has gone for a leg lock! Paulo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Petrovic's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovic has momentary wrist control but Paulo slips an elbow through the middle.
Paulo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paulo is stalling in the full guard.
Further stalling from Paulo.
Petrovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paulo is one step ahead there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paulo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Paulo dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Paulo looks to land a combination but Petrovic avoids it well.
Paulo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paulo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Petrovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Petrovic tries to counter by closing the distance.
Petrovic checks a low kick from Paulo.
Paulo misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Paulo.
A punch combination from Paulo misses.
Petrovic tries for a takedown but Paulo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Paulo rushes Petrovic and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulo turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Paulo manages to end up in side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrovic is looking to regain half guard here but Paulo keeps moving and retains side control.
Petrovic felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovic trying to remain calm as Paulo controls from the top position.
Paulo lands some shots froms side control.
Paulo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Petrovic is looking to regain half guard here but Paulo keeps moving and retains side control.
Petrovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paulo taking a breather here.
Petrovic is trying to get back to half guard.
Paulo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Petrovic to see if he's OK.
Paulo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Petrovic is rocked!
Paulo lands a decent elbow from side control.
Petrovic is still in real trouble! Can Paulo finish him?
Paulo working the head and body with strikes.
Petrovic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Paulo staying calm.
A big shot lands for Paulo! That's hurt Petrovic! Will he recover? Paulo fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Paulo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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