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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Gentil (ranked 786 p4p, 1012 weight class) and Grigoriy Petrov (ranked 109 p4p, 137 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Gentil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Grigoriy Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gentil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Gentil misses with a wild body shot.
Gentil throws a leg kick but Petrov moved away.
Gentil throws a good cross that connects.
Petrov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gentil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paulo Gentil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov thumps Gentil with a low kick.
Petrov throws a solid leg kick but Gentil takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petrov.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gentil.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Gentil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gentil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gentil missing with a left hand there. Petrov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gentil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petrov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gentil fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Gentil uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Petrov has time to react.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil lands a nice shot that snaps Petrov's head back.
Gentil missing with a left hand there. Petrov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gentil.
Petrov lands with an uppercut that bounces Gentil off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Petrov throws a leg kick that misses.
Gentil will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Petrov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gentil makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Petrov really felt that one!
Gentil checks a low kick from Petrov.
Petrov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gentil throws a looping overhand right but Petrov ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Petrov throws a jab when Gentil was well out of range.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Gentil fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Petrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gentil takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Petrov scoring well with a low kick there.
Gentil tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Petrov misses.
Gentil gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice jab there from Gentil.
Gentil throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov throws a wild body kick that Gentil sees coming a mile off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gentil blocks a low kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gentil takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gentil feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gentil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gentil looks to throw the jab but Petrov is out of range.
Petrov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gentil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Gentil shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decent striking displayed by Petrov there.
Good leg kick by Petrov.
Petrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A clash of legs there as Petrov blocks the low kick.
Petrov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gentil ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
Gentil is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gentil fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Petrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petrov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Petrov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Gentil - just one landing.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petrov moves forwards but Gentil connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Petrov connects with a single shot there.
Petrov lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws the left hand but Petrov avoids the punch easily.
Petrov jabs Gentil right on the nose. Gentil blinks but takes it well.
Petrov lands with an overhand left.
Gentil throws a looping overhand right but Petrov ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov misses with a body kick.
Petrov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Petrov slips under a jab from Gentil.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Gentil throws out a powerful jab.
Petrov scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov lands the left hand.
Gentil takes one to the chin there.
Petrov lands a nice shot that snaps Gentil's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gentil checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Gentil moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petrov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gentil fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Petrov lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Petrov.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Gentil throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gentil cracks Petrov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Gentil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gentil scores with a body shot.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Petrov throws the left hand but Gentil avoids the punch easily.
Gentil lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gentil wants to land a leg kick but Petrov is out of range.
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice leg kick from Petrov, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov looks to land a left hand but Gentil moved out of range nicely.
Petrov lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov misses with a left hand
and Gentil counters with a nice uppercut.
Petrov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Petrov misses with a few strikes there.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Gentil ducks down to avoid it.
Gentil takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grigoriy Petrov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Petrov digs a good body shot into Gentil's ribs.
Petrov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov walks into a jab.
Gentil is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gentil lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gentil scores with a leg kick.
Gentil sizes up Petrov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Petrov scores with a leg kick.
Gentil misses with a leg kick.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Gentil is out of range.
Good work by Gentil as he checks the leg kick.
Petrov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good work by Petrov as he checks the leg kick.
Petrov blocks a leg kick.
Gentil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
A punch combination from Petrov misses.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Gentil sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gentil throws a hook but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gentil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gentil in his tracks.
Gentil will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Petrov checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petrov scores with a nice right hand.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov takes a swing at Gentil's ribcage but misses.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Gentil checks it.
Gentil avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petrov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrov scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Gentil checks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Gentil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petrov connects with a solid leg kick.
Petrov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grigoriy Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gentil throws a hook to the side of Petrov's head but Petrov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petrov throws a hook but Gentil blocks it.
Gentil throws a low kick, looking for Petrov's leg but Petrov calmly moves out of range.
Gentil tries a low kick but Petrov avoids it.
Petrov was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gentil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrov moves out of range of the leg kick from Gentil.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Petrov swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Petrov. Gentil shrugs it off though.
Gentil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gentil looks for the body kick but Petrov saw that one coming.
Gentil staying out of range there.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Gentil.
Gentil scoring well with a low kick there.
Gentil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov cracks Gentil with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gentil delivers a nice body kick.
Petrov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gentil's sensitive parts.
Petrov lunges at Gentil with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gentil's hand.
Gentil on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Petrov throws a right hand that Gentil ducks under and follows up with a left that Gentil also avoids with ease.
Petrov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gentil might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Gentil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Gentil chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrov can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil slips under a jab.
Petrov connects with an inside leg kick.
Petrov throws a low kick, looking for Gentil's leg but Gentil calmly moves out of range.
Gentil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gentil attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gentil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Petrov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gentil is able to avoid easily.
Gentil takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gentil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gentil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Gentil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gentil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
A jab from Petrov finds it's way through Gentil's defenses.
Petrov walks into a left hand.
Gentil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gentil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gentil throws a jab but it's blocked by Petrov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gentil checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gentil half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gentil looks to land a body kick but Petrov moved away.
Gentil thumps Petrov with a low kick.
Petrov throws a hook but Gentil blocks it.
Gentil feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gentil clobbers Petrov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petrov lands a body shot.
Gentil on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Petrov. Petrov obviously looking to wear him down.
Petrov moves out of range of the leg kick from Gentil.
Petrov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gentil staying out of range there.
Petrov throws a hook to the side of Gentil's head but Gentil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gentil misses with a low kick.
Gentil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Gentil finds it's way through Petrov's defenses.
Gentil tries to score with a low kick but Petrov moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petrov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gentil wants to slow Petrov down by chopping away at his legs.
Gentil throws a poor cross that misses
and Petrov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grigoriy Petrov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Petrov misses with a kick to the body.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Gentil lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrov lands a lovely overhand right.
Petrov works Gentil's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Gentil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gentil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Gentil looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gentil lands a leg kick that knocks Petrov off balance momentarily.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gentil manages to avoid it.
Petrov throws a jab when Gentil was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Gentil on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Petrov blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Gentil misses with a low kick.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petrov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gentil lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrov throws a body shot but no joy.
Petrov lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Petrov.
Petrov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gentil throws a shot from downtown. Petrov moves away and avoids it.
Gentil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gentil finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gentil ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
Gentil throws a quick inside leg kick.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
Gentil misses with a leg kick.
Petrov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Petrov throws out a leg kick but Gentil moves out of range and Petrov only half commits.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gentil.
Petrov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gentil scores with a leg kick.
Gentil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov throws a right hand that misses
and Gentil counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gentil connects with a single shot there.
Petrov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gentil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Petrov blocks the low kick.
Petrov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good exchange - Petrov coming out on top.
Gentil throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Petrov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gentil blocks the body kick.
Gentil lands a nice shot that snaps Petrov's head back.
Petrov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gentil takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Petrov thuds a left hand into Gentil's body.
Gentil bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Petrov checks the leg kick.
Gentil slips a jab from Petrov.
Petrov defending well as Gentil loads up on a big left hand.
Petrov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gentil thumps Petrov with a low kick.
Gentil connects with a leg kick.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
Petrov cracks Gentil with an open hand slap.
Petrov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Petrov throws a low kick but Gentil avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Petrov.
Gentil is looking to land body kicks.
Petrov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gentil throws a big shot that misses.
Gentil misses with a body kick.
A jab from Gentil does it's job there.
Petrov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A leg kick checked by Petrov.
Petrov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gentil throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Petrov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Petrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gentil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick from Petrov, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gentil lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Petrov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Petrov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gentil misses with a hook. Petrov ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov lands a jab.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Gentil.
Gentil scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A little feinted left hand from Gentil on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Gentil lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gentil checks a low kick from Petrov.
Some bone on bone action there as Petrov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petrov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Petrov throws a low kick but Gentil avoids it.
As Petrov backs away, Gentil returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Paulo Gentil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gentil checks a low kick from Petrov.
Gentil takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petrov moves away from the strike by Gentil.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petrov! But no joy.
Gentil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Decent striking displayed by Gentil there.
Petrov walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil misses with a hook
and Petrov counters with a good low kick that Gentil was not able to check.
Petrov with the inside leg kick.
Gentil throws an off balance right hand
and Petrov counters with an outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grigoriy Petrov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Petrov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grigoriy Petrov!
Our winner, Grigoriy Petrov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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