PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Barella (ranked 2819 p4p, 3070 weight class) and Peter Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Barella
vs
Petrov

167 cm
24
135
6 - 10 - 0

178 cm
39
140
25 - 19 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Barella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Barella.
Barella moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Barella tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Barella moved out of range.
Barella looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Barella sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barella shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Petrov as he avoids it easily.
Barella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Petrov throws a series of punches but Barella avoids them all with ease.
Barella displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Barella.

Barella shoots in and bounces Petrov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Barella with a flurry of punches that miss.

Barella drops back looking for a leg! Petrov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Petrov manages to kick Barella off! Barella jumps back into Petrov's guard.
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 looking for subs off his back but Barella has passed one foot through into half guard.
Barella has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barella is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Petrov sees it coming and defends easily.
Petrov wants to improve his position but Barella is controlling well.

Barella is working for a submission of some sort.
Barella wants to control but Petrov is keeping him busy.

Barella is working for a submission of some sort.
Petrov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Barella drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barella jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Petrov keeping moving, preventing Barella from controlling successfully.

Petrov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Petrov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barella defends it easily.
Petrov wants to control the position but Barella says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Barella 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.
Barella prevents Petrov from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Petrov looking for submissions off his back.
Petrov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Barella is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Petrov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barella pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Barella seems to be working for a kimura but Petrov defends the submission attempt.
Petrov wants to get back to full guard.

Petrov looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Petrov tries to roll over but Barella keeps him under control.

Barella is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Petrov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Petrov.

Barella is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barella trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barella advances position into side control!
Barella wants to control but Petrov is keeping him busy.

Barella is trying to get an arm triangle but Petrov is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Barella dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Barella wants to clinch.
Petrov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Petrov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barella doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Petrov throws a jab when Barella was well out of range.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barella moves away.
Petrov misses with a looping left.

Petrov tries to sprawl but Barella drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Petrov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barella pulls his head out easily.
Petrov trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barella is working for a kimura but Petrov is defending it quite comfortably.
Petrov wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barella 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.

Petrov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Petrov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barella with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barella won't allow Petrov to sweep him here.

Barella thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Petrov looking to control.

That's two 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.

Barella thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Petrov is trying to keep Barella in close.
Barella trying to control the position from guard on top but Petrov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barella trying to control but Petrov is working from the bottom.
Barella pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Petrov is keeping the position for now.
Barella trying to control the position from guard on top but Petrov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Petrov swinging wildly here.
Sonny Barella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barella shoots in looking for a takedown but Petrov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barella's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Barella keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Barella appears to be looking for a big counter.

Petrov tries to sprawl but Barella drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Petrov is looking to control Barella's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Petrov avoid being mounted?
Sonny Barella overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Barella is working for a submission of some sort.
Petrov wants to get back to full guard.
Petrov keeps trying to improve his position.

Barella is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov gets back to full guard.
Barella stopping the sweep attempt from Petrov.
Petrov trying to control the position.
Barella wants to pass the guard but Petrov is keeping the position.
Barella passes Petrov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Barella is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petrov can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Petrov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barella pulls his head out easily.

Barella wants to work for an arm triangle but Petrov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Petrov is defending against the submission attempts here by Barella.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Barella dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Barella fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barella ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Barella looking to score a takedown here. Petrov is defending well but Barella drives through and ends up in Petrov's guard.
Barella might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barella preventing the sweep.
Petrov looking to control.
Barella trying to control but Petrov is working from the bottom.

Barella avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Petrov keeping full guard, as Barella tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barella would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Barella drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barella jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Petrov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barella.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Petrov looking for a guillotine here but Barella defends easily.
Barella tries to free his leg and advance position but Petrov is retaining full guard.

Barella got a little sloppy there for a moment and Petrov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Barella has managed to get both his arms back between Petrov's legs - danger averted.

Petrov is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Barella rolls with it to try and escape but Petrov cranks on the arm and Barella is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Peter Petrov!
A very excited looking Peter Petrov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.