PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between new colin buker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petras Petric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). new colin buker could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Petras Petric's chin.

colin buker
vs
Petric

180 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, new colin buker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petras Petric!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petric misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
buker looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

buker gets a clinch.
buker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Petric has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. buker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
new colin buker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petras Petric.

buker lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Petric looking for submissions off his back.
buker trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petric wants to improve his position but buker is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petric has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. buker is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric is looking for a sweep. buker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Petric is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
buker prevents Petric from standing back up.
Petric wants to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Petric looks to clinch

and buker moves into the clinch.
Petric looking for a takedown.
Petric misses with some punches.
buker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Petric.
Petric misses with the head strike.

buker breaks from the clinch.
Petric fails with the takedown

and buker counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

buker pulls guard.
Petric looking to sit in guard and control but buker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
buker would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Petric trying to keep a closed guard but buker is proving a slippery customer.
buker wants to stand but Petric is controlling his posture from full guard.
Petric tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petric trying to keep a closed guard but buker is proving a slippery customer.
buker throws a big right hand that misses.

Petric looking for a guillotine here but buker defends easily.
buker wants to control from the top but Petric keeps moving.

That's four 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Petric tries for a takedown but buker circles away easily

and buker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Petric won't be happy with that.
buker wants to control but Petric is keeping him busy.
Petric regains half guard, as buker was trying to land strikes.

Petric looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Petric looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

new colin buker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Petric shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and buker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Petric won't be happy with that.
Petric manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Petric is looking to take a break and control but buker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
buker wants to control but Petric is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Petric is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
buker wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Petric is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
buker looks like he's trying to stand up.

Petric is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and buker defends it well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good shot there by buker.
Petric has his takedown stuffed

and buker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

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.
Petric goes for a takedown in the clinch but buker prevents it.
new colin buker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petras Petric.
Petric letting buker take a breather here.
Petric has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. buker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

buker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petric with a lazy takedown attempt

and buker counters by moving into the clinch.
Petric tries to score a body lock takedown but buker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Petric is working for takedown but buker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Petric tries for a takedown but buker manages to get underhooks.
Petric wants a takedown.
buker has Petric pushed against the cage.

buker decides to pull guard.
buker might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Petric wants to stand but buker is controlling his posture from full guard.
Petric pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. buker is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
buker wants to sweep here but Petric controlling him for the moment.
Petric trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Petric trying to stand up but can't free himself from buker's guard.
buker striking off his back but it's not causing Petric any problems.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Petric has his takedown stuffed

and buker moves into the clinch.
Petric tries to score a body lock takedown but buker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Petric is working for takedown but buker is calmly controlling the position for now.

buker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petric shoots and misses

and buker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by buker.

buker breaks from the clinch.
Petric with a lazy takedown attempt

and buker moves into the clinch.
Petric tries for a takedown but buker manages to get underhooks.
Petric tries to stall but buker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

buker has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Petric is trying to keep an underhook but buker manages to get the takedown into half guard.
buker prevents Petric from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

new colin buker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Petric shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and buker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Petric has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. buker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

buker breaks from the clinch.

buker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Petric looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

buker stands up and beckons Petric to his feet.
Petric fails with the takedown

and buker counters by clinching up.
new colin buker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petras Petric.
Petric tries to pull guard but buker won't allow it.
buker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

buker manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Petric stands and throws buker's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Petric tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Petric has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Petric tries to stand but buker controls the position and pulls Petric into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric trying to control the position from guard on top but buker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

buker has his feet on Petric's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
buker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

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.
Petric with a lazy takedown attempt
and buker counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Petric is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Petras Petric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petric cracks buker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Petric closes the distance but buker moves to the side

and buker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Petric fails to pull guard.

buker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petric tries for a takedown but buker circles away easily

and buker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by buker.
buker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Petric.

buker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

buker gets the takedown into side control.
buker controls the position from side control.
buker looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Petric is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petric wants to control but buker postures up.
buker throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Petric tries to bench press buker off him but buker keeps the position.
Petric is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked buker off and has taken his back!
Petric doesn't have the hooks in and buker manages to turn into his guard.
Petric working a defensive guard here.
Petric wants to control the position but buker says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

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.
Petric is looking to control buker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Petric avoid being mounted?
buker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Petric is not content to let buker control the position.

Petric looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Petric is pressing down on buker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Petras Petric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
new colin buker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Petric escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. buker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

And that's the end of the fight!
new colin buker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well buker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... new colin buker!