PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 236 p4p, 1857 weight class) and Master Petrov (ranked 12 p4p, 81 weight class). Master Petrov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anton Ilmarinen's chin.

Ilmarinen
vs
Petrov

186 cm
33
198
19 - 6 - 0

194 cm
25
250
7 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Master Petrov !
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Ilmarinen moved out of range.
Ilmarinen lands a slapping body shot.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Ilmarinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ilmarinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ilmarinen throws a right and a left that Petrov avoids nicely.
Petrov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Petrov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ilmarinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ilmarinen takes a swing at Petrov 's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Petrov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Ilmarinen. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Ilmarinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Anton Ilmarinen has been cut.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Petrov throws a jab when Ilmarinen was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Ilmarinen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Petrov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Petrov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilmarinen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ilmarinen distracts Petrov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ilmarinen forces his way into half guard.
Ilmarinen working Petrov over with strikes.
Petrov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ilmarinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Petrov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ilmarinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Petrov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ilmarinen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen working Petrov over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ilmarinen lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ilmarinen lands a nice short elbow.

Petrov is rocked!
Ilmarinen lands a big elbow - Petrov is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Ilmarinen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Ilmarinen!
A victorious Anton Ilmarinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.