PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Omerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Petterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omerta's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Embrace Of The Endless Ocean. Petterson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Can't Be Touched - Roy Jones kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Omerta
vs
Petterson

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Fight Club Clothing™
Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Victor Omerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Petterson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Omerta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Petterson is fending him off so far but Omerta persists. Nope, Petterson circles away and we're back to standing.
Omerta tries to clinch up but Petterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Petterson keeps the fight on the outside.

Petterson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Omerta did well to prevent Petterson getting side control.
Petterson tries to pass to full mount but Omerta defends it.
Omerta on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Omerta tries to get out of the position.
Petterson wants to control but Omerta is keeping him busy.
Petterson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Petterson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Omerta's head.
Petterson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Omerta defending well though.
Petterson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Omerta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Petterson thows a huge punch but Omerta dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petterson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Petterson clinches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Omerta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Petterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Petterson wants to stall.
Petterson pushes Omerta back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Petterson lands a shoulder strike.
Omerta tries to circle away but Petterson has him pinned against the ropes.
Omerta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Omerta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Petterson lands with a right to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Petterson looking for a takedown.
Petterson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Omerta wants to stall.
Omerta wants to break free but Petterson has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petterson stalling the fight.

Petterson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Omerta moves away.
Omerta closes the distance but Petterson moves to the side

and Petterson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Petterson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Petterson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Omerta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Petterson.
Petterson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Omerta defending well though.
Petterson thows a huge punch but Omerta dodges it nicely.
Petterson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petterson slows the pace down in half guard.
Petterson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Petterson controlling the action here.
Petterson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Petterson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Petterson thows a huge punch but Omerta dodges it nicely.
Petterson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Petterson throwing shots but Omerta is blocking nicely.
Petterson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Omerta is breathing heavily.
Petterson throwing shots but Omerta is blocking nicely.
Petterson moves into full mount! Omerta won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Petterson dominated that 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.

Petterson moves into range and clinches up with Omerta.
Omerta wants to get back to striking at distance but Petterson won't allow it.
Omerta is trying to break free.
Omerta tries to circle away but Petterson has him pinned against the ropes.

Petterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Omerta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alexander Petterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Omerta - that will leave a mark!
Omerta darts in trying to clinch

and Petterson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Omerta's guard now.
Petterson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Omerta preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Petterson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Omerta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Petterson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petterson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Petterson content to stall in guard here.
Petterson throwing strikes but missing.
Omerta keeping moving, preventing Petterson from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Petterson drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petterson looking to sit in guard and control but Omerta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Petterson is trying to keep Omerta in close.
Petterson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Petterson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Omerta throws a strike but Petterson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omerta working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Petterson.
Alexander Petterson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Petterson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Omerta's head.
Petterson thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Petterson pushes down on Omerta's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Omerta is refusing to be controlled, as Petterson sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petterson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Petterson trying to control from half guard but Omerta is working away.
Petterson prevents Omerta from standing back up.
Petterson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Omerta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Petterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Petterson misses with a wild combination.
Petterson is looking to clinch.
Petterson wants to clinch up but Omerta keeps it at a distance.
Petterson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Omerta's waist but Omerta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Petterson off to one side.
Omerta tries to clinch

and Petterson moves into the clinch.
Petterson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petterson tries for a takedown but Omerta manages to get underhooks.
Omerta is pressed up against the ropes. Petterson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Omerta down to the mat. Omerta avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Victor Omerta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Petterson.
A left and a right from Omerta both land. Nice combination.
Omerta scores with a shot to the body.
Petterson avoids the head kick by Omerta.
Omerta misses with a takedown attempt

and Petterson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Petterson wants to pass the guard but Omerta is keeping the position.
Petterson thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petterson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Omerta's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petterson controlling from the top position.
Petterson thows a big elbow that misses.
Petterson lands a couple of digs.
Petterson thows a big elbow that misses.

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.
Petterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Omerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Omerta knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Petterson on the ground.
Petterson throws a big right hand that misses.
Petterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Omerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petterson pushing down on Omerta's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Petterson wants to control but Omerta is keeping him busy.
Petterson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Petterson there.
Petterson trying to control the pace.
Petterson working the head and body with strikes.
Alexander Petterson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Petterson controlling the action here.
Omerta is refusing to be controlled, as Petterson sits in half guard.
Victor Omerta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petterson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Omerta is refusing to be controlled, as Petterson sits in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Petterson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Petterson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Petterson!