PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egon Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Karlsson
vs
Petrov

185 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egon Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Petrov. Beautiful body shot.

Karlsson instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Petrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice jab there from Karlsson.
Karlsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Karlsson closes the distance and pushes Petrov back into the cage.
Karlsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Petrov loads up on a big right hand but Karlsson slips the punch.
Karlsson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Karlsson has closed the distance and engaged Petrov in a clinch.

Petrov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Karlsson uses from the top position.
Karlsson content to stall in guard here.
Petrov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsson tries to stand but Petrov is controlling from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Petrov is on top in guard.
Petrov wants to control from the top but Karlsson keeps moving.
Karlsson seems keen to control Petrov's posture.
Petrov wants to stand but Karlsson is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Petrov gets to his feet. Karlsson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Petrov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Karlsson moves into range and clinches up with Petrov.
Karlsson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson avoiding damage.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling him.
Karlsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov tries to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling the position.
Karlsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Petrov looks gassed!
Karlsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrov avoids the damage to the body.
Petrov dodges an elbow strike from Karlsson.
Petrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Petrov throws a sloppy head kick and Karlsson moves out of range easily.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Karlsson checks a leg kick.

Karlsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Karlsson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
Karlsson lands an elbow that stopped Petrov in his tracks for a moment.
Karlsson just leaning against Petrov, taking a breather.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson managing to block the knees to the body from Petrov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrov blocks the elbow strike.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Karlsson keeps him there for the moment.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Karlsson.
Petrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson lands an elbow inside.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Karlsson rushes Petrov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karlsson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Karlsson keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Karlsson tries to tie him up.

Petrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov throws a body kick the misses

and Karlsson counters by moving into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Petrov blocks the elbow strike.
Petrov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
Karlsson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrov up against the cage.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egon Karlsson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Karlsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karlsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petrov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Karlsson is just out of range.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Karlsson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Karlsson clinches.
Petrov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrov.
Karlsson prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Karlsson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petrov's defenses.
Karlsson trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Karlsson.
Petrov managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
Petrov can't break the clinch.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Petrov tries to circle away but Karlsson has him pinned against the cage.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Come on Karlsson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Karlsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Karlsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Karlsson controlling the action here for a moment.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov is trying to break free.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Karlsson lands an elbow that stopped Petrov in his tracks for a moment.
Karlsson lands an elbow inside.
Karlsson just leaning against Petrov, taking a breather.
Petrov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karlsson avoids it.
Karlsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karlsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Petrov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Karlsson lands an elbow just above Petrov 's eye.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Karlsson keeps him there for the moment.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karlsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petrov's brow.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrov takes an elbow to the temple.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karlsson as Petrov tries to tie him up.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Petrov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karlsson throws an elbow but misses.
Karlsson has Petrov pressed against the cage, preventing Petrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Karlsson thumps Petrov with a low kick.
Karlsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Petrov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Petrov needs to keep his hands up - Karlsson had a free shot at his head there.

Karlsson clinches up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrov avoids it.
Petrov blocks an elbow strike.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson slips under a jab from Petrov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Karlsson does it's job there.
Karlsson wants to clinch.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Karlsson moves out of range as Petrov strikes.
A leg kick checked by Karlsson.

Karlsson closes the distance and clinches.
Petrov tries to break free but Karlsson pushes him back against the cage.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Karlsson.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Karlsson trying to stall but Petrov improves his position.
Petrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petrov lands with a nice combination. Karlsson backs away looking to recover.
Karlsson tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Karlsson moves out of range as Petrov throws a body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karlsson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petrov's defenses.
Karlsson lands an elbow inside.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
Petrov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karlsson throws an elbow but misses.
Karlsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karlsson looking to stall.
Petrov can't break the clinch.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling him.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Petrov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Karlsson walks away with a smile on his face. Petrov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Karlsson blocks a low kick nicely.

Karlsson darts in and clinches Petrov up against the cage.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrov avoids it.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
Petrov working Karlsson over with knees to the body.
Karlsson prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egon Karlsson dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Petrov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karlsson throws a nice looking combination but Petrov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrov misses with a straight left.

Karlsson moves into range and clinches up with Petrov.
Karlsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Egon Karlsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karlsson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Karlsson lands an elbow just above Petrov 's eye.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karlsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Petrov gets an underhook and turns Karlsson into the cage.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Petrov blocks an elbow strike.
Karlsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Karlsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov tries to circle away but Karlsson has him pinned against the cage.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Karlsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karlsson keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
Karlsson has Petrov pressed against the cage, preventing Petrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Petrov missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Petrov is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrov blocks an elbow strike from Karlsson.

Petrov manages to break the clinch.
Petrov slips under a jab.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Karlsson tries to clinch there but Petrov circles away.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Petrov is predictable there

and Karlsson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Karlsson misses with an elbow over the top.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson moves out of range as Petrov strikes.
Petrov feints and then cracks Karlsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karlsson down.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petrov misses with a hook. Karlsson ducked under it nicely.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Petrov.

Karlsson clinches with his opponent.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Karlsson keeps him there for the moment.
Petrov takes an elbow to the temple.
Karlsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karlsson prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.

Petrov breaks from the clinch.
Karlsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Karlsson moves out of range as Petrov throws a body kick.

Karlsson instigates a clinch.
Petrov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Karlsson lands an overhand right.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but Petrov keeps it at a distance.
Petrov thows a leg kick but Karlsson checks it

and Karlsson counters by clinching up.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Karlsson keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Karlsson stalling against the cage.

Petrov breaks from the clinch.

Karlsson rushes Petrov and presses him up against the cage.
Petrov wants to get back to striking at distance but Karlsson won't allow it.

Petrov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Karlsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Karlsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Petrov managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
Petrov wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Petrov.
Karlsson lands an elbow that stopped Petrov in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson has Petrov pushed against the cage.
Petrov can't break the clinch.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Karlsson forces Petrov back against the cage and clinches.
Ivan Petrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petrov missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrov's face.
Karlsson prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karlsson.
Petrov managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karlsson throws an elbow but misses.
Petrov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Petrov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karlsson looking to slow down the pace here.

Petrov breaks from the clinch.
Karlsson needs to keep his hands up - Petrov had a free shot at his head there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Egon Karlsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karlsson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Egon Karlsson!