PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renan St Juste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Petrova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasha Petrova is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

St Juste
vs
Petrova

178 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

194 cm
27
172 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Renan St Juste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sasha Petrova!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrova tries a low kick but St Juste avoids it.
St Juste throws a series of punches but Petrova avoids them all with ease.
Petrova misses with a low kick.
Petrova has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by St Juste.
Nice jab there from St Juste.
Petrova blocks a low kick nicely.
St Juste defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Petrova.
Petrova throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Juste misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petrova misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St Juste connects with a solid leg kick.
Petrova has a takedown stuffed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrova, right into the meat.
A low kick from Petrova is predictable there
and St Juste counters with a body kick.
St Juste jabs Petrova to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Juste lands with a good body shot.
Petrova with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling St Juste to score with a decent uppercut.
Petrova throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Juste sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Juste misses with a straight right.
St Juste's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and St Juste duly obliges.
St Juste digs a good hook to Petrova's body.
Petrova is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Petrova has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Petrova there as he acknowledges the shot.
St Juste closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good leg kick by St Juste there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Petrova moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Petrova lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Juste attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Petrova tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petrova staying out of range there.
St Juste lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
St Juste cracks Petrova with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
St Juste cracks Petrova with an open hand slap.
St Juste looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Juste throws a head kick that misses.
St Juste throws a shot from downtown. Petrova moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Juste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
St Juste scores with a kick to the body.
Petrova moves away from the strike by St Juste.
Petrova throws a nice looking combination but St Juste bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Juste just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrova takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice sprawl there from St Juste as Petrova shoots in.
Renan St Juste has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sasha Petrova.
St Juste tries to bum rush Petrova with a series of wild strikes but Petrova uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Juste moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
St Juste throws a push kick but Petrova slaps the foot to one side.
Petrova is trying desperately to land a takedown but St Juste is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Petrova.
St Juste fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrova.
St Juste takes one on the chin but seems OK.
St Juste blocks a leg kick.
Petrova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petrova thows a leg kick but St Juste checks it
and St Juste counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Petrova is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Petrova throws a head kick but St Juste moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Juste.
Petrova looks gassed!
St Juste wants to land a leg kick but Petrova is out of range.
St Juste dips to his left and cracks Petrova with an uppercut!

Petrova is rocked!
Petrova sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Petrova is still on wobbly legs! Can St Juste finish him?
BOOM! St Juste lands a beautiful left hook that drops Petrova. Petrova tries to recover but St Juste is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Petrova lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renan St Juste!