PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Gurakovskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasilij Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gurakovskiy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hollywood Undead - Levitate . Aleksandr Gurakovskiy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vasilij Petrov's chin.

Gurakovskiy
vs
Petrov

190 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Gurakovskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasilij Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Petrov.
Petrov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Gurakovskiy drops his shoulder and cracks Petrov with a huge uppercut! Petrov goes down! Can Gurakovskiy finish him?

It looks like Vasilij Petrov has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gurakovskiy wants to get up but he can't break Petrov's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Petrov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Petrov is pulling down on Gurakovskiy's head. It's preventing any offense from Gurakovskiy, at least for the moment.
Petrov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Petrov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Petrov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Petrov has a closed guard, preventing Gurakovskiy from standing up.
Petrov is trying to keep Gurakovskiy in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Petrov wants to reverse the position here. Gurakovskiy has hold of a leg though and he's dropped back looking for a kneebar! The fighters roll across the mat but Petrov is forced to tap! Petrov looks devastated but at least his leg points in the right direction.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Aleksandr Gurakovskiy!