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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Witt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Petrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Witt comes to the cage accompanied by Animal by Disturbed. Petrenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bro Hymm/ Pennywise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Witt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitry Petrenko!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrenko tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Witt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Witt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Witt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Witt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petrenko.
Witt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Witt moves out of range of the body kick from Petrenko.
Witt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Petrenko throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt throws a series of punches but Petrenko avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Petrenko finds it's way through Witt's defenses.
A low kick from Petrenko misses
and Witt counters with a nice uppercut.
Witt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrenko misses with a straight left.
Witt with a nice cross.
Petrenko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Witt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Petrenko misses with a right hand
and Witt counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrenko scores with a punch to the head.
Witt scores with a shot to the body.
Petrenko throws a head kick that misses
and Witt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A combination from Petrenko does no damage.
Witt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Petrenko is looking to clinch but Witt is avoiding it.
Petrenko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Witt.
Petrenko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Witt's hands.
Petrenko tries to clinch but Witt is having none of it.
Petrenko rushes Witt and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrenko tries to land a knee to the head but Witt blocks with his arms.
Petrenko blocks a body shot from Witt.
Petrenko turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Witt tries to bench press Petrenko off him but Petrenko keeps the position.
Petrenko scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Witt to see if he's OK.
Petrenko tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Witt is trying to control Petrenko's posture but Petrenko avoids it.
Petrenko lands an elbow.
Witt is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
My spies in Montreal Elite Gym inform me that Petrenko has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Petrenko prevents Witt from improving his position.
Petrenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Petrenko throwing shots but Witt is blocking nicely.
Petrenko looks to land a strike but Witt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Witt controls Petrenko momentarily but Petrenko frees himself.
Witt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt controls Petrenko momentarily but Petrenko frees himself.
Witt is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Petrenko tries to free his leg and advance position but Witt is retaining full guard.
Witt seems keen to control Petrenko's posture.
Petrenko stands up from guard. Let's bang!
It looks like Witt has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Petrenko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Aaron Witt has been cut.
Witt throws a shot from downtown. Petrenko moves away and avoids it.
Witt throws a shot to the body.
Petrenko avoids the body shot from Witt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Petrenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrenko misses with a straight right.
Witt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Petrenko at a distance.
Petrenko staying out of range there.
Witt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Petrenko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick from Petrenko lands but Witt takes it in his stride.
Petrenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Witt.
Petrenko walks into a stiff left hand from Witt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Witt gets tackled into the cage by Petrenko. Petrenko maintains the clinch.
Witt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Witt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Petrenko.
Petrenko misses with the head strike.
Petrenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrenko throws a head punch that misses.
Petrenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dmitry Petrenko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aaron Witt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Petrenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Witt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Witt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Petrenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Witt.
Dmitry Petrenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Witt misses with a straight left.
Witt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Witt misses with a body shot.
Petrenko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Witt lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Petrenko backs up against the cage.
Witt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petrenko moves away from the strike by Witt.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrenko moves away.
Petrenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Witt throwing a counter right hand but Petrenko manages to avoid it.
Petrenko throws a head kick that Witt semi-blocks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Witt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Petrenko.
Petrenko scores with a jab.
Petrenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrenko lands a glancing blow to the side of Witt's head.
Witt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch lands to the side of Petrenko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrenko throws a shot from downtown. Witt moves away and avoids it.
Petrenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Witt is just out of range.
Petrenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Witt takes a swing at Petrenko's ribcage but misses.
Witt tries a low kick but Petrenko avoids it.
Petrenko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Petrenko misses with a lunging right hand
and Witt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Witt blocks an uppercut.
Witt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Petrenko backwards.
Petrenko lands an uppercut.
Petrenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Witt looking to stall.
Witt wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Witt looking to slow down the pace here.
Witt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petrenko letting Witt take a breather here.
Petrenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Petrenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Petrenko misses with the head strike.
Petrenko struggles to land a body shot inside as Witt controls his hands.
Witt throws a head punch that misses.
Witt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Petrenko misses with a knee to the head.
Petrenko wants to take the fight to the mat but Witt manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Witt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Witt working aggressively here.
Petrenko pulls Witt into guard.
Petrenko controls Witt momentarily but Witt frees himself.
Witt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko looking for a sweep. Not yet Petrenko, not yet.
Petrenko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Witt trying to control the position from guard on top but Petrenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrenko looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Witt has picked Petrenko up and slammed him! Petrenko can't keep hold of the triangle and Witt manages to pass to side control!
Witt advances to full mount.
Witt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Witt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Petrenko's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrenko tries to lock up and control but Witt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Witt raining down hammerfists from mount.
Petrenko taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Witt.
Witt pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Petrenko bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Witt looking to control.
Witt looking for a sweep. Not yet Witt, not yet.
Petrenko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Witt is keeping the position for now.
Petrenko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Witt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Witt's cut.
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.
Petrenko throws a leg kick
and Witt counters with a straight right hand.
Petrenko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aaron Witt is winning the standup battle so far.
Petrenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Witt.
Petrenko misses with a kick to the body
and Witt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Witt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Witt misses with a looping left.
Witt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petrenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Witt is just out of range.
Witt throws a shot from downtown. Petrenko moves away and avoids it.
Petrenko avoids the body shot from Witt.
Petrenko throws out a powerful jab.
Petrenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Witt scores with a punch to the head.
Petrenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Witt lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Witt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrenko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Witt finds it's way round the side to connect with Petrenko's head.
Petrenko is rocked!
Witt cracks Petrenko with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Petrenko tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Witt pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Petrenko is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Witt!
Aaron Witt retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Aaron Witt thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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