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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Petrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrenko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bro Hymm/ Pennywise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
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158 lbs
14 - 11 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitry Petrenko! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Bishop! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Petrenko lands a front kick. Petrenko scores with a hook. Bishop closes the distance but Petrenko moves to the side and Petrenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Petrenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bishop cracks Petrenko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Petrenko tries to land a leg kick but Bishop saw it coming and moves away.
Bishop will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bishop tries to clinch up. Petrenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bishop misses with a takedown attempt and Petrenko counters with a lovely shot to the body. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bishop. A jab from Petrenko misses. Petrenko misses with a straight left. Petrenko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. The crowd cheers as Petrenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bishop doesn't seem phased though. Petrenko bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Petrenko misses with a wild body shot. Bishop takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Petrenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Petrenko lands a really nice looking cross but Bishop seems unphased.
Bishop lands a head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round. Bishop displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Petrenko. Bishop is looking to clinch but Petrenko is avoiding it.
Petrenko forces Bishop back against the cage and clinches. Petrenko misses with a hook from the clinch. Bishop has a couple of punches blocked by Petrenko.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike. Petrenko can't find room to land a body shot as Bishop controls the action.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Petrenko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrenko. Petrenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Petrenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bishop.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Petrenko misses with a knee strike.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Petrenko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Petrenko avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage. Petrenko misses with an elbow over the top. Bishop lands a shoulder strike. Petrenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bishop's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice elbow from Petrenko.
It looks like Arthur Bishop has been cut. Bishop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Petrenko.
Petrenko lands an uppercut. Bishop cracks Petrenko with a nice body shot. Bishop throws a head punch that misses. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop. A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrenko. A shot in the inside from Bishop. Petrenko lands an uppercut. Bishop can't find room to land a body shot as Petrenko controls the action.
Bishop blocks the elbow strike.
Petrenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bishop backwards. Petrenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Petrenko lands a shoulder strike. Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Petrenko's head. Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Petrenko avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage. A right hand to the body from Petrenko.
A short body shot lands from Bishop as the two fighters clinch.
Petrenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Petrenko misses with a hook from the clinch. Bishop misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Petrenko scores with a shot to the side of Bishop's head. Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside. Bishop lands on the inside with an uppercut. Bishop tries a body shot but Petrenko blocks it.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Petrenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petrenko blocks a body shot from Bishop. Bishop is trying to trip Petrenko. He has hold of a leg but Petrenko is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bishop persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Petrenko pushes Bishop off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Bishop stuffs the takedown attempt from Petrenko. Petrenko gets slowly back to his feet. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Petrenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bishop manages to avoid it. Bishop cracks Petrenko with an uppercut from hell and Petrenko crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Bishop's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Petrenko is rocked! Bishop gets to his feet and stands over Petrenko, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Petrenko felt that one! Bishop unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Petrenko from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Bishop! A relieved looking Arthur Bishop thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. Dmitry Petrenko spoke after the fight, saying 'That's it for me, after 61 fights almost half of them with this org. I'm calling it a career/ It was a helluva run, thx everbody'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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