PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Jun Fan (ranked 6398 p4p, 440 weight class) and Viktor Petrov (ranked 25101 p4p, 505 weight class). Petrov has chosen They want too see me fall as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jun Fan
vs
Petrov

173 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
145 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good elbows
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Jun Fan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Petrov!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Petrov. Jun Fan shrugs it off though.
Jun Fan avoids the head kick by Petrov.
Petrov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.

Petrov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Petrov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jun Fan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Jun Fan tries to tie him up.
Petrov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Jun Fan.
Petrov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jun Fan pushes Petrov back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Petrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Petrov wants to break free but Jun Fan has control.
Jun Fan looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jun Fan.
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!
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jun Fan throws a head punch that misses.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun Fan misses with a head kick.
Jun Fan lands a high kick!

Petrov clinches with his opponent.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jun Fan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jun Fan has had enough of the clinch but Petrov keeps him there for the moment.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jun Fan being controlled against the ropes.
Jun Fan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrov's face.

Petrov is rocked!
Jun Fan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Jun Fan finish him?
Jun Fan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Petrov prevents Jun Fan from breaking the clinch.
Good body shot from Jun Fan.
Jun Fan avoiding damage.
Petrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Petrov tries to circle away but Jun Fan has him pinned against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jun Fan.
Jun Fan scores with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jun Fan lands a nice elbow.
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!
Jun Fan misses with a knee strike.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan is controlling him.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Petrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jun Fan blocks it with crossed arms.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
Jun Fan is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jun Fan connects with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan lands a nice elbow.
Jun Fan lands an elbow inside that Petrov shrugs off.
Jun Fan scores with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan trying to control the position but instead, Petrov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jun Fan into the ropes.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Jun Fan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Petrov is trying to break free.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov trying to control the position but instead, Jun Fan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Petrov into the ropes.
Jun Fan keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov tries to stall but Jun Fan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Jun Fan keeps him there for the moment.
Jun Fan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Petrov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Jun Fan keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jun Fan.
Jun Fan has Petrov pressed against the ropes, preventing Petrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jun Fan connects with a knee to the head.
Petrov throws a head punch that misses.
Petrov trying to stall but Jun Fan improves his position.
Jun Fan can't break the clinch.
Jun Fan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrov looking to throw knees to the head but Jun Fan is blocking nicely.
Jun Fan throws an elbow but it misses.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan is controlling him.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jun Fan.
Jun Fan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrov working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jun Fan avoiding damage as Petrov throws knees to the body.
Jun Fan has Petrov pressed against the ropes, preventing Petrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jun Fan misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrov misses with some punches.
Petrov tries to land a knee to the head but Jun Fan blocks with his arms.
Petrov looking to throw knees to the head but Jun Fan is blocking nicely.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov trying to stall but Jun Fan improves his position.
Jun Fan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jun Fan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jun Fan lands a hook that snaps the head of Petrov backwards.
Jun Fan is trying to break free.
Petrov misses with an elbow strike.
Jun Fan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Petrov working aggressively here.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Jun Fan prevents Petrov from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jun Fan as Petrov tries to tie him up.
Petrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Jun Fan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrov can't break the clinch.
Jun Fan misses with a punch on the inside.
Petrov blocks an uppercut.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Jun Fan.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jun Fan managing to block the knees to the body from Petrov.

Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrov seems to have recovered his senses.

Petrov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Petrov tries to circle away but Jun Fan has him pinned against the ropes.
Jun Fan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jun Fan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Petrov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petrov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jun Fan is defending well for now.
Jun Fan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petrov trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jun Fan wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Jun Fan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov blocks an uppercut.
Jun Fan managing to block the knees to the body from Petrov.
Petrov looking to throw knees to the head but Jun Fan is blocking nicely.
Jun Fan avoids a wild elbow strike from Petrov.
Jun Fan scores with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan being controlled against the ropes.
Petrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrov is trying to push Jun Fan away but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Petrov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jun Fan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jun Fan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Jun Fan scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Jun Fan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Petrov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes.
Lee Jun Fan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Petrov is trying to maintain a safe position but Jun Fan gets an underhook and turns Petrov into the ropes.
Petrov takes a shot to the head.
Jun Fan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jun Fan keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Jun Fan connects with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Petrov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petrov checks a leg kick nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Petrov avoids the elbow strike from Jun Fan, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Jun Fan.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Jun Fan.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Petrov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Petrov tries to circle away but Jun Fan has him pinned against the ropes.
Petrov blocks a body shot from Jun Fan.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jun Fan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petrov's face.
Jun Fan trying to stall but Petrov improves his position.
Jun Fan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Petrov blocks an uppercut.
Petrov is looking to control Jun Fan's arms but Jun Fan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petrov has his back to the ropes.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan is trying to break the clinch but Petrov is controlling him.
Jun Fan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right from Jun Fan on the inside.
Jun Fan stalling in the clinch but Petrov improves position.
Petrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jun Fan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petrov can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jun Fan working Petrov over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Petrov tries to break the clinch but Jun Fan is controlling the position.
Petrov wants to get back to striking at distance but Jun Fan won't allow it.
Jun Fan trying to land knees to the body.
Petrov tries to break the clinch but Jun Fan is controlling the position.
Petrov wants to break free but Jun Fan has control.
Petrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jun Fan lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrov tries to circle away but Jun Fan has him pinned against the ropes.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Jun Fan keeps him there for the moment.
Petrov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

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

Petrov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Petrov looking to throw knees to the head but Jun Fan is blocking nicely.
Petrov tries a knee to the head but Jun Fan blocks it.
Jun Fan scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov blocks an elbow strike from Jun Fan.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Jun Fan keeps him there for the moment.
Jun Fan can't break the clinch.
Jun Fan keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrov avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Petrov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jun Fan's brow.
Petrov tries to break free but Jun Fan pushes him back against the ropes.
Jun Fan tries to stall but Petrov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrov keeps control of Jun Fan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jun Fan looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
Petrov is trying to push Jun Fan away but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Petrov misses with a knee strike.
Jun Fan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petrov's defenses.
Petrov is trying to push Jun Fan away but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Petrov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jun Fan scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov is looking to break free of the clinch but Jun Fan has double underhooks.
Petrov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jun Fan is looking to break free of the clinch but Petrov has double underhooks.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jun Fan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jun Fan tries to break the clinch but Petrov is controlling the position.
Jun Fan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Jun Fan as the two fighters clinch.
Jun Fan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Petrov tries to stall but Jun Fan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrov is trying to break free.
Jun Fan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrov lands with a light punch inside.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Jun Fan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Petrov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Petrov trying to land knees to the body.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jun Fan tries to break the clinch but Petrov is controlling the position.
Jun Fan is looking to break free of the clinch but Petrov has double underhooks.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jun Fan with a knee to the head.
Petrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jun Fan trying to stall but Petrov improves his position.
Jun Fan scores with a shoulder strike.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jun Fan blocks an elbow strike from Petrov.
Jun Fan misses with an elbow over the top.
Jun Fan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov wants to get back to striking at distance but Jun Fan won't allow it.
Jun Fan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jun Fan keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Petrov stalling in the clinch but Jun Fan improves position.
Jun Fan throws an elbow but it misses.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Jun Fan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jun Fan throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jun Fan throws an elbow but misses.
Petrov tries to stall but Jun Fan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A knee to the head by Jun Fan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petrov takes an elbow to the temple.
Petrov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov is trying to push Jun Fan away but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petrov avoids the elbow strike from Jun Fan, against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Jun Fan tries to tie him up.
Petrov wants to break free but Jun Fan has control.
Petrov is trying to break the clinch but Jun Fan has him pressed against the ropes.
Jun Fan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Petrov backwards.
Jun Fan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jun Fan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jun Fan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Petrov has him pressed against the ropes.
Petrov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jun Fan is keeping busy.
A shot in the inside from Jun Fan.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Petrov is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid body kick from Jun Fan.
Petrov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Petrov.
Jun Fan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jun Fan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jun Fan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
Lee Jun Fan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petrov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jun Fan throws a head kick that misses.
Petrov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Petrov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Petrov prevents Jun Fan from breaking the clinch.
Jun Fan misses with an elbow over the top.
Petrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jun Fan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jun Fan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Petrov manages to break the clinch.
Jun Fan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jun Fan tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jun Fan gets tackled into the ropes by Petrov. Petrov maintains the clinch.
Jun Fan lands a nice uppercut.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jun Fan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jun Fan stalling in the clinch but Petrov improves position.
Petrov can't break the clinch.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jun Fan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jun Fan has Petrov pressed against the ropes, preventing Petrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Petrov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jun Fan's elbow.
Petrov tries to circle away but Jun Fan has him pinned against the ropes.
Jun Fan has a couple of punches blocked by Petrov.

Petrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Viktor Petrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petrov tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Jun Fan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jun Fan, 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 William Gold scores the fight for Lee Jun Fan!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Lee Jun Fan!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Lee Jun Fan!

Lee Jun Fan wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Lee Jun Fan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.