PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Peterson (ranked 5624 p4p, 2740 weight class) and Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 309 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Peterson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Berzerk by Eminem. Fujimoto has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Gyukosho Fujimoto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jake Peterson's chin.

Peterson
vs
Fujimoto

220 cm
30
250
13 - 28 - 0

192 cm
43
250
44 - 26 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Watson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson has his takedown stuffed
enabling Fujimoto to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Jake Peterson has been cut.
Fujimoto looks winded!
Fujimoto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Peterson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Peterson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fujimoto to the ground. Peterson is now in Fujimoto's guard.
Peterson trying to control but Fujimoto is working from the bottom.
Peterson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fujimoto keeping full guard, as Peterson tries to pass.
Peterson is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson with a nice head shot there.
Peterson throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Peterson gets to his feet. Fujimoto looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Peterson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fujimoto defends well and Peterson ends up having to push Fujimoto into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Peterson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fujimoto pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson throws a low kick but Fujimoto avoids it.
Peterson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fujimoto counters with a straight right hand.
Peterson blocks a jab.
Peterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Peterson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimoto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fujimoto has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Peterson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Peterson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson closes the distance and clinches up with Fujimoto, looking for a takedown. Peterson pushes Fujimoto against the cage but Fujimoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Peterson misses with a double jab.
Fujimoto follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Peterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Fujimoto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No luck for Peterson with that takedown attempt.
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fujimoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Peterson.
Peterson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fujimoto defends well and Peterson ends up having to push Fujimoto into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fujimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peterson dives in for a single leg takedown but Fujimoto sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Fujimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fujimoto checks a leg kick nicely.

Peterson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fujimoto!

Fujimoto bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fujimoto throws a body punch but Peterson moves out of range.
Peterson misses with a series of wild punches.
Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fujimoto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fujimoto counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Peterson. Those never looked like landing.
Fujimoto shapes to counter with a head kick.
Peterson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Peterson fails to land the takedown.

Peterson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Peterson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Peterson prevents Fujimoto from standing back up.
Peterson trying to control the action but Fujimoto is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jake Peterson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Peterson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Peterson.
Fujimoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fujimoto avoids the head kick by Peterson.
Peterson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fujimoto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peterson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peterson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Peterson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fujimoto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peterson throws a sloppy head kick and Fujimoto moves out of range easily.

Peterson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson wants to pass to mount but Fujimoto is defending the position.
We've been hearing that Peterson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Fujimoto is breathing heavily.

Peterson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fujimoto is in trouble now - Peterson has advanced to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Fujimoto is squirming around, avoiding Peterson's attempts to control the action.
Peterson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fujimoto squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Peterson wants to control the pace but Fujimoto is squirming around nicely.
Fujimoto is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Peterson with a couple of short strikes.
Fujimoto's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Peterson landing shots from mount.
Peterson wants to control the pace but Fujimoto is squirming around nicely.
Peterson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Peterson with good strikes from the mount here!
Peterson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fujimoto is squirming around, avoiding Peterson's attempts to control the action.
Peterson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Peterson wants to control the pace but Fujimoto is squirming around nicely.
Peterson raining down shots from the mount!
Peterson trying to control but Fujimoto is having none of it.
Fujimoto is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Peterson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fujimoto can do to turn this around?
Jake Peterson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Peterson content just to control the position here.
Fujimoto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson working Fujimoto over with strikes here.
Peterson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Peterson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Peterson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Fujimoto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Fujimoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice takedown defense from Fujimoto. No joy for Peterson on that attempt.
It seemed like Fujimoto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fujimoto sprawls well. Fujimoto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Peterson gets slowly back to his feet.
Peterson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fujimoto is fending him off so far but Peterson persists. Nope, Fujimoto circles away and we're back to standing.
Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fujimoto's waist but Fujimoto gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Peterson off to one side.
It seemed like Fujimoto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Peterson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Peterson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Peterson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fujimoto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Peterson throwing shots but Fujimoto is blocking nicely.

Peterson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Peterson is keen to just control but Fujimoto is a slippery customer.
Peterson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Peterson wants to pass the guard but Fujimoto is defending well.
Fujimoto is trying to stand back up but Peterson is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Peterson working over Fujimoto with some ground and pound. Fujimoto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Peterson wants to pass to mount but Fujimoto is defending the position.
Peterson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Fujimoto controls his leg.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nice strikes from Peterson there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peterson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Fujimoto!
Peterson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Peterson lands a big elbow.
Peterson scoring with strikes but Fujimoto is staying in there.
Peterson lands a nice shot to the head.

Fujimoto defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Peterson.
Peterson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fujimoto is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gyukosho Fujimoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice elbow there by Peterson.
Peterson controlling from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fujimoto is in a horrible position here. Peterson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Peterson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peterson, 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 Topper Green scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Peterson!
A victorious Jake Peterson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.