PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Peter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Peter
vs
Simpson

178 cm
23
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Peter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bart Simpson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Peter has managed to clinch.

Simpson lands a takedown into guard.
Simpson wants to control from the top but Peter keeps moving.
Peter is looking to stand up but Simpson isn't so interested in that idea.
Simpson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peter is keeping the position for now.
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.

Simpson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Peter looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Peter looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Peter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Simpson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Simpson wants to control but Peter postures up.
Simpson is looking to regain half guard here but Peter keeps moving and retains side control.

Peter decides to stand back up. Peter steps back and let's Simpson get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simpson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simpson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peter tries to close the distance and clinch but Simpson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Peter moves into the clinch.
Simpson wants a takedown but no success here.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peter crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Simpson looks gassed!
Peter landing knees to the body.
Peter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Simpson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Peter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peter lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peter lands an elbow that stopped Simpson in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peter obliges.
Peter misses with a knee strike.
Peter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peter lands a nice elbow.
Peter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Peter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peter trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mark Peter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bart Simpson.
Peter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peter missing with knees to the body.
Simpson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Peter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simpson blocks it with crossed arms.
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peter connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Simpson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Peter prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Peter dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Peter slaps away a takedown attempt from Simpson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Peter tries to clinch up but Simpson circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Peter has managed to clinch.
Peter looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Peter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peter lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peter looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
Peter landing knees to the body.
Simpson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Peter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A knee to the head by Peter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter is pressed up against the cage. Simpson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Peter down to the mat. Peter avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mark Peter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bart Simpson.
Peter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mark Peter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simpson shoots in for a double leg but Peter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Peter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simpson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Peter takes the fight into the clinch.
Peter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peter crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Peter lands a nice knee to the body.
Peter tries to land a knee to the head but Simpson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simpson.
Simpson is working for takedown but Peter is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peter.
Peter misses with a knee strike.
Peter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simpson blocks it with crossed arms.
Peter lands an elbow inside that Simpson shrugs off.
Peter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simpson avoids it.
Peter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Simpson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peter connects with a knee to the head.
Peter misses with a knee to the head.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simpson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simpson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Peter prevents it.
Peter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simpson is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Peter.
Peter stops a takedown attempt from Simpson.
Peter prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peter with a knee to the head.
Simpson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Peter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Peter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simpson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peter.
Knees to the body from Peter.
Peter prevents a takedown attempt there.
Peter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simpson avoids it.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simpson tries to score a body lock takedown but Peter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Peter landing knees to the body.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.
Peter trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Peter.
Peter lands a knee to the head.
Peter missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peter.
Simpson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A knee to the head by Peter.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peter landing knees to the body.

Simpson is trying to trip Peter. He has hold of a leg but Peter is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Simpson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Simpson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Simpson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Peter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Peter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Simpson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Peter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Simpson tries to score a body lock takedown but Peter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Peter working Simpson over with knees to the body.
Peter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Peter crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Peter.
Peter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peter landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peter landing knees to the body.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peter lands a knee to the head.
Peter looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peter throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simpson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simpson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mark Peter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bart Simpson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Peter trying to land knees to the body.
Peter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simpson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simpson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peter gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Simpson.
Peter blocking some punches.
Peter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Simpson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Peter regains guard immediately.
Simpson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson looking to sit in guard and control but Peter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Peter gets to his feet. Simpson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peter has Simpson up against the cage in a clinch.
Peter lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peter obliges.
Peter landing knees to the body.
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Bart Simpson has been cut.
Peter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Peter looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
Simpson is trying to maintain a safe position but Peter gets an underhook and turns Simpson into the cage.
Mark Peter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Simpson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peter lands a good knee to the midsection. Simpson won't want to take too many of those.

Simpson pulls guard successfully.

Peter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Simpson, up you get!
Peter stuffs the takedown attempt from Simpson. Simpson gets slowly back to his feet.

Peter clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bart Simpson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peter connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Simpson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Peter scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peter.
Peter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Simpson fails to pull guard.
Peter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Peter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simpson is trying to drag Peter to the mat but Peter just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Simpson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peter scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Peter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peter, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Peter!