PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doctor Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Sabre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Sabre
vs
Pepper

189 cm
22
191 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Recovery
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doctor Pepper!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pepper.
Sabre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sabre wants it to stay on the feet.
Pepper fails with a takedown attempt.
Matt Sabre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Doctor Pepper.
Pepper shoots in and drives through. Sabre sprawls well.
Sabre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pepper.
Jab from Sabre.
Pepper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Sabre clinches up against the cage.
Pepper is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pepper wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sabre.
Sabre lands with a left to the head.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.

Sabre manages to break the clinch.

Pepper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sabre!
Pepper wants to take Sabre's back here but Sabre is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Sabre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sabre is trying desperately to improve position.
Sabre tries to hold on but Pepper pushes him away.
Sabre prevents Pepper from taking his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pepper goes for an armbar but Sabre turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sabre.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sabre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sabre controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sabre wants to control from the top but Pepper keeps moving.
Pepper bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sabre's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pepper manages to get himself to full guard.
Sabre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sabre preventing the sweep.
Sabre trying to control but Pepper is working from the bottom.
Sabre wants to pass the guard but Pepper is keeping the position.
Sabre sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pepper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sabre is one step ahead there.
Sabre throws a big right hand that misses.
Sabre trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sabre misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sabre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pepper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pepper shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sabre sprawls well. Sabre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pepper gets slowly back to his feet.
Pepper ducks right into an uppercut from Sabre.
Nice takedown defense from Sabre. No joy for Pepper on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Sabre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sabre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sabre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pepper fails with the takedown.
Sabre misses with a body shot.
Sabre missing with a left hand there. Pepper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Pepper or perhaps it was just good defense by Sabre which made him look bad.
Pepper shoots in but no luck this time.
Matt Sabre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Doctor Pepper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sabre.
Nice defenses there by Pepper.

Sabre closes the distance and pushes Pepper back into the cage.
Sabre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sabre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sabre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sabre working Pepper over with knees to the body.
Pepper is breathing heavily.
Sabre scores a nice knee to the body.
Sabre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.
Sabre is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short body shot lands from Sabre as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Sabre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre lands a damaging elbow.
Sabre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sabre holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short left from Sabre.
Sabre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Doctor Pepper has been cut.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Sabre lands an elbow that stopped Pepper in his tracks for a moment.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Nice elbow from Sabre.

Pepper is rocked!
Sabre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pepper is still on wobbly legs! Can Sabre finish him?
Sabre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper is pressed against the cage. Sabre pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Pepper! Two more big strikes from Sabre and Pepper crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Sabre!