PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Cutler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cutler comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To Jamrock by Damian Marley. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cutler
vs
Pepper

181 cm
27
186 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Cutler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikey Pepper!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pepper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pepper fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cutler avoids it really well and circles away.

Pepper looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Pepper is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Pepper is looking for a kimura but Cutler is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pepper to get the leverage.
Cutler wants to get back to his feet.
Pepper thows a huge punch but Cutler dodges it nicely.
Cutler is concentrating on defense, preventing Pepper from advancing position.
Cutler is trying to stand.
Pepper content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Pepper is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cutler sees it coming and defends easily.
Cutler looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cutler misses with a wild body shot.
Pepper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Pepper closes the distance and pushes Cutler back into the cage.
Cutler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pepper blocks it with crossed arms.
Pepper tries to pull guard but Cutler won't allow it.
David Cutler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Pepper.
Cutler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pepper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cutler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cutler tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Cutler tries a knee to the head but Pepper blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cutler.
Pepper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cutler tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cutler.
Cutler tries a knee to the head but Pepper blocks it.
Cutler misses with a knee to the head.
Cutler is breathing heavily.
Cutler missing with knees to the body.
Cutler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.
Cutler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pepper pulls guard successfully.
Cutler preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pepper is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pepper pulls Cutler in to control the position.
Pepper trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Pepper is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pepper escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cutler gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cutler wanted to stand there but Pepper had control of the position.

Pepper is looking for a triangle but Cutler pushes his legs off easily.
Cutler wanted to stand there but Pepper had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutler preventing the sweep.

Cutler decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pepper, up you get!
Cutler looks to score with a jab to the body but Pepper is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Pepper blocks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cutler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pepper fails to land the takedown.
Some bone on bone action there as Pepper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cutler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pepper is able to avoid easily.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cutler misses with a wild body shot.
Cutler throws a body punch but Pepper moves out of range.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cutler paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four 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.
Pepper walks into a jab.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pepper fails to land the takedown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cutler.
Horrible takedown by Pepper or perhaps it was just good defense by Cutler which made him look bad.
Cutler is looking to wear down Pepper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pepper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cutler.
Pepper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cutler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cutler will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
David Cutler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutler. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pepper fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cutler avoids it really well and circles away.
Cutler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mikey Pepper will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cutler stuffs the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutler. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pepper checks a leg kick.
Cutler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mikey Pepper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pepper.
Pepper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cutler but Cutler pushes him off and we're back to square one.
David Cutler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Pepper.
Cutler scores with a shot to the body.
Cutler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pepper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cutler pinned against the cage. Cutler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cutler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pepper is breathing heavily.
Cutler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pepper.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cutler lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pepper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pepper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cutler cracks a nice hook into Pepper's ribs.
Cutler is looking to slow Pepper down with leg kicks.
Cutler takes a swing at Pepper's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutler thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutler scores with a hook to the body. Pepper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pepper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cutler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutler throws a leg kick but Pepper checks it.
Cutler just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutler looks to score with a jab to the body but Pepper is just out of range.
Cutler takes a swing at Pepper's ribcage but misses.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch but Cutler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Cutler. Beautiful body shot.
Pepper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cutler misses with a two punch combination.
Cutler thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutler takes a swing at Pepper's ribcage but misses.
Cutler lands with a good body shot.
Cutler throws out a powerful jab.
Cutler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutler throws a body punch but Pepper moves out of range.
Cutler jabs at Pepper's body.
Cutler lands a jab to Pepper's midsection.
Pepper avoids the body shot from Cutler.
A jab from Cutler finds it's way through Pepper's defenses.
Pepper shoots in but Cutler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cutler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cutler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutler.
Pepper blocks a leg kick.
Cutler takes a swing at Pepper's ribcage but misses.
Cutler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pepper misses with a takedown attempt - Cutler sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pepper checks the leg kick nicely there.
David Cutler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cutler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cutler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cutler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
Pepper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cutler can pounce on him.
Cutler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cutler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pepper moves out of range of the leg kick from Cutler.
Nice straight punches there by Cutler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cutler.
Cutler lands a body shot.
Good leg kick by Cutler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cutler throws a low kick, looking for Pepper's leg but Pepper calmly moves out of range.
Cutler misses with a body shot.
Pepper shoots in for a takedown but Cutler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pepper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cutler looks to score with a jab to the body but Pepper is just out of range.
Cutler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pepper moves away.
Cutler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutler tries to land a leg kick but Pepper saw it coming and moves away.
Cutler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cutler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutler.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutler. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutler. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for Pepper with that takedown attempt.
Pepper shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cutler sprawls well. Cutler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pepper gets slowly back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Cutler misses.
Pepper has a takedown stuffed.
Pepper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cutler throws a series of punches but Pepper avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Cutler does it's job there.
Cutler ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Cutler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cutler attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cutler thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutler cracks a nice hook into Pepper's ribs.
Cutler throws a low kick but Pepper avoids it.
Cutler misses with a body shot.
Cutler throws and low kick but Pepper moves out of range easily.
Cutler throws a body punch but Pepper moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cutler. That's going to slow Pepper down.
Cutler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
Cutler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
Cutler misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepper checks a leg kick.
Cutler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pepper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cutler thuds a left hand into Pepper's body.
Pepper shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cutler defends it nicely.
Pepper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutler. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutler thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutler just misses with a punch to the body.
Pepper fails to land the takedown.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cutler lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pepper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pepper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cutler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pepper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cutler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cutler lands a nice looking body shot.
Cutler throws a leg kick but Pepper checks it.
Cutler looks to score with a jab to the body but Pepper is just out of range.
Pepper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cutler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pepper's calf.
Cutler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutler.
Cutler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutler misses the shot to the body.
Pepper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cutler. Cutler obviously looking to wear him down.
Cutler fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pepper is out of range.
Cutler punishes Pepper's body with a nice straight punch.
Pepper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutler cracks Pepper with an open hand slap.
Cutler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutler.
Cutler is looking to chop away at Pepper's legs.
Cutler just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pepper wants to clinch.
Cutler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cutler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutler.
Cutler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cutler stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cutler wants it to stay on the feet.
David Cutler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Pepper.
Cutler misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cutler misses with a wild body shot.

Pepper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pepper managing to block the knees to the body from Cutler.
Cutler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cutler obliges.
Cutler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pepper avoids it.
Pepper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cutler with a knee to the head.
Cutler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Cutler connects with a knee to the head.
Cutler misses with a knee strike.
Cutler crunches a lovely knee into Pepper's ribcage.
Cutler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pepper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cutler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cutler gets underhooks to prevent Pepper's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cutler tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.
Pepper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cutler working Pepper over with knees to the body.
Pepper goes for a takedown attempt but Cutler pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Cutler gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cutler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pepper trying to control but Cutler is working from the bottom.
Cutler is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Cutler showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cutler has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Cutler!