PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Green Pea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Super Vegeta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vegeta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Dark Prince kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Super Vegeta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pea
vs
Vegeta

150 cm
27
130 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

167 cm
24
143 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Green Pea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Super Vegeta!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vegeta scores with a push kick.
Vegeta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Pea blocks the low kick.
Pea blocks a head kick by Vegeta.
Pea cracks Vegeta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vegeta on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pea throws a body punch but Vegeta moves out of range.
Vegeta checks a leg kick nicely.
Vegeta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Pea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Pea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vegeta wants to clinch up but Pea keeps it at a distance.
Green Pea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pea misses with a few strikes there.
Vegeta throws the kick towards the body but Pea avoids it.
Pea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Pea is predictable there
and Vegeta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pea throws a body punch but Vegeta moves out of range.
Pea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pea lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Pea drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pea throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Vegeta is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pea asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Pea thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pea lands some shots froms side control.
Pea scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pea misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pea creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Vegeta sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Pea is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vegeta knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pea looks up at the clock and then as Vegeta takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pea smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pea looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Pea tries for a kimura but Vegeta is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pea looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Vegeta is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Pea crashes against the mat.
Vegeta avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Pea.
Vegeta tries to improve position but can't.
Vegeta is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Pea sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vegeta defending well though.
Pea has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pea is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pea thows a huge punch but Vegeta dodges it nicely.
Pea thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Vegeta to regain full guard.
Pea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pea throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pea stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vegeta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pea throwing strikes but missing.
Pea wants to pass the guard but Vegeta is keeping the position.
Vegeta wants to stand but Pea is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Green Pea dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pea throws a lazy head kick
and Vegeta counters with a leg kick.
Pea misses with a few strikes there.
A shot to the body from Pea misses
and Vegeta counters with a big head kick but Pea shrugs it off.
Super Vegeta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pea throws a series of punches but Vegeta avoids them all with ease.
Pea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vegeta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vegeta misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Pea.
Pea misses with a body shot
and Vegeta counters with a good low kick that Pea was not able to check.
Pea cracks Vegeta with a good jab.
Pea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vegeta.
Pea throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pea scores with a punch to the head.
Pea blocks a leg kick.
Good work by Pea as he checks the leg kick.
Pea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vegeta manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pea throws a sloppy body shot
and Vegeta counters with a good, hard body kick but Pea shrugs it off.
Pea misses with a double jab.
Vegeta throws a wild body kick that Pea sees coming a mile off.
Pea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pea misses with a two punch combination.
Pea is looking to wear down Vegeta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vegeta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vegeta lands a head kick!
Pea misses with a jab to the body
and Vegeta counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Pea throws a lazy right hand but Vegeta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Pea misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pea.
Vegeta tries to land a leg kick but Pea saw it coming and moves away.
Pea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vegeta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vegeta thuds his shin into the meat of Pea's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta avoids the body shot from Pea.
Pea throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick by Pea misses

and Vegeta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vegeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Vegeta connects with a knee to the head.
Pea pushes Vegeta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pea digs a right hand underneath Vegeta's ribcage. Vegeta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vegeta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pea lands a body punch.
Pea gets through Vegeta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vegeta throws an elbow but it misses.
Pea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pea blocks the elbow strike.
Pea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vegeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Vegeta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vegeta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vegeta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Come on Pea - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pea scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vegeta or not.
Vegeta tries a knee to the head but Pea blocks it.
Vegeta trying to land knees to the body.
Pea works on Vegeta's body with a couple of short punches.
Vegeta is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vegeta.
A frustrated look appears on Vegeta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pea blocks the elbow strike.
Pea controlling the action here for a moment.
Vegeta misses with a knee to the head.
Vegeta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vegeta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pea's brow.
Vegeta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pea is defending well for now.
Vegeta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Pea.
Vegeta misses with an elbow strike.
Vegeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Pea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vegeta backwards.
Pea tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pea works on Vegeta's body with a couple of short punches.
Vegeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short left from Pea.
A right hand to the body from Pea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pea's defenses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pea.
Pea slowing the pace effectively.
Pea cracks Vegeta with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Pea.
Pea content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vegeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pea blocks an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pea.
Pea works on Vegeta's body with a couple of short punches.
Pea blocks the elbow strike.
Pea displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vegeta up against the cage.
Pea lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Pea - that landed with a thud.
Pea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pea tries to pull guard but Vegeta won't allow it.
Pea is leaning against Vegeta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Pea on the inside.
Pea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Vegeta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pea buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pea throws a lazy head kick
and Vegeta counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vegeta moves away.
Pea connects with a looping right hand.
Vegeta throws a sloppy head kick and Pea moves out of range easily.
Vegeta throws a wild body kick that Pea sees coming a mile off.
Vegeta blocks a head kick by Pea.
Pea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vegeta blocks a head kick by Pea.
Pea's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pea duly obliges.
Pea ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vegeta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pea. Vegeta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vegeta throws a body kick that misses.
Pea misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pea stuns Vegeta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pea thows a body shot but no joy.
Pea comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Pea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pea digs a good hook to Vegeta's body.
Pea scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vegeta avoids the head kick by Pea.
Pea lands with a good body shot.
Pea throws a good cross that connects.
Pea bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vegeta's head backwards.
Super Vegeta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vegeta fails to land with a series of punches.
Pea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vegeta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pea fails to land with a series of punches.
Pea lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vegeta at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vegeta manages to avoid it.
Pea works the jab nicely.
Vegeta dodges the punch combination from Pea.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pea. Vegeta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vegeta manages to avoid it.
Pea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pea misses with a wild body shot.
Vegeta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vegeta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pea.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pea.
Pea lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pea drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pea tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pea has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pea working the strikes but Vegeta uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Pea throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pea not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vegeta trying to control but Pea postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vegeta is looking to escape.
Vegeta wants to control but Pea is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pea not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pea is nestled in close to Vegeta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pea passes to full mount!
Pea pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pea is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Pea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Green Pea clearly takes that round.
That's time! Pea's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vegeta tries to clinch up but Pea circles away and keeps his distance.
Pea throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pea bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vegeta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pea is out of range and Vegeta settles back down.
Vegeta avoids the head kick by Pea.
Vegeta throws a leg kick which misses Pea's front leg but catches the back leg as Pea tries to avoid it.
Pea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pea dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vegeta. That did some damage!
Vegeta throws a sloppy head kick and Pea moves out of range easily.
Pea misses with a body shot.

Pea decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pea looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pea works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pea throws a strike aimed at the side of Vegeta's head but Vegeta avoids it well.
Vegeta is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

Pea is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vegeta has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vegeta is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pea has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Pea working away.

Pea tries for a kimura but Vegeta is defending well.
Pea in side control, throwing shots but Vegeta defends.

That's two 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.
Pea throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Pea looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Vegeta tries to buck Pea off but Pea is having none of it.
Pea working the body and head with strikes.
An elbow from Pea crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pea throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Vegeta works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Pea looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vegeta with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pea throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vegeta tries to kick Pea off but Pea keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vegeta can do to turn this around?

Pea seems to be looking for submissions.
Pea tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vegeta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Vegeta pushes Pea off looking to stand but Pea dives back in and keeps control.

That's four 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.
Pea trying to mount his opponent but Vegeta defends it.
Vegeta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pea.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
An inside leg kick lands from Pea.
Vegeta throws a head kick that misses.
Vegeta misses with the body kick
and Pea counters with a left to the body.
Pea misses with the combination.
Vegeta takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Green Pea had his way with Super Vegeta in that round.
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. This is the final round!

Pea throws a lazy head kick
and Vegeta counters with a big head kick but Pea shrugs it off.
Pea misses the shot to the body.
Pea tries a head kick but it misses.
Pea throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pea takes a swing at Vegeta's ribcage but misses.
Pea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pea throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vegeta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vegeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Vegeta 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pea takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Green Pea is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Pea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pea chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vegeta can pounce on him.
Pea looks to score with a jab to the body but Vegeta is just out of range.
Pea moves out of range of the leg kick from Vegeta.
Pea looks to land a combination but Vegeta avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Pea both land. Nice combination.
Pea just misses with a punch to the body.
Pea is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pea throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vegeta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vegeta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pea counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pea misses with a body shot.
Pea thows a body kick. Vegeta tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vegeta is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Vegeta blocks a leg kick.
Pea throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pea throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pea lands a jab to Vegeta's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pea lands a jab.
Pea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vegeta.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pea.
Pea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vegeta moves away.
Pea changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pea looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Super Vegeta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vegeta tries to clinch up.
Pea scores with a kick to the body.
Vegeta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab lands there for Pea.
Vegeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Pea circles away.
Pea takes a swing at Vegeta's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pea misses with a hook to the body
and Vegeta counters with a head kick.
Vegeta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pea scores with a shot to the body.
Vegeta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pea is out of range and Vegeta settles back down.
Pea throws a head kick that Vegeta semi-blocks.
Vegeta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pea.
Vegeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vegeta is looking to land body kicks.
Pea misses with a head kick.
Pea is looking to slow Vegeta down with leg kicks.
Pea fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pea closes the distance and clinches up with Vegeta, looking for a takedown. Pea pushes Vegeta against the cage but Vegeta circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Pea throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pea falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vegeta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pea chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vegeta can pounce on him.
Pea throws a head kick but Vegeta moves out of range.
Pea pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vegeta throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pea counters with a left to the body.
Pea checks a low kick from Vegeta.
Pea looks to score with a jab to the body but Vegeta is just out of range.
Vegeta throws the kick towards the body but Pea avoids it.
Vegeta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pea throws the kick towards the body but Vegeta avoids it.
Green Pea is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vegeta blocks a head kick by Pea.
Pea misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Green Pea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pea has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:44
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 50:44
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Green Pea!
Green Pea retains his bantamweight title!