PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gamer Kuroky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Pepper
vs
Kuroky

185 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Pepper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gamer Kuroky!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pepper throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Kuroky counters by clinching up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kuroky just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pepper's brow.
Kuroky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pepper tries to break free but Kuroky pushes him back against the cage.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pepper avoids it.
Kuroky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.
Pepper is trying to break the clinch but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Kuroky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
Pepper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pepper is trying to break free.
Pepper blocks an elbow strike.
Kuroky landing knees to the body.
Pepper has had enough of the clinch but Kuroky keeps him there for the moment.
Kuroky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pepper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuroky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.

It looks like Peter Pepper has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but Pepper blocks it.
Pepper fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuroky landing knees to the body.
Pepper is trying to break the clinch but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Pepper managing to block the knees to the body from Kuroky.
Kuroky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kuroky keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pepper's efforts to push away.
Kuroky is pressed up against the cage. Pepper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kuroky down to the mat. Kuroky avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pepper is breathing heavily.
Kuroky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pepper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pepper throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kuroky counters by moving into the clinch.
Pepper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kuroky missing with knees to the body.
Kuroky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.
Pepper is trying to push Kuroky away but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pepper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kuroky misses with an elbow over the top.
Kuroky prevents Pepper from breaking the clinch.
Pepper really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pepper managing to block the knees to the body from Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kuroky looking to throw knees to the head but Pepper is blocking nicely.
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Pepper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pepper is trying to break the clinch but Kuroky is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Kuroky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Kuroky keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pepper's efforts to push away.
Kuroky trying to land knees to the body.
Kuroky working Pepper over with knees to the body.
Pepper wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Pepper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pepper has had enough of the clinch but Kuroky keeps him there for the moment.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kuroky obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky misses with a knee strike.
Kuroky looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kuroky has Pepper pressed against the cage, preventing Pepper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pepper is looking to break free of the clinch but Kuroky has double underhooks.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pepper tries to circle away but Kuroky has him pinned against the cage.
Pepper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kuroky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pepper.

Pepper drags the fight down to the ground.
Kuroky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kuroky postures up in Pepper's guard and throws a big left but Pepper blocks it.
Pepper is pulling down on Kuroky's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuroky with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kuroky won't allow Pepper to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kuroky throws a big right hand that misses.
Kuroky postures up in Pepper's guard and throws a big left but Pepper blocks it.
Kuroky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kuroky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kuroky is looking to work some ground and pound but Pepper has wrist control.
Kuroky throws a big right hand that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pepper is trying to keep Kuroky in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuroky loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pepper trying to control the position.
Kuroky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gamer Kuroky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Pepper'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.

Kuroky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pepper misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Pepper.
A head kick by Pepper misses
and Kuroky counters with a big head kick but Pepper shrugs it off.
Kuroky lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pepper misses with a few strikes there.
Pepper tries to clinch there but Kuroky circles away.
Kuroky is looking to clinch.
Kuroky moves in looking to clinch but Pepper pushes him off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pepper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pepper fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuroky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuroky doesn't manage to clinch there - Pepper circles away.
Kuroky tries to clinch but Pepper moves out of range.
Pepper stalks Kuroky and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kuroky's face. Kuroky staggers backwards, shaken.
Pepper fails to land with a series of punches.
Kuroky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pepper swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuroky.
Kuroky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kuroky tries to clinch up but Pepper circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pepper tries to keep at a distance but Kuroky has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pepper has had enough of the clinch but Kuroky keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kuroky obliges.
Kuroky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pepper takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuroky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuroky lands a nice knee to the body.
Kuroky working Pepper over with knees to the body.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.
Kuroky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pepper is trying to break the clinch but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pepper can't break the clinch.
Pepper managing to block the knees to the body from Kuroky.
A frustrated look appears on Pepper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kuroky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gamer Kuroky seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kuroky trying to land knees to the body.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pepper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pepper wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuroky won't allow it.
Pepper wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuroky won't allow it.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuroky throws an elbow but it misses.
Kuroky throws an elbow but it misses.
Pepper wants to break free but Kuroky has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pepper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pepper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pepper tries to break free but Kuroky pushes him back against the cage.
Kuroky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pepper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pepper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Pepper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kuroky pushes off an throws an elbow but Pepper leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuroky trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Pepper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pepper avoids it.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuroky tries a knee to the head but Pepper blocks it.
Pepper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kuroky trying to land knees to the body.
Pepper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gamer Kuroky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peter Pepper'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pepper fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kuroky avoids it really well and circles away.
Kuroky has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pepper misses with a combination
and Kuroky counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kuroky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pepper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pepper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kuroky counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pepper is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Kuroky clinches.
Kuroky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pepper avoids it.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pepper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kuroky obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuroky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Kuroky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pepper avoiding damage as Kuroky throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.

Pepper is rocked!
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
Oh Pepper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kuroky.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Pepper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pepper takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a good knee to the midsection. Pepper won't want to take too many of those.
Kuroky landing knees to the body.
Kuroky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kuroky lands a good knee to the midsection. Pepper won't want to take too many of those.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuroky connects with a knee to the head.
Kuroky connects with a knee to the head.
Kuroky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pepper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Pepper is trying to push Kuroky away but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kuroky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Pepper takes an elbow to the temple.
Pepper is trying to break the clinch but Kuroky has him pressed against the cage.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky landing knees to the body.
Kuroky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kuroky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
Pepper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kuroky crunches a lovely knee into Pepper's ribcage.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Pepper can't get the takedown.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside.
Kuroky lands a knee to the body.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuroky lands a knee to the body.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuroky lands an elbow that stopped Pepper in his tracks for a moment.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pepper's defenses.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside.
Pepper takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pepper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pepper tries to break the clinch but Kuroky is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kuroky.
Pepper working hard to break the clinch.
Kuroky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pepper takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuroky connects with a knee to the head.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pepper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kuroky.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kuroky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuroky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pepper's face.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
Kuroky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pepper takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.
Kuroky connects with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a nice elbow.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky lands an elbow that stopped Pepper in his tracks for a moment.
Pepper struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuroky controls his hands.
Pepper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Pepper tries to pull guard but Kuroky won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Pepper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Nice elbow from Kuroky.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands an elbow just above Pepper 's eye.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Kuroky.
A knee to the head by Kuroky.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Pepper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kuroky lands an elbow that stopped Pepper in his tracks for a moment.
Kuroky landing knees to the head.
Kuroky connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuroky.
Kuroky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Kuroky lands a knee to the head.
Pepper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuroky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kuroky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peter Pepper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gamer Kuroky is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kuroky lands an elbow inside that Pepper shrugs off.
Kuroky lands a damaging elbow.
Kuroky scores with a knee to the head.
Kuroky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gamer Kuroky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kuroky has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gamer Kuroky!