PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Peters
vs
Boyd

190 cm
37
255 lbs
11 - 21 - 0

187 cm
20
238 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Boyd!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boyd shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Peters manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Boyd keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Peters's head.
Boyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boyd should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boyd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boyd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boyd postures up in Peters's guard and throws a big left but Peters blocks it.
Boyd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Peters has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Boyd off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Boyd misses with an attempted mid kick.

Boyd drives through with a takedown into Peters's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peters working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boyd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd wants to control from the top but Peters keeps moving.
Peters punching to the body, from the bottom.
Peters avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boyd throws a strike but Peters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boyd pulls Peters in close to his closed guard and prevents Peters from doing any damage or advancing position.
Boyd trying to keep a closed guard but Peters is proving a slippery customer.
Boyd is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Boyd wants to sweep but no luck.
Peters prevents Boyd from getting back to his feet.

Alex Boyd has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Boyd looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Boyd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boyd throws an elbow that misses. Peters uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Boyd's guard. Nice move by Peters!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyd trying to control the position here.
Peters landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyd trying to keep a closed guard but Peters is proving a slippery customer.
Boyd is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boyd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Peters scores with a few weak punches.
Boyd thows a huge punch but Peters dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters scores with a few weak punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peters is trying to control but can't.
Boyd thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Peters's head.
Peters manages to get to full guard.
Peters working a defensive guard here.
Boyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boyd throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peters is trying to keep Boyd in close.
Peters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Boyd dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boyd drives through with a takedown into Peters's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Peters bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Boyd's guard.
Boyd trying to control the position.
Boyd is pulling down on Peters's head to control his posture.
Boyd not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Alex Boyd has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Boyd closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Peters to the mat! Peters manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters trying to strike off his back.
Peters is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boyd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Peters trying to strike off his back.
Boyd is looking to work some ground and pound but Peters has wrist control.
Peters bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Boyd's guard.
Boyd looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boyd is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boyd wants to stand but Peters is controlling the position.
Boyd wants to get back to his feet but Peters passes into half guard.
Boyd is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters moves nicely into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Boyd can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boyd takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Peters is looking to take a break and control but Boyd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyd is looking for a sweep.
Peters controls the position.
Peters working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peters decides to stand up, so the ref orders Boyd to his feet.

Boyd closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Peters is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyd scores with a couple of nice shots.
Peters is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyd scores with a couple of nice shots.
Boyd blocks the strikes from Peters.

Peters has one foot on Boyd's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Boyd closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Peters's guard.
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!
Peters trying to strike off his back.
Boyd throws a strike but Peters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Peters stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boyd closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Boyd throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Alex Boyd has got the better of the ground game so far.
Peters manages to work his way to half guard, despite Boyd's best efforts.
Boyd throws a strike but Peters avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Peters trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Peters is trying to keep Boyd in close.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyd cracks Peters with a solid left hand.
Peters keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alex Boyd will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Boyd scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Boyd throwing shots but Peters is blocking nicely.
Boyd seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Peters does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Peters controlling the position well.
Boyd lands strikes from half guard.
Peters 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.
Boyd throws a strike but Peters avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Peters doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Peters trying to control the position.
Peters thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Boyd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Boyd postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boyd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peters looking to control.
Peters throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Boyd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boyd throws an elbow that misses. Peters uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Boyd's guard. Nice move by Peters!
Boyd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Peters stands up and waves to Boyd to follow him.

Boyd drives through with a takedown into Peters's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Boyd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyd throws a strike but Peters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boyd is looking to stand up but Peters isn't so interested in that idea.
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!
Peters is standing up over Boyd. Boyd looks to escape but Peters dives into side control.
Boyd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters scoring with punches from side control.
Peters in side control lands a decent elbow.
Peters tries to advance to mount but Boyd denies him.
Peters lands a few punches from side control.
Boyd tries to buck Peters off but Peters is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyd wants to control but Peters postures up.
Boyd pushes Peters away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Peters gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyd is not content to let Peters control the position.
Boyd looks to move to half guard but instead Peters has passed into mount! Damn!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peters fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
James Peters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex Boyd is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Peters lands with some strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Peters showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Boyd has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Alex Boyd!