PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Pepot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

James
vs
Pepot

188 cm
21
212 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

AnonymouS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex James!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Don Pepot!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Pepot on his heels. He'll look to pass Pepot's guard now, I'm sure.
James stopping the sweep attempt from Pepot.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pepot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pepot can't keep his opponent in guard - James advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
James thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pepot's head.
James thows a huge punch but Pepot dodges it nicely.
James thows a huge punch but Pepot dodges it nicely.
James is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pepot!
James lands a big elbow.
James raining down hammerfists from mount.
James punching from mount but Pepot doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James landing strikes from the mount.
James thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
James throwing strikes here but Pepot is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
James lands a heavy elbow.
James lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
James 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.
Pepot tries to hold on but James postures up.
BOOM! James connects with a massive shot to the dome!
James has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pepot's face.
James looking to finish Pepot with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pepot!
This has been an exciting period of action!
James looking to control and managing it successfully.
James punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Pepot bigstyle! Two more strikes land for James and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex James!
Alex James is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Alex James, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.