PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Giant
vs
Peterson

218 cm
22
263 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
269 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Peterson!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giant tests Peterson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Peterson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Giant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Peterson is out of range.
Peterson tries to bum rush Giant with a series of wild strikes but Giant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Giant connects with a crisp jab.
Peterson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Giant misses with a wild combination.
Giant shoots in and drives through. Peterson sprawls well.
Giant scores with a shot to the body.

Giant gets a clinch.
Giant wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peterson prevents Giant from breaking the clinch.
Giant wants to get back to striking at distance but Peterson won't allow it.
Giant scores a nice knee to the body.
Giant is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Giant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Giant looking to throw knees to the head but Peterson is blocking nicely.
Giant is trying to drag Peterson to the mat but Peterson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Giant has had enough of the clinch but Peterson keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant wants to get back to striking at distance but Peterson won't allow it.
Giant is trying to break the clinch but Peterson has him pressed against the cage.
Giant wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Giant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Giant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Troy Peterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peterson circles away quickly and effectively.
Giant misses with a leg kick.
Giant tries to bum rush Peterson with a series of wild strikes but Peterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Giant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Peterson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Giant looks to land a body kick but Peterson moved away.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
Giant throws a series of strikes that have Peterson backpedaling.
Giant swinging wilding here.
Giant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Giant takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Giant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giant tries to clinch but Peterson is having none of it.
Giant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Peterson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Peterson slips a jab and a cross from Giant.
Giant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson stuffs the takedown attempt from Giant. Giant gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for The Giant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Giant misses.
Giant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Peterson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Giant is out of range and Peterson settles back down.
Peterson closes the distance but Giant moves to the side
and Giant counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
Giant is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with a two punch combination.
Giant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peterson stuffs the takedown.
Giant scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Giant misses.
Giant misses with a double jab.
Giant throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Giant throws a head kick that misses.
Peterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left and a right from Giant both land. Nice combination.
Giant misses with a two punch combination.

Peterson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Giant gets to his feet - Peterson follows without any prompting.
Troy Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Peterson looks to clinch

and Giant counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peterson!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peterson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Giant landing strikes from the mount and Peterson is in trouble!
Giant has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Peterson's face.
Peterson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Giant working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peterson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Giant dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Giant looks to land a combination but Peterson avoids it well.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Giant counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Giant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Giant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peterson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Giant counters with a straight right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Giant.
Giant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Giant scores with a body shot.
Giant shoots in for a takedown but Peterson shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Giant does no damage.
Giant throws a combination. Peterson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Giant misses with a two punch combination.
Giant jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Giant throws a combination. Peterson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Giant.

Giant shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Giant was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Giant lands with some strikes.
Giant lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The referee warns Peterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Giant looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
You get the feeling that Peterson really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant scoring with strikes but Peterson is staying in there.
Giant lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Peterson tries to buck Giant off but he can't manage it.
Giant in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Giant looking to finish Peterson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Peterson!
Giant trying to control but Peterson is having none of it.
Peterson trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peterson hang on?

Peterson somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Peterson cracks Giant with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Peterson.
Peterson misses with a combination
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Giant throws a one two combo.
Peterson tries to bum rush Giant with a series of wild strikes but Giant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peterson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Giant shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Giant was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is bucking up trying to escape but Giant cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Giant with shots to the head and body - Peterson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Peterson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Giant landing strikes from the mount and Peterson is in trouble!
Giant lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Giant lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Giant dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Giant misses with a few strikes there.
Giant misses with a low kick.
Peterson tries to clinch
and Giant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Giant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Giant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Giant throws a sloppy head kick and Peterson moves out of range easily.
Giant throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Giant misses with a takedown attempt - Peterson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson looks to clinch
and Giant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giant lands a jab to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good shot there by Peterson.
Giant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A punch combination from Giant misses.
Peterson clinches but Giant breaks the clinch

and Giant counters with a nice double leg into side control. Peterson won't be happy with that.
Giant landing a few strikes.
Giant working the ground and pound.
Giant staying calm.
Giant will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Check out the look on Giant's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Giant are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peterson prevents Giant from moving into mount.
Peterson is trying to buck Giant off.

Giant thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Giant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peterson on the ground.
Giant grinds an elbow into Peterson's temple.
Giant trying to control the action but Peterson is working from the bottom.
Peterson is pushing Giant's head away, looking to escape. Giant manages to hold on to the position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Giant misses with the combination.
Peterson tries to clinch but Giant moves away
and Giant counters with a one-two to the body.
Peterson misses with a body kick.
Peterson wants to clinch.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Peterson.
Peterson moves out of range of the leg kick from Giant.

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.
Jab by Giant.
Giant tries to bum rush Peterson with a series of wild strikes but Peterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peterson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Giant counters with a three punch combo that has Peterson backing up. Peterson nods at Giant to acknowledge the strikes.
Giant falls off balance throwing a combination
and Peterson counters with a body kick that stops Giant in his tracks momentarily.
Peterson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Giant counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
A shot to the body from Peterson misses
and Giant counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Peterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giant.
Peterson throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Giant misses the shot to the body.
Troy Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Giant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peterson misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Giant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Giant 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Giant!