PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Peterson (ranked 269 p4p, 198 weight class) and Ife Edwards (ranked 43 p4p, 37 weight class). Edwards has chosen Damian Marley - Road to Zion as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Peterson
vs
Edwards

180 cm
37
180
29 - 15 - 1

189 cm
34
209
31 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Vegan Gains

New Standard
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ife Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Edwards closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Peterson scores with a takedown into Edwards's guard.
Peterson won't allow Edwards to sweep him here.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
Peterson chips away with some ground and pound.
Edwards wants to sweep but no luck.
Peterson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson stops Edwards from standing up.
Peterson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Edwards swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peterson scoring with some ground and pound.
Edwards wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson stands up over Edwards, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Peterson works over Edwards with some ground and pound from guard.
Edwards trying to control the position.
Peterson 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.
Peterson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Edwards is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Peterson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Peterson landing some decent shots from guard.
Edwards is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Peterson is controlling him.
Peterson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
Edwards wants to control the position but Peterson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Peterson working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Edwards is looking to improve his position.
Peterson slips a nice elbow through Edwards's hands, connecting with Edwards's forehead.
Peterson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Edwards is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Edwards trying to control from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Peterson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Edwards tries to get to full guard but Peterson has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Peterson lands with a punch from half guard.
Peterson lands with a punch from half guard.
Edwards trying to control from the bottom.
Peterson wants to take a breather but Edwards is having none of it.
Edwards gets back to full guard.
Peterson distracts Edwards with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Peterson scoring with some ground and pound.
Peterson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Edwards's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edwards manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Peterson manages to get himself to full guard.

Edwards tries to free his leg and advance position but Peterson is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson looking for a sweep. Not yet Peterson, not yet.
Peterson keeping moving, preventing Edwards from controlling successfully.
Peterson looking for a sweep. Not yet Peterson, not yet.
Edwards trying to control but Peterson is working from the bottom.
Edwards passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Peterson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Edwards's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Edwards uses his free foot to push down on Peterson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Peterson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Peterson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Peterson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peterson avoids the head kick by Edwards.
Peterson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Edwards connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edwards takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Peterson connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Peterson misses.
Peterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Edwards.
Edwards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peterson.
Edwards is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Edwards counters with a stiff right hand.
Peterson misses with a looping right.
Edwards displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Peterson throws out the jab.
Edwards swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Peterson swings widly with a right hand
and Edwards counters with a nice body shot.
Edwards thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson blocks a leg kick.
Peterson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Edwards can do to turn this around?
Peterson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Peterson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Peterson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Edwards tries to avoid it but Peterson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Edwards to the ground. Edwards escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Edwards! But no joy.
Edwards lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Peterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Edwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Peterson.
Peterson throws out a loose jab but Edwards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dylan Peterson is winning the standup battle so far.
Peterson misses with a straight right.
Edwards only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Edwards stuffs the takedown attempt from Peterson. Peterson gets slowly back to his feet.
Peterson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Edwards circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Edwards stuffs the takedown.
Edwards ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Edwards avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for Edwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peterson looks to throw the jab but Edwards is out of range.
Peterson fails with the takedown
and Edwards counters with a stiff right hand.
Peterson misses with a looping right.
Edwards leaves Peterson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Peterson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Peterson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Edwards stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peterson cracks Edwards with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Peterson misses the target.
Edwards throws a leg kick but Peterson checks it.
Peterson throws an overhand right that lands on Edwards's shoulder, as Edwards tries to avoid the shot.
Edwards doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Peterson throws a hook to the side of Edwards's head but Edwards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Edwards misses with a hook.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown but Edwards shows good takedown defense.
Peterson misses with an uppercut.
Peterson misses with a takedown attempt
and Edwards counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Edwards.
Peterson misses with a left hand
and Edwards counters with a straight right hand.
Edwards connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards scores with a jab to the head.

Peterson is rocked!
Edwards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peterson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson misses with an uppercut

and Edwards counters with a crisp right hand that drops Peterson! Edwards lets Peterson back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Peterson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Edwards throws a sloppy head kick and Peterson moves out of range easily.
Edwards looks to throw the jab but Peterson is out of range.
Peterson gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Edwards gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Peterson is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ife Edwards!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ife Edwards made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.