PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Gawain (ranked 4921 p4p, 2883 weight class) and Phoenix Peterson (ranked 500 p4p, 366 weight class). Peterson has chosen Red Nation as his entrance music. Phoenix Peterson has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Gawain
vs
Peterson

184 cm
23
180
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
179
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Shadow Realm NYC
Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derrick Gawain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phoenix Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gawain throws a hook but Peterson avoids it easily.
Gawain throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gawain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Gawain misses.

Peterson has Gawain up against the cage in a clinch.
Gawain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Peterson up against the cage.
Peterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peterson lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Peterson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peterson.
Peterson lands a hook that snaps the head of Gawain backwards.
Peterson lands a shoulder strike.

Gawain is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gawain working hard to break the clinch.
Peterson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Gawain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peterson lands a right hand.
Gawain has had enough of the clinch but Peterson keeps him there for the moment.
Gawain seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Peterson pushes Gawain back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Peterson stalling the fight.
Gawain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Peterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peterson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gawain backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gawain.
Peterson lands with a light punch inside.
Peterson lands with a light punch inside.
Peterson slows down the pace here.
Peterson is stalling here.
The crowd are getting on Peterson's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Peterson lands with a right to the head.
Peterson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Peterson has Gawain pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Peterson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peterson lands a shoulder strike.
Peterson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gawain backwards.
Nice body punch from Peterson.
Peterson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Peterson.
Gawain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gawain is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gawain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peterson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gawain seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Peterson can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Peterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
I was talking to Gawain's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Peterson scores with a shoulder strike.
Peterson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gawain effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gawain misses with some punches.
Gawain wants to break free but Peterson has control.
Gawain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Peterson.

Gawain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gawain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice defenses there by Peterson.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gawain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gawain misses with a wild combination.
Peterson scores with a push kick.
Peterson ducks under a wild hook from Gawain.

Peterson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peterson digs a right hand underneath Gawain's ribcage. Gawain let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gawain is trying to break free.
Peterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gawain has had enough of the clinch but Peterson keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Peterson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peterson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gawain to his knees! Peterson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phoenix Peterson!
Phoenix Peterson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.