PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dewey Decimal (ranked 2158 p4p, 2378 weight class) and Jean Luc Petit (ranked 131 p4p, 144 weight class). Decimal comes into the arena with The Dewey Decimal Rap blaring out of the sound system. Petit has chosen Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Dewey Decimal has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dewey Decimal seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Decimal
vs
Petit

150 cm
34
136
28 - 17 - 0

163 cm
30
140
11 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dewey Decimal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Luc Petit!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Petit throws a front kick aimed at Decimal's knee but Decimal avoids it well.
Decimal has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Decimal defending well as Petit loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick from Petit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petit throws a jab but it's blocked by Decimal.
That kick from Decimal tenderised Petit's leg. Petit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Petit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimal.
Decimal looks to land a left hand but Petit moved out of range nicely.
Decimal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Decimal at a distance.
Petit scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice combination there by Petit.
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!
The fighters circling - Petit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petit throws a big shot that misses.
Decimal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petit misses with an uppercut. Decimal saw that one coming.
Decimal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Petit gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Decimal throws a series of punches but Petit avoids them all with ease.
Petit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Petit.
Petit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dewey Decimal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decimal scores with a sloppy right hand. Petit should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal throws a jab but it's blocked by Petit.
A bone on bone clash there as Petit blocks the leg kick.
Petit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petit avoids the body shot from Decimal.
Petit throws a hook but Decimal avoids it easily.
Petit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Petit throws a big shot that misses.
Petit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Petit throws a low kick but it's checked well by Decimal.
Petit throws a lazy right hand but Decimal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decimal throws a low kick but Petit moves out of range easily.
Petit throws a right hand that Decimal ducks under and follows up with a left that Decimal also avoids with ease.
Decimal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Decimal scores with a shot to the body.
Petit moves out of range of the strikes.
Petit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Decimal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Petit counters with a leg kick.
Decimal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petit manages to avoid it.
Decimal throws a hook but Petit blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Decimal does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decimal throws the left hand but Petit avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Petit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Decimal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Decimal throws a hook but Petit blocks it.
Decimal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Petit moves out of range of the leg kick from Decimal.
Petit with a nice cross.
Decimal throws the left hand but Petit avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheers as Decimal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Petit doesn't seem phased though.
Decimal jabs Petit right on the nose. Petit blinks but takes it well.
Petit loads up on a big right hand but Decimal slips the punch.
Decimal lands a slapping body shot.
Decimal throws a poor cross that misses
and Petit counters with a nice body kick.
Petit lands a lovely overhand right.
Petit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petit lands a nice shot that snaps Decimal's head back.
Petit thuds his right hand into Decimal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Petit moves out of range of the body kick from Decimal.
Decimal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimal throws a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Decimal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Decimal will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decent striking displayed by Petit there.
Petit walks into a jab.
Decimal explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Decimal slips under a jab from Petit.
Petit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Petit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Decimal throws out the jab.
Petit connects with a body shot.
Decimal misses with a jab to the body
letting Petit counter with a right hand.
Decimal lands a nice looking kick to the body. Petit takes a step back to recover.
Decimal bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petit throws an overhand right that lands on Decimal's shoulder, as Decimal tries to avoid the shot.
Decimal throws a series of punches but Petit moves out of range.
Decimal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petit feints a counter leg kick.
Decimal needs to keep his hands up - Petit had a free shot at his head there.
Petit staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit misses with a hook. Decimal ducked under it nicely.
Decimal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Decimal misses with a hook. Petit ducked under it nicely.
Decimal with the inside leg kick.
Decimal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Petit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Decimal, pushing him back against the cage.
Decimal tries to throw a body punch but Petit avoids it by throwing Decimal back against the cage.
Petit misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Petit blocks a body shot from Decimal.

Decimal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decimal misses with a double jab.

Petit pushes Decimal up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Petit.
Decimal cracks Petit with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Decimal managing to block the knees to the body from Petit.
Petit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Decimal.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petit as Decimal tries to tie him up.
Petit tries to land knees in the clinch but Decimal avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jean Luc Petit will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Decimal throws a low kick, looking for Petit's leg but Petit calmly moves out of range.
Petit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petit misses with a straight left.
Petit scores with a jab to the head.
Petit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decimal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decimal tries to work over Petit's front leg with a kick but Petit checks it.
Petit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decimal throws a right hand that misses
and Petit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Decimal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Petit to score with a decent uppercut.
Petit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Petit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Decimal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decimal ducks under a wild hook from Petit.
Petit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petit moves out of range of the strikes.
Petit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petit! But no joy.
Decimal needs to keep his hands up - Petit had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Petit.
Decimal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decimal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decimal moves away from the strike by Petit.
Petit misses with an uppercut. Decimal saw that one coming.
Decimal throws a big counter combination but Petit scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Petit tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Petit misses with a looping left.
Decimal jabs Petit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decimal scores with a jab.
Decimal looks to score with a jab to the body but Petit is just out of range.
Petit moves out of range as Decimal strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Decimal throws a lazy right hand but Petit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decimal misses with a hook.
Decimal misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Decimal misses.
Decimal misses with an uppercut
and Petit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Petit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decimal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petit is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Decimal blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Decimal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decimal gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Petit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Petit connects with a single shot there.
Decimal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Petit swings for the body but Decimal moves out of range.
Decimal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decimal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Decimal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Decimal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decimal scores with a hook.
Petit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Petit only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Decimal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decimal throws a body shot but no joy.
Petit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Petit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A clash of legs there as Decimal blocks the low kick.
Petit jabs Decimal right on the nose. Decimal blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Petit moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Decimal, as that shot connected.
Decimal misses the jab.
Decimal misses the shot to the body.
Petit is looking to land body kicks.
Petit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jean Luc Petit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decimal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petit.
A nice leg kick from Petit, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petit. Decimal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petit motions for Decimal to come forward. Petit throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Petit ducks down to avoid it.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Petit ducks down to avoid it.
Decimal defending well as Petit loads up on a big left hand.
Decimal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Petit in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Decimal.
Decimal misses with a combination
and Petit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Decimal's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decimal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Petit's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Petit throws the left hand but Decimal avoids the punch easily.
Petit thumps Decimal with a low kick.
A slow jab from Decimal misses its intended target.
Decimal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Petit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decimal misses with a double jab
and Petit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Decimal throws a low kick but Petit moves out of range easily.
Decimal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Petit lands a really nice looking cross but Decimal seems unphased.
Decimal throws a hook but Petit avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decimal defending well as Petit loads up on a big left hand.
Decimal misses with a few strikes there.
Decimal throws a hook but Petit blocks it.
Decimal throws a jab when Petit was well out of range.
Petit with a nice calf kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Luc Petit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Petit ducks under a wild hook from Decimal.
Petit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decimal.
Decimal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Petit moves out of range of the strikes.
Petit throws a big shot that misses.
Decimal is looking to counter punch.
Decimal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Decimal is looking to slow Petit down with leg kicks.
Decimal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Petit staying out of range there.
Petit throws a head kick that misses.
Petit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decimal.
Decimal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petit.
Petit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Decimal misses with an uppercut. Petit saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decimal.
Petit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decimal defending well as Petit loads up on a big left hand.
Petit scores with a sloppy right hand. Decimal should have avoided that one.
Decimal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petit.
Petit drops his hands momentarily and Decimal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decimal tries to work over Petit's front leg with a kick but Petit checks it.
Decimal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Decimal throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Petit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Petit slips a jab from Decimal.
A telegraphed right hand from Decimal misses the target.
Petit blocks a leg kick.
Decimal is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Petit.
Decimal just misses with a punch to the body.
Petit with the inside leg kick.
Petit staying out of range there.
Despite the aggression on Petit's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
An inside leg kick from Decimal misses.
Decimal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Petit. That did some damage!
Decimal stuns Petit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Decimal throws a leg kick but Petit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Decimal missing with a left hand there. Petit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petit looks to land a left hand but Decimal moved out of range nicely.
Decimal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decimal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Petit shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decimal jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Decimal. Petit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decimal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Decimal throws a looping overhand right but Petit ducks down to avoid it.
Petit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Decimal's head backwards.
Petit cracks Decimal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Decimal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Decimal appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Petit lands a jab.
Petit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Petit moves out of range as Decimal strikes.
Petit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Petit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petit staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Decimal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Petit doesn't seem phased though.
Decimal lands a nice shot to the body.
Petit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Decimal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petit.
Petit throws a hook but Decimal avoids it easily.
Petit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Decimal under the eye.
Decimal loads up on a big right hand but Petit slips the punch.
Petit tries a quick counter leg kick but Decimal is wise to it.
Decimal lands with a right hand.
Decimal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Petit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decimal lands a jab to Petit's midsection.
Decimal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Decimal misses.
No joy there for Decimal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petit is looking to chop away at Decimal's legs.
Decimal lands with a hook. Petit tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Petit cracks Decimal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Decimal, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Decimal.
Decimal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petit.
Decimal is looking to slow Petit down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Petit.
Decimal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petit lands a really nice looking cross but Decimal seems unphased.
Petit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Decimal throws a jab but it's blocked by Petit.
Decimal misses with a hook.
Decimal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Petit throws a shot from downtown. Decimal moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Petit misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Decimal misses its target.
Petit with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decimal takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Decimal lands with a nice body punch.
Petit misses with a wild body shot.
Dewey Decimal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimal.
Decimal pulls out of a head kick attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dewey Decimal.
Well Petit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Luc Petit!
In his post fight interview, Jean Luc Petit started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.