PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peoples kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Party People by Nelly Featuring Fergie. Bruce Do acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Peoples
vs
Do

180 cm
32
180 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

178 cm
31
180 lbs
20 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Do!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peoples throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Peoples closes the distance looking to clinch
and Do counters with an outside leg kick.
Do keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peoples tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Do counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Peoples is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peoples misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peoples moves in looking to clinch but Do pushes him off.

Do closes the distance and pushes Peoples back into the cage.
Peoples doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Do unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peoples lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peoples trying to stall but Do improves his position.
I was talking to Peoples's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Do.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Peoples blocks with his arms.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Peoples avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.

Peoples breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Do gets a double leg takedown into Peoples's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do won't allow Peoples to get back to his feet.
Peoples working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Do.
Do missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Peoples blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peoples is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Do postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Do chips away with some ground and pound.
Do with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a big elbow that misses.
Do throws an elbow that misses. Peoples uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do's guard. Nice move by Peoples!
Peoples trying to control but Do is working from the bottom.
Peoples throws a big right hand that misses.
Do utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do controls Peoples momentarily but Peoples frees himself.
Peoples wants to get up but he can't break Do's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peoples trying to control but Do is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peoples trying to stand up but can't free himself from Do's guard.
Do pulls Peoples in close to prevent any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That kick from Do tenderised Peoples's leg. Peoples is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice inside leg kick there by Do. That's going to slow Peoples down.
Peoples scores with a crisp jab that stopped Do in his tracks.
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Do paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peoples tries to clinch but Do moves away
and Do counters with a stiff right hand.
Do throws an overhand right that lands on Peoples's shoulder, as Peoples tries to avoid the shot.
Peoples moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Do closes the distance and pushes Peoples back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do working aggressively here.
Do lands a knee to the head.

Peoples breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peoples cracks Do with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Peoples connects with a solid leg kick.
Peoples walks into a straight right hand from Do.

Do fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Peoples, pushing him back against the cage.
Peoples struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Peoples blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peoples is looking to break free of the clinch but Do has double underhooks.
Do lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Peoples avoids the damage to the body.
Peoples scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Do throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Do.
Do with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Do dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Do tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Peoples swivels and escapes.

It looks like Cecil Peoples has been cut.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Peoples.
Peoples tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peoples fails in his attempt to clinch.
Do avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peoples throws a lazy head kick
and Do counters with an inside leg kick.
Peoples tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do misses with a takedown attempt - Peoples sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Peoples tries to clinch there but Do circles away.

Do pushes Peoples up against the cage in a clinch.
Peoples avoiding damage.
Do wants a takedown but no success here.
Cecil Peoples has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Do.
A short left from Do.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
Do missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Do cracks Peoples with a nice body shot.
Peoples looking to slow down the pace here.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Peoples is blocking nicely.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peoples in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce Do seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peoples in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Do creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Do unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do lands a shot to the body.
Peoples is trying to force a seperation but Do has the dominant position.
Peoples is trying to force a seperation but Do has the dominant position.
Do misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peoples is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Do lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peoples backwards.
Do pushes off an throws an elbow but Peoples leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short left from Do.

Peoples is rocked!
Do lands a good knee to the midsection. Peoples won't want to take too many of those.
Oh Peoples is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Do lands an uppercut.
Do stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Do working the clinch nicely. Peoples is working for position but Do cracks him with a big knee to the head! Peoples crumples up against the cage and Do lands two more shots before the ref can save Peoples! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Bruce Do!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Bruce Do waved his t-shirt featuring Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q's logo in front of the cameras.
Cecil Peoples was interviewed post fight and said 'Next time, I will smash this chump with the spinning backfist'.