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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Peters (ranked 5725 p4p, 5120 weight class) and Frederic Bastiat (ranked 678 p4p, 623 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josh Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frederic Bastiat!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bastiat decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Peters's guard.
Peters manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Bastiat tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peters smiles and moves away.
Peters is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bastiat with the counter takedown but Peters avoids it easily.
Peters tries to clinch but Bastiat moves away
and Bastiat counters with a shoot takedown. Peters fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastiat trying to control the position from guard on top but Peters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bastiat is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bastiat throwing strikes from guard but Peters blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bastiat throws an elbow that misses. Peters uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bastiat's guard. Nice move by Peters!
Bastiat is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Peters defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters throws a big right hand that misses.
Bastiat looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Peters gets to his feet - Bastiat follows without any prompting.
Bastiat is looking to clinch.
Peters shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bastiat as he avoids it easily.
Bastiat misses with a double jab.
Peters seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bastiat stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bastiat wants it to stay on the feet.
Bastiat leaves Peters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Peters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastiat drives through with a takedown into Peters's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastiat trying to control the position from guard on top but Peters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bastiat stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peters swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bastiat postures up in Peters's guard and throws a big left but Peters blocks it.
Bastiat not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Peters looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bastiat puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Peters regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bastiat.
Peters is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bastiat postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters is trying to control the position but Bastiat postures up.
Bastiat throwing strikes from guard but Peters blocks nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bastiat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bastiat lands a couple of digs.
Peters 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.
Bastiat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bastiat trying to control but Peters is working from the bottom.
Bastiat must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bastiat loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Peters keeping moving, preventing Bastiat from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bastiat wants to clinch.
Bastiat scores with a takedown into Peters's guard.
Bastiat sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bastiat throwing strikes but missing.
Bastiat in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frederic Bastiat dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Peters tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Bastiat counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bastiat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bastiat trying to control but Peters is working from the bottom.
Peters is looking for a triangle but Bastiat pushes his legs off easily.
Frederic Bastiat has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bastiat throwing strikes but missing.
Peters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastiat controlling from the top position.
Peters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bastiat defends well.
Bastiat throws a big right hand that misses.
Bastiat wants to control from the top but Peters keeps moving.
Bastiat postures up in Peters's guard and throws a big left but Peters blocks it.
Bastiat landing some decent shots from guard.
Peters has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bastiat can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Peters working a defensive guard here.
Bastiat stands up over Peters, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bastiat really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Peters. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bastiat's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bastiat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Peters bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bastiat's guard.
Bastiat is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Peters defends well.
Bastiat working for a triangle but Peters defends it easily.
Peters drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bastiat manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Peters has Bastiat in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastiat throwing strikes but missing.
Bastiat sitting in guard here, content to control.
Peters bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bastiat's guard.
Peters showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bastiat controlling Peters's posture.
Bastiat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Peters wants to pass the guard but Bastiat is keeping the position.
Bastiat trying to keep a closed guard but Peters is proving a slippery customer.
Bastiat wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bastiat is looking for a triangle but Peters pushes his legs off easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frederic Bastiat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bastiat. Peters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peters feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice uppercut there from Bastiat.
Peters lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bastiat at a distance.
Bastiat tries to clinch up but Peters circles away and keeps his distance.
Bastiat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bastiat scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Peters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peters walks into a jab.
Peters shoots for a takedown but Bastiat saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastiat tries to close the distance and clinch but Peters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peters dives in and grabs Bastiat's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bastiat pushes down on Peters's head and hops out.
Peters misses with the body kick
and Bastiat counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bastiat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastiat throws a strike but Peters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastiat not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Peters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bastiat works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peters preventing the sweep.
Bastiat bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peters's guard.
Peters wants to hit a sweep here but Bastiat passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Peters there!
Bastiat with a couple of short strikes.
It looks like Josh Peters has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bastiat.
Bastiat punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bastiat lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peters hang on?
Bastiat throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Peters really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bastiat sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Peters is trying to stand up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastiat prevents Peters from getting the reversal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bastiat throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bastiat working Peters over with strikes here.
Josh Peters's cut is getting worse.
Bastiat breaks from Peters's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Peters is rocked!
Jeez, Josh Peters's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Josh Peters's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Frederic Bastiat!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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