PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Compton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sirius Bidness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bidness is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: GRRRRR!!. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Sirius Bidness enters the ring!

Compton
vs
Bidness

168 cm
21
152 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

177 cm
22
155 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Compton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sirius Bidness!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Compton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Compton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bidness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Compton tries to clinch up.
Bidness throws a right and a left that Compton avoids nicely.
Compton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Compton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Compton wants to clinch.

Bidness takes the fight into the clinch.
Bidness lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Compton has a couple of punches blocked by Bidness.
Bidness avoiding damage as Compton throws knees to the body.
Bidness throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Compton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bidness is defending well for now.
Bidness works on Compton's body with a couple of short punches.
Bidness is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.

Bidness has Compton pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bidness pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Compton tumbling to the mat - Bidness dives into Compton's guard.
Bidness looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bidness stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A combination from Bidness does no damage.
Bidness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Compton looks to land a left hand but Bidness moved out of range nicely.

Bidness fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Compton, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bidness avoids a wild elbow strike from Compton.
Compton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bidness lands with a right to the head.
Bidness wants a takedown.
Bidness blocks an uppercut.
Compton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bidness goes for a takedown attempt but Compton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Compton takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sirius Bidness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Compton throws a big shot that misses.

Bidness has closed the distance and engaged Compton in a clinch.
Compton prevents the takedown attempt.
Peter Compton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sirius Bidness.
Bidness drops down looking for an ankle pick but Compton pulls his leg out and moves away.
Compton moves in looking to clinch but Bidness pushes him off.
Bidness closes the distance and clinches up with Compton, looking for a takedown. Bidness pushes Compton against the ropes but Compton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Peter Compton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bidness changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Compton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bidness looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bidness decides to stand up, so the ref orders Compton to his feet.
Compton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bidness circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch lands to the side of Bidness 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bidness throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Compton counters with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Compton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Compton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bidness avoids the body shot from Compton.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Bidness bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Compton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bidness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bidness misses with a wild combination.
Crunch! Compton slams his shin into Bidness's torso.
Bidness keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Compton plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bidness misses with a hook to the body
and Compton counters with an inside leg kick.
Compton fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bidness on the side of the head.
Bidness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bidness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Compton throws out the jab.
Bidness dodges the punch combination from Compton.
Compton waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bidness.

Compton has managed to clinch.
Bidness blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bidness stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bidness lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bidness. Compton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Compton darts in trying to clinch
and Bidness counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Compton thinking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Compton closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bidness counters with a left and a right that stings Compton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Peter Compton will probably get the nod.
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.

Compton tries to close the distance and clinch but Bidness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bidness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Compton thows a body shot but no joy.
Compton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Compton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Compton tries to clinch but Bidness moves out of range.
Bidness is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Compton.
Bidness looks to land a combination but Compton avoids it well.
Compton slips a jab from Bidness.
Compton throws a sloppy head kick and Bidness moves out of range easily.
Peter Compton is winning the standup battle so far.
Bidness lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bidness circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bidness counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bidness is trying to force a seperation but Compton has the dominant position.
Compton struggles to land a body shot inside as Bidness controls his hands.
Compton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bidness avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bidness.
Compton misses with some punches.
Compton lands a good knee to the midsection. Bidness won't want to take too many of those.
Bidness is breathing heavily.
Compton throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bidness.
Compton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bidness blocks it with crossed arms.
Bidness goes for a takedown in the clinch but Compton prevents it.
Compton misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bidness.
Compton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bidness creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Compton has Bidness pressed against the ropes, preventing Bidness from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Compton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Compton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bidness is defending well for now.
Bidness avoiding damage as Compton throws knees to the body.
Bidness is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Compton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Compton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Compton tries to throw a body punch but Bidness avoids it by throwing Compton back against the cage.
Compton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Compton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bidness's elbow.
Compton is looking to control Bidness's arms but Bidness gets an underhook and turns him. Now Compton has his back to the ropes.
Compton has a couple of punches blocked by Bidness.
Compton working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Compton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bidness avoiding damage as Compton throws knees to the body.
Compton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bidness's efforts to push away.
Compton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bidness has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Compton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Compton misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bidness gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Bidness decides to stand and escape the position.
A big right from Compton misses.
Compton falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bidness counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bidness.
Compton has Bidness pressed against the ropes, preventing Bidness from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Compton swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bidness wants the takedown. Compton is fighting it off but Bidness persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Compton's guard against the ropes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bidness trying to control but Compton is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Compton has his feet on Bidness's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Compton catches Bidness with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bidness walks into a left hand.
Compton misses with a series of wild punches.
Compton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Bidness misses.
Compton loads up on a big right hand but Bidness slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Compton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bidness throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Compton on the side of the head.

Compton moves into the clinch successfully.
Compton trying to land knees to the body.
Compton misses with the head strike.
Bidness blocks the elbow strike.
Bidness takes an elbow to the temple.
Compton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Bidness scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bidness drops down looking for an ankle pick but Compton pulls his leg out and moves away.
Peter Compton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sirius Bidness.
Compton throws a head kick but Bidness moves out of range.
Peter Compton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bidness blocks a jab.
Compton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Compton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Compton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Peter Compton will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bidness moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bidness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Compton.
Bidness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Bidness.
Bidness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Compton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bidness moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Compton missing with a left hand there. Bidness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Compton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bidness moves away.
Bidness fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Compton lands the left hand.
Bidness takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Compton tries to clinch up.
Bidness lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Compton is looking to clinch but Bidness is avoiding it.
Bidness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bidness.
Some wild striking there from Bidness.
Bidness throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Compton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bidness drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Compton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Compton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bidness blocks it with crossed arms.
Bidness throws a head punch that misses.
Compton lands a shoulder strike.
Bidness dodges an elbow strike from Compton.
Compton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bidness is keeping busy.
Compton looking to throw knees to the head but Bidness is blocking nicely.

Bidness breaks from the clinch.
Bidness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Compton throws a head kick that misses.
Compton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bidness keeps the fight on the outside.

Bidness feints and as Compton raises his hands in defense, Bidness changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Compton controlling Bidness's posture.
Compton has a closed guard, preventing Bidness from standing up.
Bidness stops Compton from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Compton looking to control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Compton wants to control the position but Bidness says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Compton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bidness controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Compton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sirius Bidness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Compton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bidness is working away from the top position though.
Peter Compton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Compton misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sirius Bidness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Compton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!