PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Flair
vs
Peterson

181 cm
22
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Peterson!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peterson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Peterson duly obliges.
Flair is breathing heavily.
Flair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peterson.
Flair takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Peterson lands a nice hook to Flair's body. Flair takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peterson.
Peterson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Flair's head backwards.
Flair takes one to the chin there.
Flair slips a jab and a cross from Peterson.
Peterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peterson lands a body shot.
Flair walks into a stiff left hand from Peterson.
Peterson throws a jab when Flair was well out of range.
Peterson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson with a jab.
Flair ducks right into an uppercut from Peterson.
Peterson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Flair ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.
Peterson's corner calls for a 1-2. Peterson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Flair is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Peterson.
Peterson lands with a nice body punch.
Joe Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peterson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flair moves away from the strike by Peterson.
Peterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Peterson swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Peterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peterson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Peterson swinging wilding here.
Peterson works the jab nicely.
A swing and a miss from Peterson.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Peterson lands a nice hook to Flair's body. Flair takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Peterson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Flair takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Flair.
Flair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Peterson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Peterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Flair on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Flair walks into a jab.
Some wild striking there from Peterson.
Peterson misses with a looping right.
Peterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flair takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Peterson throws out a loose jab but Flair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peterson cracks a nice hook into Flair's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Flair's head.
Peterson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flair takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Peterson throws out a powerful jab.
Peterson misses with a hook.
Flair on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Peterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peterson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Flair takes one to the side of the head.
Joe Peterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peterson lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peterson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab by Peterson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson cracks Flair with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Peterson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Peterson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Flair on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Flair needs to keep his hands up - Peterson had a free shot at his head there.
Flair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peterson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Peterson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Peterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peterson throws a series of punches but Flair moves out of range.
Peterson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Peterson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Peterson misses with a wild body shot.
Peterson misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peterson lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair walks into a straight right hand from Peterson.
Peterson lands a jab.
Peterson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Peterson lands with a hook. Flair tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Peterson lands a glancing blow to the side of Flair's head.
Peterson throws the left hand but Flair avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Peterson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Peterson.
Flair shoots for a double leg takedown but Peterson sprawls well. He's pushed Flair's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Flair slips a jab and a cross from Peterson.
Peterson lands with an uppercut that bounces Flair off the cage and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson lands with an uppercut that bounces Flair off the cage and back into rage.
Peterson clobbers Flair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Peterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flair moves away.
Flair walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Flair might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Peterson lands the left hand.
Flair is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Flair closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Peterson does it's job there.
Flair looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jab by Peterson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson connects with a body shot.
Peterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Flair is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Flair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peterson.
Peterson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Flair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peterson.
Peterson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Peterson misses.
Flair shoots for a double leg takedown but Peterson sprawls well. He's pushed Flair's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Peterson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flair's hands.
Joe Peterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Flair looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Peterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Flair is just out of range.
Peterson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Peterson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson looks to land a right hand but Flair moved out of range.
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peterson.
Flair fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Peterson avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Flair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Flair's head backwards.
Flair displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Peterson throws out the jab.
Peterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Flair moves out of range of the strikes.
Peterson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Flair's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Peterson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Peterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Flair takes one on the button.
Flair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peterson.
A lazy left from Peterson finds it's target.
Flair drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Peterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Peterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flair takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Peterson cracks Flair with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Peterson scores with a hook to the body. Flair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Flair takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Peterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flair.
Peterson throws the left hand but Flair avoids the punch easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice shot by Peterson.
Jab, jab by Peterson - just one landing.
Peterson connects with a body shot.
Peterson scores with a nice strike.
Peterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Peterson digs a good body shot into Flair's ribs.
Peterson misses with a wild combination.
Peterson lands a jab to Flair's midsection.
Peterson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Flair takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Flair dodges the punch combination from Peterson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throws a nice looking combination but Flair bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Peterson throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Peterson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Peterson throws an overhand right that lands on Flair's shoulder, as Flair tries to avoid the shot.
Peterson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Flair at a distance.
Flair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peterson.
Peterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peterson digs a good body shot into Flair's ribs.
Flair takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Peterson lands a nice looking body shot.
Peterson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Flair doesn't seem bothered though.
Flair takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Joe Peterson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Flair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Peterson finds it's way round the side to connect with Flair's head.
Flair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Peterson finds it's way round the side to connect with Flair's head.
Flair has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peterson throws out a powerful jab.
Peterson misses with a wild combination.
Peterson misses with a straight left.
Joe Peterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Peterson does it's job there.
Peterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flair was well out of range. Poor timing from Peterson.
Peterson scores with a decent looking hook.
Flair moves out of range of the strikes.
Peterson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flair takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A right-left combo lands from Peterson.
Peterson misses with a two punch combination.
Alex Flair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flair moves forwards but Peterson connects with a nice, crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Peterson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Peterson 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 Suge Night scores the fight 24:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Peterson!