PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ooga Booga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamish Peter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Booga comes to the cage accompanied by The Invention of Music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ooga Booga has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ooga Booga seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Booga
vs
Peter

192 cm
24
284 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

200 cm
19
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ooga Booga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hamish Peter!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Booga.
Booga shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peter as he avoids it easily.
Booga takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Ooga Booga has been cut.

Booga moves into the clinch.
Peter tries to break free but Booga pushes him back against the cage.
Peter tries to circle away but Booga has him pinned against the cage.

Peter is fighting off a takedown attempt but Booga is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Peter to the mat. Peter regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peter keeping full guard, as Booga tries to pass.

Booga drops back looking for a leg! Peter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Peter manages to kick Booga off! Booga jumps back into Peter's guard.
Booga passes Peter's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Booga wants to pass the guard but Peter is defending well.
Booga throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Booga is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Peter doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Booga.
Booga misses with a head shot. Peter uses the momentum to regain guard.
Booga wants to control from the top but Peter keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peter keeping full guard, as Booga tries to pass.
Peter has his hands on Booga's head, controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Booga looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Peter is fending him off so far but Booga persists. Nope, Peter circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ooga Booga. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Booga gets a clinch.
Peter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Booga scores with a shoulder strike.
Booga has Peter pushed against the cage.
Booga drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Peter gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booga is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Booga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Booga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peter backwards.

Booga has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Peter is trying to keep an underhook but Booga manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Booga is looking to take a break and control but Peter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Booga is breathing heavily.
Booga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Peter's head.
Booga wants to advance to full mount but Peter doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Booga passes Peter's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Booga is trying to work for a kimura but Peter is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booga not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Booga works his foot free and advances to mount.
Peter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Booga looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hamish Peter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ooga Booga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Peter.

Booga clinches with his opponent.
Booga keeps control of Peter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Booga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Booga turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Booga manages to end up in side control.
Peter is not content to let Booga control the position.
Booga looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Peter is avoiding damage well.
Booga throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Booga passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Peter!

Booga looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Booga throws some wild stikes that Peter manages to avoid easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booga throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Peter because Booga loaded up on that one.
Peter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Booga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Booga with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Booga takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Booga is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Peter can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

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.
Peter is in a horrible position here. Booga smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Booga is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Peter is surviving well by controlling Booga's body position as best he can.

Booga looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Peter is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Booga is working for a guillotine from mount but Peter frees his head quite easily.
Peter's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Booga raining down shots from the mount!
Booga in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Booga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Booga looking to secure an arm triangle but Peter defends it well.

Booga looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Booga looking to finish with strikes here!
Booga throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ooga Booga dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ooga Booga's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Booga shoots for a takedown but Peter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Peter tries to keep at a distance but Booga has taken the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Booga.
Booga fails to pull guard.
Booga pressing his opponent against the cage.

Booga manages to pull guard.
Peter wants to stand but Booga is controlling his posture from full guard.
Peter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Booga had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Peter is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Booga Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Peter's back instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peter fending off the submission attempt from Booga.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Booga looking for the RNC.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter rolls, trying to escape but Booga keeps control of the position.
Booga has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Booga is persistently looking for the submission but Peter is defending it well.

Booga has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's two 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.
Booga punches the canvas rather than the man.

Booga is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Peter is defending well though. Booga let's go of the attempt for now.

Booga looking for the RNC.
Booga struggling to land strikes to the head as Peter covers up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peter is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Booga gets his way!

Booga is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Peter defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Peter is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Booga off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Booga throwing sloppy strikes.

Booga looking for the choke from the back.

Booga working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Booga misses with an elbow to the head.

Booga is looking for the choke from the back position but Peter is controlling his hands well.

Peter fending off the submission attempt from Booga.
Peter looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Booga missing with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ooga Booga showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Booga 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ooga Booga!