PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodore Arsene Peroche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peroche is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Down with the sickness. Victor Sagat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sagat
vs
Arsene Peroche

223 cm
23
280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
240 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Sagat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Theodore Arsene Peroche!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Peroche shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sagat tries to hold on but Peroche pushes him away.
Peroche with the ground and pound from mount.
Peroche lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sagat hang on?
Peroche has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Peroche with the ground and pound from mount.

Peroche has hold of Sagat's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sagat manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sagat keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Peroche controlling from the full mount.
Peroche punishing his opponent with strikes.
Peroche takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Peroche connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Peroche tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat taking shots to the head.
Sagat is wriggling around trying to escape.
Peroche unloading with bombs!
Sagat keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sagat taking shots to the head.
Peroche looking to control but Sagat is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sagat tries to reverse the position but Peroche maintains control.
Peroche controlling from the full mount.
Peroche with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sagat is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peroche lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sagat hang on?
Peroche lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
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!
Peroche looking to control but Sagat is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Peroche controlling the position easily from mount.
Sagat taking shots to the head.
Peroche with shots to the head and body - Sagat looks very uncomfortable down there.
Peroche lands with some strikes.
Peroche with good strikes from the mount here!
Peroche controlling his opponent.

Peroche looking to secure an arm triangle but Sagat defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat is trying to escape the mount.
Peroche connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Peroche landing strikes, looking to finish!
Peroche cracks Sagat with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Peroche trying to control but Sagat is having none of it.
Sagat tries to reverse the position but Peroche maintains control.
Peroche lands a big elbow.
Sagat is trying desperately to improve position.
Peroche controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat tries to reverse the position but Peroche maintains control.
Peroche lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sagat hang on?
Peroche with shots to the head and body - Sagat looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Peroche cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Peroche tries to control but Sagat wriggling away.
Peroche tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Peroche with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagat is bucking up trying to escape but Peroche cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Peroche scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sagat?
Peroche landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Arsene Peroche dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Peroche shoots in looking for a takedown. Sagat tries to sprawl out of it but Peroche keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sagat manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Peroche tries to keep at a distance but Sagat has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sagat misses with an elbow over the top.
Peroche is trying to drag Sagat to the mat but Sagat just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Peroche tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Victor Sagat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodore Arsene Peroche.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Peroche blocks with his arms.
Peroche fails to pull guard.
Sagat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Peroche tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sagat smiles and moves away.
Peroche throws a series of punches but Sagat avoids them all with ease.
Sagat really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Sagat has closed the distance and engaged Peroche in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Sagat.
Knees to the body from Sagat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sagat misses with a knee to the head.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peroche wants a takedown.
Sagat prevents the takedown attempt.
Peroche tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sagat with a knee to the head.
Peroche fails to pull guard.
Sagat scores with a knee to the head.

Peroche manages to pull guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Peroche holds on and takes a little breather.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Peroche. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peroche is on top in guard.
Peroche with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sagat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peroche on the ground.
Peroche makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sagat looking for a sweep. Not yet Sagat, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodore Arsene Peroche has got the better of the ground game so far.
Peroche slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sagat wants to hit a switch here but Peroche passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sagat there!
Peroche has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Peroche lands a big elbow.
Sagat is trying to escape the mount.
Peroche cracks Sagat with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Peroche controlling the pace for now.
Peroche dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peroche landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peroche landing strikes from the mount.
Sagat is in a horrible position here. Peroche smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sagat can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Peroche.
Peroche content just to control the position here.
Peroche scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Peroche has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Sagat is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Theodore Arsene Peroche!