PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Peppers is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Equinox
vs
Peppers

172 cm
27
146 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

150 cm
24
144 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Peppers!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peppers scoring well with a low kick there.
Peppers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Equinox wants to clinch.
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Peppers lands a head kick. Equinox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peppers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Peppers throws a head kick that half lands.

Peppers darts in and clinches Equinox up against the cage.
Equinox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Equinox.
A right hand to the body from Equinox.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Peppers trying to control the position but instead, Equinox has worked for underhooks and has pushed Peppers into the cage.
Equinox avoiding damage as Peppers throws knees to the body.
Equinox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peppers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Equinox.
Peppers lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Equinox.
Peppers tries to throw a body punch but Equinox avoids it by throwing Peppers back against the cage.
Peppers tries to circle away but Equinox has him pinned against the cage.
Equinox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Peppers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Equinox is leaning against Peppers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Equinox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Peppers looks gassed!

Peppers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Equinox moves out of range as Peppers throws a body kick.

Peppers darts in and clinches Equinox up against the cage.
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!
A hook to the body from Equinox.
Peppers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peppers swings wildly with an uppercut but Equinox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Equinox - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Equinox.
Equinox digs a right hand into Peppers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peppers's gas tank.
Peppers is looking to break free of the clinch but Equinox has double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Equinox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Equinox lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Equinox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peppers is leaning against Equinox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Equinox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Equinox lands a body punch.
Equinox scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Equinox - that landed with a thud.
Equinox gets through Peppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Equinox.
Equinox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Equinox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Equinox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Equinox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Equinox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Equinox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Equinox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Peppers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Equinox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Equinox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Equinox lands a left hand.
Equinox is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Equinox gets through Peppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Equinox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Equinox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Peppers has had enough of the clinch but Equinox keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Equinox.
Equinox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Equinox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Equinox digs a right hand underneath Peppers's ribcage. Peppers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Equinox lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Equinox.
Peppers struggles to land a body shot inside as Equinox controls his hands.
Peppers is trying to stall.
Equinox working aggressively here.
Equinox working aggressively here.
Equinox scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Equinox cracks Peppers with a nice body shot.
Equinox swings wildly with an uppercut but Peppers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Equinox blocks a body shot from Peppers.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Equinox working aggressively here.
Peppers has had enough of the clinch but Equinox keeps him there for the moment.
Equinox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Equinox.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Equinox.
Equinox presses Peppers against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Peppers tries to work over Equinox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Equinox pushes Peppers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Equinox.
Peppers tries to work over Equinox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Equinox lands with a right to the head.
Equinox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Equinox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Equinox works on Peppers's body with a couple of short punches.
Equinox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peppers.
Equinox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.

Peppers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Peppers wants to land a leg kick but Equinox is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Equinox dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Peppers drives through and clinches with Equinox against the cage.

Peppers breaks from the clinch.
Equinox lands an overhand right.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
Peppers swats away the attempt to clinch by Equinox.

Equinox clinches up against the cage.
Peppers wants to break free but Equinox has control.

Peppers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Equinox has taken the fight to the clinch.
Equinox can't break the clinch.
Equinox has Peppers pressed against the cage.

Peppers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peppers listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Equinox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peppers.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Equinox blocks a head kick by Peppers.
Peppers fails with an attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Peppers.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Peppers, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Equinox tries to clinch there but Peppers circles away.
Peppers looks to land a body kick but Equinox moved away.
Equinox dodges the punch combination from Peppers.
Equinox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Peppers, right into the meat.
Peppers throws a looping overhand right but Equinox ducks down to avoid it.
Equinox closes the distance but Peppers moves to the side
and Peppers counters with a good low kick that Equinox was not able to check.
Peppers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers takes a swing at Equinox's ribcage but misses.
Peppers throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Equinox moves in looking to clinch but Peppers pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Peppers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Peppers throws a series of punches but Equinox moves out of range.
Peppers misses with a body kick.
Peppers connects with a high kick.
Equinox tries to close the distance and clinch but Peppers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peppers misses with a low kick.

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.
Peppers wants to clinch.
Equinox wants to clinch.
Equinox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Peppers.
Peppers swats away the attempt to clinch by Equinox.
Peppers throws a right and a left that Equinox avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Peppers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Equinox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peppers throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers looks to land a body kick but Equinox moved away.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peppers scores with a kick to the body.
Equinox tries to clinch up but Peppers circles away and keeps his distance.
Peppers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Peppers moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers is trying to break the clinch but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
Peppers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peppers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Equinox backwards.
Equinox blocking some punches.
Peppers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Equinox is defending well for now.
John Equinox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Equinox trying to control the position but instead, Peppers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Equinox into the cage.
Equinox throws a punch but it's blocked by Peppers.
Equinox lands a body shot.
Peppers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Peppers misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Equinox.
Peppers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peppers tries a knee to the head but Equinox blocks it.
Equinox cracks Peppers with a nice body shot.
Equinox pressing his opponent against the cage.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.
Peppers working aggressively here.
Peppers blocking some punches.
Equinox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pepperss head.
A right handed body shot lands from Equinox.
Equinox scores with a shot to the side of Peppers's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Equinox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Peppers keeps control of Equinox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Equinox lands a body punch.
Equinox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Equinox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Equinox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peppers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Equinox.
Peppers struggles to land a body shot inside as Equinox controls his hands.
Equinox lands with a short shot to the head.
Equinox presses Peppers against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Equinox gets through Peppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Equinox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Equinox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Equinox lands a body punch.
Equinox lands a left hand.
Equinox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Equinox scores with a shot to the side of Peppers's head.
Equinox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Equinox.
Peppers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Equinox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Peppers can't find room to land a body shot as Equinox controls the action.
Peppers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Equinox pushes Peppers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Equinox working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Equinox lands a nice uppercut.

Peppers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Equinox looks to throw the jab but Peppers is out of range.
Equinox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Peppers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Equinox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peppers scores with a leg kick.
Peppers throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Equinox's head.
Peppers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Equinox's calf.
Peppers throws a head kick but Equinox moves out of range.
Equinox keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers lands a head kick. Equinox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Equinox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Peppers moves away.
Equinox throws a lazy right hand but Peppers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Peppers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Equinox checks a leg kick.
Peppers is looking to land body kicks.
Peppers lands a high kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Equinox is looking to clinch but Peppers is avoiding it.

Equinox closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Equinox clearly takes 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.

Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers throws a leg kick which misses Equinox's front leg but catches the back leg as Equinox tries to avoid it.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
Peppers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peppers scores with a sloppy right hand. Equinox should have avoided that one.
Peppers throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Peppers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peppers tries to land a front kick but Equinox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Peppers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Peppers looks to clinch
enabling Equinox to counter with a crisp jab.
Peppers closes the distance looking to clinch

and Equinox counters by moving into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Equinox.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Peppers working Equinox over with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Equinox tries to throw a body punch but Peppers avoids it by throwing Equinox back against the cage.

Peppers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peppers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Peppers. Equinox shrugs it off though.
Brian Peppers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Equinox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Peppers - that will leave a mark!
Peppers throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Peppers throws a hook to the side of Equinox's head but Equinox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Equinox moves in looking to clinch but Peppers pushes him off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Peppers.
Peppers throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Peppers is looking to slow Equinox down with leg kicks.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Equinox looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Equinox keeps the fight on the outside.
Equinox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Equinox. That did some damage!
Equinox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Peppers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Equinox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peppers can pounce on him.
Peppers cracks the inside of Equinox's front leg.
A head kick misses from Peppers.
Peppers cracks the inside of Equinox's front leg.
Peppers throws a head kick that Equinox semi-blocks.
Peppers scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Equinox walks forward, straight into a front kick from Peppers.
Equinox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peppers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Peppers dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Peppers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peppers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Equinox wants to clinch.
Equinox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peppers pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers thows a body shot but no joy.
Peppers throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Brian Peppers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peppers throws a jab when Equinox was well out of range.
Peppers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
Equinox ducks under a wild hook from Peppers.
Peppers connects with a high kick.
Equinox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Equinox avoids the head kick by Peppers.
Peppers throws out a leg kick but Equinox moves out of range and Peppers only half commits.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Equinox doesn't manage to clinch there - Peppers circles away.
Equinox tries to clinch but Peppers is having none of it.
Peppers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Equinox misses with a hook. Peppers ducked under it nicely.
Peppers tries to score with a low kick but Equinox moves his leg out of the way.
Equinox misses with a straight right.
Peppers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Equinox doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Peppers.
Peppers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Peppers has closed the distance and engaged Equinox in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Equinox fails to land.
Equinox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peppers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Peppers prevents a body shot from Equinox.
Equinox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.

Peppers breaks from the clinch.
Peppers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Equinox manages to avoid it.
Equinox doesn't manage to clinch there - Peppers circles away.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
Peppers tries to clinch
and Equinox counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Equinox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Peppers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Peppers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Equinox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Peppers.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peppers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Peppers throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Peppers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Equinox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Peppers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peppers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Peppers!
Brian Peppers is the new bantamweight champion!