PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Archibald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lane Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lane Pedersen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Archibald
vs
Pedersen

180 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Archibald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Pedersen!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Archibald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Archibald tries to bum rush Pedersen with a series of wild strikes but Pedersen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pedersen lands a nice looking body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Archibald fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pedersen looking to throw knees to the head but Archibald is blocking nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Pedersen.

Pedersen breaks the clinch.

Pedersen scores with a takedown into Archibald's guard.
Pedersen landing some decent shots from guard.
Pedersen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Archibald keeping moving, preventing Pedersen from controlling successfully.
Archibald preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pedersen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pedersen trying to control the position from guard on top but Archibald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen landing some decent shots from guard.
Pedersen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Archibald wants to stand and escape but Pedersen is having none of it.
Pedersen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Archibald is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pedersen is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pedersen gets to his feet - Archibald follows without any prompting.
Pedersen misses with the combination.
Pedersen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Pedersen has managed to clinch.
Archibald looking for a takedown.
Archibald is breathing heavily.
Pedersen blocks a body shot from Archibald.

Pedersen gets control of Archibald's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pedersen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Archibald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pedersen's head.
Pedersen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Archibald manages to get himself to full guard.

Archibald is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pedersen is aware though and is defending well.
Pedersen wants to control from the top but Archibald keeps moving.
Pedersen chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pedersen stands and throws Archibald's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Archibald knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pedersen on the ground.
Pedersen landing a few strikes.
Pedersen landing a few strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Pedersen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Pedersen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Archibald has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archibald looking for a sweep but Pedersen has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Pedersen landing strikes from the mount and Archibald is in trouble!
Archibald on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Archibald tries to get out of the position.
Pedersen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pedersen working the ground and pound effectively.
Pedersen lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Pedersen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pedersen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pedersen controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pedersen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pedersen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pedersen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pedersen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Pedersen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Pedersen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pedersen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Archibald looks to clinch
and Pedersen counters with a nice uppercut.
Pedersen lands with a right and another and another! Archibald is in big trouble! Pedersen lands again and this time it's lights out for Archibald! A quality knockout there for Pedersen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lane Pedersen!