PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roman Christos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christos's entrance music is Hell's Ditch. A fine choice. Peterson has chosen Invasion of the Bodysnatcher as his entrance music. Roman Christos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christos
vs
Peterson

171 cm
26
145 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

168 cm
26
144 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roman Christos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Christos instigates a clinch.
Christos has a couple of punches blocked by Peterson.
Peterson tries to circle away but Christos has him pinned against the ropes.

Christos is trying to trip Peterson. He has hold of a leg but Peterson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Christos persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Peterson is trying to keep Christos in close.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Christos looking to pass the guard.
Peterson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Christos advances position into side control!

Christos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Christos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Christos working the ground and pound but Peterson is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Christos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Peterson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Christos working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Christos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Peterson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Christos's guard! Nice work there by Peterson!
Christos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Peterson tries to free his leg and advance position but Christos is retaining full guard.

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.
Christos working a defensive guard here.
Peterson tries to free his leg and advance position but Christos is retaining full guard.
Peterson trying to control but Christos is working from the bottom.

Christos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Peterson passes into half guard.
Peterson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Christos is trying to get back to full guard.

Christos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christos is trying to get back to full guard.
Peterson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Peterson wants to control but Christos is keeping him busy.
Peterson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Christos kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Scott Peterson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Christos moves in looking to clinch but Peterson pushes him off.

That's four 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.
Christos shoots in looking for a takedown. Peterson tries to sprawl out of it but Christos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Peterson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Christos has a takedown stuffed.
Christos shoots in for a takedown but Peterson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Christos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roman Christos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Peterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christos.
Christos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Christos shoots in but no luck this time.
Peterson takes a swing at Christos's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Christos scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee warns Peterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Christos goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Peterson turns into him and now he's in Christos's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Peterson trying to control but Christos is working from the bottom.

Christos working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Peterson has passed into half guard!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Peterson in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Peterson is stalling here. Christos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Peterson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Christos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Peterson wants to control but Christos postures up.

Christos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Christos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Christos tries for a kimura but Peterson is defending well.

Christos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Christos working over Peterson with some ground and pound. Peterson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Peterson trying to control but Christos postures up.
Christos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Peterson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Christos.
Christos prevents Peterson from improving his position.
Peterson trying to hold on to Christos's head to control him but Christos postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Christos is looking for a kimura but Peterson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Christos to get the leverage.
Peterson trying to control but Christos postures up.
Peterson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Peterson.
Christos tries to free his leg and advance position but Peterson is retaining full guard.
Christos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Christos throwing strikes from guard but Peterson blocks nicely.
Peterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Christos dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Peterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christos.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christos is defended easily by Peterson.
Peterson just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Christos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Christos with that takedown attempt.
Peterson stuffs the takedown.
Peterson throws a shot from downtown. Christos moves away and avoids it.

Christos feints and as Peterson raises his hands in defense, Christos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christos has gone for a leg lock! Peterson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Christos's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peterson trying to control but Christos is working from the bottom.

Christos looking for subs off his back but Peterson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Peterson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Christos keeps working.
Christos won't allow Peterson to pass to mount.
Christos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Christos.
Peterson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Peterson trying to control but Christos is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Scott Peterson.

Christos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Christos.

Christos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Peterson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Peterson trying to control here.
Peterson tries to roll over but Christos keeps him under control.
Scott Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christos with the ground and pound but Peterson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Christos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Christos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Christos!