PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grizzly Copenhagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Peak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Grizzly Copenhagen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Grizzly Copenhagen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Copenhagen
vs
Peak

175 cm
22
181 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Grizzly Copenhagen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Peak!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copenhagen throws a leg kick but Peak sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Copenhagen has Peak up against the ropes in a clinch.
Peak looking to stall.
Copenhagen lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Peak has been cut.
Copenhagen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Copenhagen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Copenhagen scores with a knee to the head.
Peak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Copenhagen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Peak tries to break the clinch but Copenhagen is controlling the position.
Peak managing to block the knees to the body from Copenhagen.
Copenhagen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Copenhagen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Copenhagen.
Peak avoiding damage as Copenhagen throws knees to the body.
Copenhagen missing with knees to the body.
Peak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Copenhagen.
Copenhagen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peak.
Copenhagen lands a knee to the head.
Peak looks gassed!

Peak has hold of one of Copenhagen's legs. Copenhagen is fighting the takedown attempt but Peak gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Peak tries to free his leg and advance position but Copenhagen is retaining full guard.
Copenhagen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Copenhagen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Peak defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copenhagen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Copenhagen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Peak!
Copenhagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Peak takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Copenhagen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peak hang on?
Copenhagen with shots to the head and body - Peak looks very uncomfortable down there.
Copenhagen lands a heavy elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Peak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Peak is in a horrible position here. Copenhagen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Peak is desperately trying to improve his position but Copenhagen has a good base and remains in mount.
Copenhagen scoring with strikes but Peak is staying in there.
Peak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Copenhagen 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.
Peak sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Peak works his way to full guard. Good work.
Peak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peak wants to pass the guard but Copenhagen is defending well.
Peak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Peak there.

Peak wants to work for an arm triangle but Copenhagen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Peak working Copenhagen over with strikes.
Copenhagen is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Copenhagen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Peak.
Copenhagen punching from the bottom.

Peak is trying to work for a kimura but Copenhagen is defending well.
Copenhagen is looking for a sweep. Peak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Copenhagen manages to get to full guard.
Peak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Copenhagen is keeping the position for now.
Copenhagen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peak really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Peak is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Copenhagen.
Peak is looking to get to half guard.
Peak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Copenhagen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Copenhagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Peak is looking to improve his position but Copenhagen isn't that keen on the idea.
Copenhagen lands a big elbow.
Copenhagen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Peak tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Peak tries to reverse the position but Copenhagen maintains control.
Copenhagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Peak working to try and regain half guard.
Copenhagen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Copenhagen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Copenhagen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Copenhagen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Copenhagen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Copenhagen cracks Peak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Copenhagen blocks Peak's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Copenhagen blocks Peak's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Copenhagen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peak hang on?
Copenhagen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Peak looks a forlorn figure.
Copenhagen blocks Peak's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grizzly Copenhagen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Peak's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Peak blocks the body kick.
Mike Peak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peak swats away the attempt to clinch by Copenhagen.
Copenhagen throws a leg kick but Peak sees it coming and moves out of range.
Copenhagen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peak misses with a takedown

and Copenhagen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Peak's guard now.
Peak manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Peak looking for a guillotine from mount but Copenhagen is having none of it.
Peak breaks from Copenhagen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Copenhagen is working to get back to half guard.

Peak wants to finish this one by submission but Copenhagen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Peak.
Copenhagen gets back to half guard.
Peak lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copenhagen tries to roll over but Peak keeps him under control.
Peak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Peak prevents Copenhagen from improving his position.
Copenhagen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Peak scores with a couple of nice shots.
Peak trying to pass the guard but Copenhagen defending well.
Peak blocks the strikes from Copenhagen.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Peak shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Copenhagen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peak!
Copenhagen landing strikes from the mount.
Peak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Peak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Copenhagen cracks Peak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Peak is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peak slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Peak slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Peak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Peak lands a decent punch to the body there.
Copenhagen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peak is keeping the position for now.
Peak lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Copenhagen!
Copenhagen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Peak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Copenhagen is trying to maintain the position but Peak is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Copenhagen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Copenhagen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grizzly Copenhagen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Copenhagen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Peak!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copenhagen lands a nice shot to the head.
Peak really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Copenhagen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Copenhagen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Peak looks a forlorn figure.
Peak regains half guard.
Peak regains full guard. Nicely done.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peak is on top in guard.
Peak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Copenhagen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Copenhagen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Copenhagen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Peak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Peak is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copenhagen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Peak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Copenhagen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Peak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Peak tries to lock up and control but Copenhagen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Copenhagen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Copenhagen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Peak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Copenhagen working Peak over with strikes here.
Peak working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Copenhagen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peak hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grizzly Copenhagen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Peak's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Copenhagen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Peak's guard.
Peak lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Copenhagen!
Copenhagen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Copenhagen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Copenhagen punching from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Copenhagen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Copenhagen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Peak trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Copenhagen striking from the bottom.
Copenhagen has momentary wrist control but Peak slips an elbow through the middle.
Copenhagen throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Copenhagen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Peak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Copenhagen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peak throws a big right hand that misses.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Peak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Copenhagen is looking to score with low kicks.
Copenhagen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peak shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Copenhagen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Peak's guard.
Peak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peak tries to strike from the bottom.
Copenhagen stands up over Peak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Copenhagen working some strikes from top position.
Copenhagen scoring with some ground and pound.
Copenhagen stopping the sweep attempt from Peak.
Copenhagen landing with the ground and pound.
Copenhagen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Copenhagen trying to control the position from guard on top but Peak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Copenhagen throwing strikes from guard but Peak blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Copenhagen throws a sloppy head kick and Peak moves out of range easily.
Copenhagen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Copenhagen has managed to clinch.
Peak avoiding damage as Copenhagen throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copenhagen missing with knees to the body.
Copenhagen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peak.

Peak has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Copenhagen is trying to keep an underhook but Peak manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peak connects with a nice short shot to Copenhagen's temple.
Copenhagen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Peak.
Copenhagen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Copenhagen.
Peak is working Copenhagen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Peak working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Copenhagen's head.
Peak lands a couple of digs.
Peak scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Peak thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Peak working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Copenhagen's head.
Copenhagen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Copenhagen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peak swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Copenhagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Copenhagen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Copenhagen prevents Peak from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copenhagen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Peak is trying desperately to improve position.
Copenhagen raining down shots from the mount!
Peak gets back to half guard.
Peak works his way to full guard. Good work.
Copenhagen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peak is keeping the position for now.
Copenhagen passes Peak's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Copenhagen lands strikes from half guard.
Peak is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Copenhagen jumps into side control!
Peak is looking to reverse the position.
Check out the look on Copenhagen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Peak is working to avoid the ground and pound but Copenhagen connects with a decent elbow.
Peak tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Copenhagen working the ground and pound.
Copenhagen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Peak manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Copenhagen is pressing down on Peak's thigh, looking to free his foot. Peak is holding on for now.
Copenhagen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peak is looking for a sweep. Copenhagen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Copenhagen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Copenhagen connects with a nice short shot to Peak's temple.

Peak looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Copenhagen there.
Peak slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Copenhagen preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Peak closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Copenhagen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Copenhagen.
Peak won't allow Copenhagen to sweep him here.
Mike Peak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peak postures up and lands a big shot to Copenhagen's brow.
Copenhagen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Peak manages to get himself to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grizzly Copenhagen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Copenhagen, 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grizzly Copenhagen!