PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peters kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is the Ong Bak theme. Johansson has chosen Let It Rock as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Peters
vs
Johansson

188 cm
22
195 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jordan Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson digs a good hook to Peters's body.
Peters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johansson is able to avoid easily.
An inside leg kick from Peters misses.
Peters throws a right hand that misses
letting Johansson counter with a right hand.
Johansson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters throws a leg kick
and Johansson counters with a one-two to the body.
Johansson works over Peters's head and body with a nice combination.
Peters throws a wild body kick that Johansson sees coming a mile off.
Peters takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Peters takes a swing at Johansson's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Johansson.
Johansson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Peters moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Peters takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Peters throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johansson counters with a three punch combo that has Peters backing up. Peters nods at Johansson to acknowledge the strikes.

Peters is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh Peters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Johansson checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Johansson. Those never looked like landing.
Peters seems to have got his legs back now.
Johansson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Peters misses with a body shot.
Peters throws a push kick but Johansson slaps the foot to one side.
Peters looks to score with a jab to the body but Johansson is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Peters.
Peters drops his hands momentarily and Johansson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Peters avoids them all with ease.
Peters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johansson counters with a straight right hand.
Peters is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johansson.
Johansson avoids a kick to the body.
Peters slips a jab and a cross from Johansson.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johansson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peters tries to land a front kick but Johansson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Peters avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johansson moves out of range as Peters throws a body kick.
Johansson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Peters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johansson lands with an uppercut that bounces Peters off the cage and back into rage.
Jordan Peters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peters misses with a hook
and Johansson counters with a straight right hand.
Johansson throws a right hand that Peters ducks under and follows up with a left that Peters also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Peters.
Johansson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Peters makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Peters rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johansson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johansson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Peters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Peters lands a nice looking body kick.
Johansson looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peters throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johansson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Peters is looking to land body kicks.
Peters pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johansson is out of range and Peters settles back down.
Peters is looking to land body kicks.
Peters lands with a slapping head kick.
Johansson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Peters had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Johansson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Peters.
Peters thumps Johansson with a low kick.
Peters looks for the body kick but Johansson saw that one coming.
Peters misses with a head kick.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peters throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johansson throws a head kick that Peters semi-blocks.
Peters feints a jab promting Johansson to slip. Peters then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Johansson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Peters takes one on the button.
Peters misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson checks the leg kick nicely there.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Peters lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johansson backs up against the cage.
Peters throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peters tries to score with a low kick but Johansson moves his leg out of the way.
Johansson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johansson slips a jab and a cross from Peters.
Peters throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johansson on the side of the head.
Peters looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johansson looks to land a combination but Peters avoids it well.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Johansson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Johansson slips under a jab.
Peters throws a head kick that half lands.
Johansson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johansson was well out of range. Poor timing from Peters.
Johansson lands the left hand.
Johansson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peters can pounce on him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Peters.
Johansson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Peters throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Peters tries a head kick but it misses.
Johansson throws a shot to the body.
Peters throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johansson.
Johansson slips under a jab from Peters.
Peters avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Peters.
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!
Peters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johansson moves away.
Good exchange - Peters coming out on top.
Peters takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
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 Jordan Peters will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Peters cracks Johansson with a good jab.
Johansson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Peters cracks the inside of Johansson's front leg.
Jordan Peters is winning the standup battle so far.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Peters.
Peters throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Peters tries to land a front kick but Johansson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Peters scoring well with a low kick there.
Johansson blocks a leg kick.
Peters thows a body shot but no joy.
Peters looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johansson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peters.
Peters looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Peters throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Victor Johansson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peters defending well as Johansson loads up on a big left hand.
Johansson avoids a kick to the body.
Peters misses with a body kick.
A combination from Johansson does no damage.
Peters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Peters has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johansson blocks a leg kick.
A combination from Johansson does no damage.
Peters throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johansson checks the leg kick.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peters lands a high kick!
Johansson avoids the head kick by Peters.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johansson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peters.
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Peters fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johansson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johansson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peters.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Peters.
Peters connects with a leg kick. Johansson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johansson, as that shot connected.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Peters lands the left hand.
Johansson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Peters will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johansson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johansson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throws a combination that misses
and Peters counters with a body kick that stops Johansson in his tracks momentarily.
Peters throws a chopping leg kick but Johansson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Peters throws a body punch but Johansson moves out of range.
Peters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
Peters with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peters just misses with a punch to the body.
Peters lets loose with a powerful body kick. Johansson will feel that in the morning.
Johansson moves out of range as Peters throws a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Peters.
Peters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johansson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johansson lands with an uppercut that bounces Peters off the cage and back into rage.
Johansson lands a nice hook to Peters's body. Peters takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters thuds a left hand into Johansson's body.
Peters throws a head kick that half lands.
That kick from Peters tenderised Johansson's leg. Johansson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Peters scores with a kick to the body.
Johansson scores with a sloppy right hand. Peters should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters scores with a shot to the body.
Peters looks to land a right hand but Johansson moved out of range.
Peters misses with a head kick.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick from Peters.
Johansson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Peters throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johansson lands a nice shot to the body.
Peters takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peters blocks a head kick by Johansson.
Johansson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peters throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johansson lands a jab.
Peters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johansson.
Peters walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johansson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johansson lands a head kick!
Peters throws a leg kick but Johansson checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Peters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peters. Johansson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson fails to land with a series of punches.
Peters throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johansson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peters.
Johansson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Peters.
Peters scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Peters.
Peters throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johansson counters with a straight right hand.
Peters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johansson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johansson duly obliges.
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johansson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peters.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peters lands a high kick!
Johansson throws a one two combo.
Peters jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Peters scores with a head kick. Johansson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Peters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Peters dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Peters throws a nice inside leg kick.
Peters looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Peters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johansson.
Peters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johansson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johansson duly obliges.
Johansson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Peters.
Peters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peters throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Peters has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Johansson.
A punch combination from Johansson misses.
Peters misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peters fails to land with a series of punches.
Peters throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johansson.
Peters shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johansson throws a combination. Peters tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Peters looks to throw a body kick
and Johansson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters tries to land a body kick
and Johansson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peters takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Peters slips a jab and a cross from Johansson.
Johansson cracks Peters with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johansson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johansson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Peters is looking to land body kicks.
Peters thows a leg kick but Johansson checks it
and Johansson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peters misses with a wild body shot.
Peters throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peters cracks the inside of Johansson's front leg.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johansson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Peters lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johansson takes a step back to recover.
Peters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick from Peters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Peters's sensitive parts.
Peters connects with an inside leg kick.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johansson checks a leg kick.
Peters has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peters thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Peters.
Johansson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Johansson blocks the low kick.
Peters lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johansson sizes up Peters with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Peters throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson scores with a one two! Peters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Peters takes a swing at Johansson's ribcage but misses.
Johansson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Peters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johansson checks a leg kick.
Peters swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johansson counters with a series of strikes. Peters will be more careful next time no doubt.
Johansson digs a good hook to Peters's body.
Crunch! Peters slams his shin into Johansson's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johansson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johansson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johansson throws a wild body kick that Peters sees coming a mile off.
Peters with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johansson to score with a decent uppercut.
Peters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peters throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Johansson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A combination from Johansson does no damage.
Peters misses with a right hand
and Johansson counters with a head kick.
A low kick from Peters is predictable there
and Johansson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Peters throws a half hearted mid kick.
Peters ducks right into an uppercut from Johansson.
Peters swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Johansson.
Johansson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A cross from Johansson lands.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johansson misses with a straight left.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johansson avoids the head kick by Peters.
Peters throws a leg kick but Johansson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Johansson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peters throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jordan Peters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peters lunges at Johansson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johansson's hand.
Peters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peters with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peters is looking to wear down Johansson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Peters swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johansson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johansson lands with a straight right. Peters didn't see that one coming.
Nice body kick there by Peters.
Peters explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Peters feints and then cracks Johansson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johansson down.
Johansson blocks a head kick by Peters.
Peters throws a right and a left that Johansson avoids nicely.
Victor Johansson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping body kick lands there for Peters.
Peters scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johansson in his tracks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Johansson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Peters has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Peters!