PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergeant Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lessnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peppers comes into the arena with Brainiac -- Chevelle blaring out of the sound system. Lessnar has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. Frank Lessnar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Peppers
vs
Lessnar

195 cm
29
275 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
279 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergeant Peppers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Lessnar!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Peppers throws a shot to the body.
Peppers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lessnar circles away.
Lessnar misses with a kick to the body.
Frank Lessnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lessnar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Peppers counters with a takedown into side control.
Peppers content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peppers is looking to take a break and control but Lessnar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lessnar is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers controls the position from side control.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Sergeant Peppers just wasn't active enough.
Lessnar has his takedown stuffed
and Peppers counters with an inside leg kick.
Lessnar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peppers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lessnar.
Lessnar tries for a takedown but Peppers circles away easily
and Peppers counters with a big head kick but Lessnar shrugs it off.
Sergeant Peppers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Lessnar.

Lessnar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Peppers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Peppers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar trying to control the position from guard on top but Peppers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peppers looking for a sweep. Not yet Peppers, not yet.
Lessnar is in close to Peppers's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lessnar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Peppers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lessnar's guard.
Peppers wants to control from the top but Lessnar keeps moving.
Lessnar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peppers's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers wants to sweep here but Lessnar controlling him for the moment.
Lessnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lessnar wants to control from the top but Peppers keeps moving.
Lessnar preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lessnar has gone for a leg lock! Peppers slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lessnar's guard.

Lessnar escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Peppers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Peppers not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lessnar keeping moving, preventing Peppers from controlling successfully.
Peppers passes Lessnar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Lessnar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Peppers lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar taking some punishment here, with Peppers in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peppers is trying to control. Lessnar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lessnar tries to get to full guard but Peppers has control of the leg.
Lessnar trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Peppers manages to pass to mount!
Peppers pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lessnar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Peppers.
Lessnar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Peppers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lessnar's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lessnar is desperately trying to improve his position but Peppers has a good base and remains in mount.
Peppers 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.
Peppers dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Lessnar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Peppers connects with a body shot that sends Lessnar's belly button to the back.
Peppers shoots in but Lessnar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Peppers connects with a solid leg kick.
Lessnar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peppers.
Lessnar looks to clinch

and Peppers counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sergeant Peppers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peppers not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Peppers slips nicely into half guard.
Peppers is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Peppers lands with a punch from half guard.
Lessnar is breathing heavily.
Peppers prevents Lessnar from improving his position.
Peppers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lessnar is refusing to be controlled, as Peppers sits in half guard.
Peppers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lessnar trying to control but Peppers postures up.
Lessnar is in trouble now - Peppers has advanced to mount!
Lessnar is trying desperately to improve position.
Lessnar tries to lock up and control but Peppers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessnar is in a horrible position here. Peppers smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Peppers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lessnar is looking to escape.
Lessnar wants to control but Peppers is having none of it.
Peppers landing strikes from the mount.
Peppers content just to control the position here.
Lessnar can't escape the position.
Peppers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lessnar can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lessnar is squirming around, avoiding Peppers's attempts to control the action.
Peppers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Peppers landing strikes from the mount.
Lessnar is in a horrible position here. Peppers smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers controlling the position easily from mount.
Peppers scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lessnar is working to get back to half guard.
Peppers takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Peppers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lessnar can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Peppers raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Peppers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lessnar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Peppers slips a jab and a cross from Lessnar.
Peppers lands with a cross.

Lessnar is rocked!
Lessnar misses with a double jab
and Peppers counters with a huge left! Lessnar is in big trouble! He's backing up but Peppers isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Lessnar from any more damage. A dominating finish by Peppers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergeant Peppers!
Sergeant Peppers retains his heavyweight title!