PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dimitros Iakovakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peppin Larter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iakovakis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Auschwitz - Francesco Guccini. . Larter is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Analiese. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Iakovakis
vs
Larter

184 cm
21
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

177 cm
24
168 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dimitros Iakovakis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peppin Larter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larter misses with a straight left.
Iakovakis misses the jab.
Larter misses the shot to the body.
Iakovakis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larter misses the shot to the body.
Iakovakis thuds his right hand into Larter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Iakovakis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larter.
Iakovakis tries to bum rush Larter with a series of wild strikes but Larter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Iakovakis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Larter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iakovakis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larter.
Iakovakis misses with a looping right.
Larter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Iakovakis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Larter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Iakovakis's sensitive parts.
Larter moves out of range as Iakovakis strikes.
Larter looks to score with a jab to the body but Iakovakis is just out of range.
Larter misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larter. Iakovakis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iakovakis misses with a body shot.
Iakovakis jabs Larter right on the nose. Larter blinks but takes it well.
Larter connects with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Larter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice sprawl there from Larter as Iakovakis shoots in.
Larter wants to clinch
and Iakovakis counters with a left to the body.
Larter misses with a body shot.
Larter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Larter moves into the clinch successfully.
Larter lands a nice shot to the body.
Larter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Larter receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larter presses Iakovakis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Larter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Iakovakis backwards.

Larter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Iakovakis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Iakovakis throws a body punch but Larter moves out of range.
Larter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Iakovakis manages to avoid it.
Iakovakis misses with a wild body shot.
Larter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Iakovakis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larter slips a jab and a cross from Iakovakis.
Larter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Iakovakis scores with a hook to the body. Larter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iakovakis misses with a series of wild punches.
Iakovakis swinging wildly here.
Larter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Iakovakis rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Iakovakis misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Iakovakis!
Larter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iakovakis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larter moves away.
Iakovakis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Larter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Larter throws out a loose jab but Iakovakis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iakovakis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Iakovakis does no damage.
Larter cracks Iakovakis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Iakovakis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larter was well out of range. Poor timing from Iakovakis.
Larter missing with a left hand there. Iakovakis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iakovakis digs a good hook to Larter's body.
Larter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Iakovakis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larter.
Nice jab there from Iakovakis.
A swing and a miss from Iakovakis.
Larter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Larter lands a jab to the head.
Larter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Iakovakis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dimitros Iakovakis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iakovakis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larter was well out of range. Poor timing from Iakovakis.
Larter misses with a body shot.
Iakovakis throws a jab but it's blocked by Larter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Larter misses with a wild body shot.
Larter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Iakovakis swings for the body but Larter moves out of range.
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 Dimitros Iakovakis will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Iakovakis misses the shot to the body.
Iakovakis throws an overhand right that lands on Larter's shoulder, as Larter tries to avoid the shot.
Larter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Iakovakis.
Larter lands a really nice looking cross but Iakovakis seems unphased.
Iakovakis throws a right and a left that Larter avoids nicely.
Larter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dimitros Iakovakis is winning the standup battle so far.

Larter clinches with his opponent.
Larter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Larter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Larter.
A shot in the inside from Larter.
Larter tries to score a body lock takedown but Iakovakis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Larter pulls Iakovakis into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Iakovakis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Iakovakis advances to half guard.
Larter tries to roll over but Iakovakis keeps him under control.
Larter works his way to full guard. Good work.
Larter keeping full guard, as Iakovakis tries to pass.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Larter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Larter is looking to sweep but instead, Iakovakis has passed into half guard.
Larter wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iakovakis is just content to waste time from the top position. Larter takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Iakovakis trying to control but Larter is working from the bottom.
Larter controlling the position.

Larter working for submissions but it's allowed Iakovakis to get to half guard.
Larter tries to roll over but Iakovakis keeps him under control.
Iakovakis trying to pass the guard but Larter defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iakovakis 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.
Iakovakis is trying to control the action in half guard but Larter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Larter wants to control but Iakovakis is keeping busy.

Iakovakis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Larter is looking to get back to is feet but Iakovakis passes into side control.
Larter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Larter is not content to let Iakovakis control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larter is trying to control Iakovakis's posture but Iakovakis avoids it.

Iakovakis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Larter, who protects the arm well.
Larter manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Larter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Iakovakis's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larter is keen to just control but Iakovakis is a slippery customer.
Larter trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peppin Larter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Larter looks to land a right hand but Iakovakis moved out of range.
Iakovakis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Larter's waist but Larter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Iakovakis off to one side.
The crowd cheers as Iakovakis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Larter doesn't seem phased though.
Larter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Iakovakis.
Larter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Iakovakis throws a big shot that misses.
Larter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Iakovakis throws a right and a left that Larter avoids nicely.

Larter closes the distance and pushes Iakovakis back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Larter - that landed with a thud.
Iakovakis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Larter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Iakovakis works over Larter's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iakovakis misses with an uppercut.
Iakovakis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Iakovakis tries to sprawl but Larter drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Larter trying to pass the guard but Iakovakis defending well.
Iakovakis is not content to let Larter control the position.
Larter seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Larter is looking to advance position but Iakovakis won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Larter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Iakovakis is staying active underneath Larter, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Larter is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Iakovakis has managed to free his arm - good work.
Iakovakis is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larter wants to pass to mount but Iakovakis is defending the position.
Iakovakis is refusing to be controlled, as Larter sits in half guard.
Larter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Iakovakis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, Larter seems content to control.
Peppin Larter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Larter throws a strike but Iakovakis avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Iakovakis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Larter connects with a couple of short punches.
Larter won't allow Iakovakis to sweep him here.
Larter showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Larter postures up and lands a big shot to Iakovakis's brow.
Larter won't allow Iakovakis to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larter trying to control the position from guard on top but Iakovakis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peppin Larter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Larter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peppin Larter!