PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omaha Steak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson comes to the cage accompanied by Keine Lust. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Peterson
vs
Steak

172 cm
28
173 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

183 cm
28
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Omaha Steak!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson tries to land a leg kick but Steak saw it coming and moves away.
Steak connects with the punch.
Steak throws a big shot that misses.
Peterson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Peterson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Steak jabs at Peterson's body.
Nice body punch from Steak.
Peterson swats away the attempt to clinch by Steak.
Steak throws a leg kick
and Peterson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steak misses the jab.
Peterson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Peterson motions for Steak to come forward. Peterson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Steak closes the distance and clinches.
Peterson tries to score a body lock takedown but Steak shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Steak has had enough of the clinch but Peterson keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson taking a breather.
Steak working hard to break the clinch.
Steak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steak has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Peterson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steak takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Steak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peterson looking to slow down the pace here.
Peterson can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steak tries to circle away but Peterson has him pinned against the cage.
Peterson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steak's efforts to push away.
Steak has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peterson prevents Steak from breaking the clinch.
Peterson just leaning against Steak, taking a breather.
Steak wants to break free but Peterson has control.
Steak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steak is pushing Peterson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steak wants to break free but Peterson has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson leaning against his opponent.
Peterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steak lands a shot to the body.
Steak lands with a right to the head.

Peterson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steak scores with a head kick.
Steak misses with a lunging right hand
and Peterson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good exchange - Steak coming out on top.
Steak wants to clinch.
Peterson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Peterson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steak to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steak feints a jab promting Peterson to slip. Steak then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Peterson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Peterson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Peterson moves away.
Steak tries to score with a low kick but Peterson moves his leg out of the way.
Peterson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peterson slips a jab and a cross from Steak.
Steak swings for the body but Peterson moves out of range.
A low kick from Steak is predictable there
and Peterson counters with an outside leg kick.
Steak blocks a low kick nicely.
Peterson throws a leg kick which misses Steak's front leg but catches the back leg as Steak tries to avoid it.
Steak has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steak throws a jab when Peterson was well out of range.
Peterson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Steak is out of range and Peterson settles back down.
Peterson 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.

A close round but Omaha Steak will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Steak is looking to score with low kicks.
Jab, jab by Steak - just one landing.
Omaha Steak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steak checks a leg kick.
Peterson throws a leg kick but Steak sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steak darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Peterson tries a low kick but Steak avoids it.
Steak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Steak moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Omaha Steak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Peterson tries to keep at a distance but Steak has taken the fight into the clinch.

Steak manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Peterson.
Steak loads up on a big right hand but Peterson slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steak lands a head shot.
Peterson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Peterson slips a straight right by Steak.
Steak throws a right and a left that Peterson avoids nicely.
Peterson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peterson lands a leg kick that knocks Steak off balance momentarily.
Steak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Peterson's head backwards.
Peterson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Steak paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Peterson throws a low kick but Steak avoids it.
Peterson walks into a straight right hand from Steak.
Steak throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson walks into a left hand.
Peterson takes one on the button.
Peterson moves out of range as Steak throws a body kick.
Steak scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peterson scoring well with a low kick there.
Peterson looks to land a combination. Steak sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Steak fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Peterson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steak thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peterson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steak jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Peterson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Peterson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Steak fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steak lands with an overhand left.
Steak throws a leg kick that is checked
and Peterson counters with a solid body kick.

Steak gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peterson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steak's efforts to push away.
Peterson taking a breather.
Peterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Steak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peterson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Steak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Peterson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steak is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson misses with a leg kick
and Steak counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
Steak throws a right and a left that Peterson avoids nicely.
Steak misses the jab.
Steak does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Steak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peterson blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steak throws a head kick that misses.
Steak is breathing heavily.
Steak throws a nice looking combination but Peterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Steak blocks the leg kick.
Peterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steak circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steak.
Peterson walks into a stiff left hand from Steak.
Steak misses with a body shot.
Steak scores with a one two! Peterson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omaha Steak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Steak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steak darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Omaha Steak seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steak tried to score with a low kick but Peterson checks it.
Steak is looking to clinch but Peterson is avoiding it.
Peterson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peterson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Steak.
Peterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peterson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steak.
Steak lands with a straight right. Peterson didn't see that one coming.
Steak tries to score with a low kick but Peterson moves his leg out of the way.
Steak lands a jab to Peterson's midsection.
Peterson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steak.
Steak blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Steak misses.
Jab from Steak.
Steak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peterson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Steak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Peterson's hands.
Steak connects with a single shot there.
Peterson scores with a head kick.
Steak listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steak looks to land a right hand but Peterson moved out of range.
Steak with a hook.
Steak jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to land a leg kick but Steak saw it coming and moves away.
Steak misses with a looping left.
Steak connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steak looks to score with a jab to the body but Peterson is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Peterson.
Steak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peterson throws a low kick but Steak avoids it.
Steak swings widly with a right hand
and Peterson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Steak lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Peterson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Peterson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Steak misses with a hook.
Steak takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Steak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peterson. Steak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steak just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steak throws a nice looking combination but Peterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steak looks to score with a jab to the body but Peterson is just out of range.
Steak throws a jab but it's blocked by Peterson.

Steak moves into the clinch.
Steak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Peterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peterson scores with a push kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peterson.
Steak avoids the body shot from Peterson.
Peterson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steak checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Peterson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Peterson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Peterson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson cracks the inside of Steak's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Peterson.
Steak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steak blocks a head kick by Peterson.
Peterson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peterson throws a low kick, looking for Steak's leg but Steak calmly moves out of range.
Steak 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.
Steak checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Steak blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Steak misses.
Peterson is looking to score with low kicks.
Omaha Steak is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Steak feints and then cracks Peterson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Peterson down.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Peterson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Steak 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 John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Omaha Steak!