PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Peezy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bova comes to the cage accompanied by I came to bring the pain!. Peezy has chosen Super Buu Theme Song as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bova
vs
Peezy

175 cm
27
159 lbs
14 - 18 - 0

164 cm
28
142 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Bova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Peezy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peezy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peezy doesn't manage to clinch there - Bova circles away.
Peezy tries to close the distance and clinch but Bova swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peezy throws a body kick that misses.
Peezy swings for the body but Bova moves out of range.
Peezy swings for the body but Bova moves out of range.
Peezy takes a swing at Bova's ribcage but misses.
Peezy thumps Bova with a low kick.
Bova keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bova avoids the body shot from Peezy.

Bova feints and as Peezy raises his hands in defense, Bova changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Peezy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bova scoring with some ground and pound.
Bova throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peezy wants to sweep but no luck.
Peezy doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bova accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Peezy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bova. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Peezy trying to strike off his back.
Peezy wants to sweep but no luck.
Bova working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Peezy wriggles free and stands up.
Bova has a takedown stuffed.
Bova swats away the attempt to clinch by Peezy.
Joe Peezy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bova changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Peezy tries to avoid it but Bova manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Peezy to the ground. Peezy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peezy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peezy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bova rather than just go for the knockout.
Peezy swings for the body but Bova moves out of range.
Peezy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bova manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Peezy, right into the meat.
Peezy throws an overhand right that lands on Bova's shoulder, as Bova tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peezy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Peezy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bova uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peezy.
Peezy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Peezy clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peezy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bova in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Peezy.
Bova is breathing heavily.
Peezy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peezy lands a knee to the head.
Peezy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Peezy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Peezy.
Peezy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Peezy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bova's face.

It looks like Tony Bova has been cut.
Bova wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Bova. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peezy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bova's face.
Peezy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bova looking for a takedown.
Peezy lands a damaging elbow.
Bova drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peezy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bova lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peezy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Peezy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Peezy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bova is trying to drag Peezy to the mat but Peezy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Peezy lands a right hand.
Peezy scores with a shot to the side of Bova's head.
Peezy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peezy lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bova takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peezy lands an elbow inside.
Peezy lands with a light punch inside.
Peezy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bova's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Peezy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Bova's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bova swats away the attempt to clinch by Peezy.
Peezy tries to clinch up but Bova circles away and keeps his distance.
Peezy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some bone on bone action there as Bova checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Peezy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peezy thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peezy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peezy tries to clinch

and Bova counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bova takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Peezy trying to hold on to Bova's head to control him but Bova postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peezy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bova kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova is nestled in close to Peezy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are battling for position here. Peezy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Peezy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bova scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bova connects with a couple of short punches.
Bova 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.

Peezy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Peezy is breathing heavily.

Peezy is looking for a triangle here but Bova uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Bova in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bova is putting a hurting on Peezy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peezy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bova is chipping away with strikes.
Bova cracks Peezy with a big right hand but Peezy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Peezy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bova connects with a decent elbow.
Peezy is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bova cracks Peezy with a big right hand but Peezy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Bova looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Peezy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Bova's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Peezy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peezy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bova working the ground and pound.
Bova lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Peezy down.
Bova in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Peezy tries to bench press Bova off him but Bova keeps the position.
Bova grinds an elbow into Peezy's temple.
Peezy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bova connects with a decent elbow.
Bova moves into full mount!
Peezy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bova fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peezy is bucking up trying to escape but Bova cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bova lands a heavy elbow.
Bova looking to finish Peezy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Peezy!
Bova working Peezy over with strikes here.
Bova is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peezy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Peezy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Peezy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bova working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bova connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bova with the ground and pound from mount.
Peezy is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bova lands a big elbow.
Bova lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bova dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Bova's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bova fails with a takedown attempt.
Peezy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peezy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bova was well out of range. Poor timing from Peezy.

Peezy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peezy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bova wants a takedown but no success here.
Bova drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Bova. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peezy gets underhooks to prevent Bova's takedown attempt.
Peezy trying to stall but Bova improves his position.
Peezy is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peezy scores with a knee to the head.
Peezy prevents the takedown attempt.
Peezy landing knees to the body.
Bova takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peezy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bova's face.
Peezy lands an elbow just above Bova 's eye.
Joe Peezy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Peezy connects with a knee to the head.
Peezy scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Peezy.
Peezy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bova blocks it with crossed arms.
Bova goes for a takedown in the clinch but Peezy prevents it.
Peezy lands an elbow inside that Bova shrugs off.
Bova has Peezy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Peezy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Peezy landing knees to the head.
Peezy stops a takedown attempt from Bova.
Peezy lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bova is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peezy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peezy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bova's face.
Bova looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bova wants to take the fight to the mat but Peezy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Peezy lands a nice elbow.
Peezy is pressed up against the cage. Bova has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Peezy down to the mat. Peezy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Peezy rushes Bova and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Peezy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bova looking for a takedown.
Bova drops down looking for an ankle pick but Peezy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Peezy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bova gets tackled into the cage by Peezy. Peezy maintains the clinch.
Bova is trying to drag Peezy to the mat but Peezy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Bova is trying to trip Peezy. He has hold of a leg but Peezy is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bova persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bova won't allow Peezy to sweep him here.
Peezy wants to stand up but Bova is controlling him.
Peezy tries to strike from the bottom.
Peezy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bova is controlling him.
Tony Bova overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bova is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bova throws a big elbow that misses.
Bova postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bova postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bova with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bova working some strikes from top position.
Bova with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Peezy is looking to stand up but Bova isn't so interested in that idea.
Bova chips away with some ground and pound.
Bova chips away with some ground and pound.
Bova will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bova content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Peezy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peezy wants to stand but Bova is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joe Peezy.
I think Peezy 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Peezy!
Joe Peezy thanked the fans post fight for their support.