PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Peezy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peezy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Super Buu Theme Song. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Peezy
vs
Hendrix

164 cm
28
142 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

160 cm
23
130 lbs
2 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Peezy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Hendrix!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendrix tries a head kick but it misses.
Hendrix throws a sloppy head kick and Peezy moves out of range easily.
Hendrix blocks the body kick.
Hendrix gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hendrix misses with a head kick.

Peezy rushes Hendrix and presses him up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peezy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Peezy.
Hendrix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peezy pushes off an throws an elbow but Hendrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hendrix avoids the elbow strike from Peezy, against the cage.
Peezy pushes off an throws an elbow but Hendrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peezy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peezy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peezy misses with a knee strike.
Peezy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peezy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peezy.
Hendrix stalling in the clinch but Peezy improves position.
Peezy scores with a shoulder strike.
Hendrix is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hendrix tries to break the clinch but Peezy is controlling the position.
Peezy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendrix.
Hendrix tries to circle away but Peezy has him pinned against the cage.
Peezy misses with a knee to the head.
Peezy lands a damaging elbow.
Peezy lands an elbow inside.
Peezy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peezy lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peezy tries a knee to the head but Hendrix blocks it.
Hendrix looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hendrix blocks the elbow strike.
Peezy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Peezy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peezy lands an elbow that stopped Hendrix in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peezy throws an elbow but misses.
Peezy misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hendrix dodges an elbow strike from Peezy.
Peezy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hendrix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peezy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hendrix tries to break free but Peezy pushes him back against the cage.
Hendrix misses with a knee to the head.
Peezy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peezy pushes off an throws an elbow but Hendrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hendrix blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peezy.
Hendrix has had enough of the clinch but Peezy keeps him there for the moment.
Hendrix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peezy lands an elbow inside that Hendrix shrugs off.
Peezy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Peezy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hendrix takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peezy trying to land knees to the body.
Peezy slowing the pace effectively.
Hendrix wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendrix wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peezy looking to throw knees to the head but Hendrix is blocking nicely.
Hendrix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peezy obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A head kick misses from Hendrix.
Hendrix throws a shot to the body.
Hendrix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peezy slips a jab and a cross from Hendrix.
Hendrix throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Hendrix.
Good standup being displayed there by Peezy as he connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Hendrix.
Peezy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Peezy lands.
Hendrix misses with a head kick.

Peezy pushes Hendrix up against the cage in a clinch.
Peezy tries to work over Hendrix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peezy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hendrix working hard to break the clinch.
Peezy misses with a knee strike.
Joe Peezy has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendrix misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice elbow from Peezy.
Peezy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hendrix's efforts to push away.
Peezy throws an elbow that misses.
Peezy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peezy connects with a knee to the head.
Peezy swings wildly with an uppercut but Hendrix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peezy misses with an elbow strike.
Peezy misses with a knee strike.
Hendrix tries a knee to the head but Peezy blocks it.
Peezy with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix dodges an elbow strike from Peezy.
Peezy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hendrix throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hendrix wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peezy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hendrix avoiding damage as Peezy throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Peezy.
Peezy lands an elbow just above Hendrix 's eye.
Peezy tries a knee to the head but Hendrix blocks it.
Peezy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peezy looking to throw knees to the head but Hendrix is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peezy is stalling here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peezy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hendrix's brow.
Peezy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peezy lands a damaging elbow.
Peezy working aggressively here.
Peezy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hendrix blocks it with crossed arms.
Peezy tries a knee to the head but Hendrix blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, Peezy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hendrix avoids a wild elbow strike from Peezy.
Hendrix is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by Peezy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peezy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hendrix is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hendrix blocks a body shot from Peezy.
Hendrix is looking to break free of the clinch but Peezy has double underhooks.
Peezy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hendrix tries to break free but Peezy pushes him back against the cage.
Peezy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hendrix dodges an elbow strike from Peezy.
Peezy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendrix avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Peezy misses with an elbow strike.
Peezy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Peezy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hendrix lands a jab-cross combination.
Peezy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peezy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hendrix misses with a head kick.
Peezy lands with a slapping head kick.
Peezy wants to clinch up but Hendrix keeps it at a distance.
Hendrix lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hendrix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hendrix goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Peezy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hendrix counters with a head kick. That will keep Peezy thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peezy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joe Peezy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hendrix throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peezy slips a jab and a cross from Hendrix.

Peezy gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Peezy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peezy.
Peezy effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peezy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hendrix's brow.
Hendrix blocks an elbow strike.
Peezy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hendrix blocking some punches.
Peezy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peezy prevents Hendrix from breaking the clinch.
Peezy lands an elbow inside.
Peezy lands a knee to the head.
Hendrix is trying to force a seperation but Peezy has the dominant position.
Peezy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peezy misses with an elbow strike.
Mason Hendrix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peezy lands a nice elbow.
Hendrix tries to break the clinch but Peezy is controlling the position.
Peezy dodges an elbow strike from Hendrix.
Peezy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hendrix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peezy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peezy lands an elbow inside that Hendrix shrugs off.
Hendrix blocks the elbow strike.
Peezy tries a knee to the head but Hendrix blocks it.
Hendrix tries to break the clinch but Peezy is controlling the position.
Peezy misses with an elbow strike.
Peezy keeps control of Hendrix as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hendrix blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix avoiding damage as Peezy throws knees to the body.
Peezy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hendrix throws an elbow but it misses.
Peezy looking to throw knees to the head but Hendrix is blocking nicely.
Hendrix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peezy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Peezy.
Hendrix blocks an elbow strike.
Hendrix is trying to break the clinch but Peezy is controlling him.
Hendrix is trying to push Peezy away but Peezy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Peezy is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Peezy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peezy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix avoids the elbow strike from Peezy, against the cage.

Hendrix breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Hendrix.
Peezy wants to clinch up but Hendrix keeps it at a distance.
Joe Peezy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hendrix pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hendrix slips a jab and a cross from Peezy.

Peezy instigates a clinch.
Hendrix tries to circle away but Peezy has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peezy.
Peezy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Peezy.
Hendrix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peezy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hendrix looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peezy misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Peezy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peezy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Peezy!
Joe Peezy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.