PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Iniesta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Pegg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iniesta's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - No Love ft. Lil Wayne. Simon Pegg is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Iniesta
vs
Pegg

185 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

214 cm
29
271 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andres Iniesta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Pegg!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pegg closes the distance and clinches.
Pegg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pegg tries to circle away but Iniesta has him pinned against the cage.
Pegg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Iniesta looking to stall.

Pegg manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pegg moves into the clinch successfully.
Iniesta looking to stall.
Pegg working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegg tries to circle away but Iniesta has him pinned against the cage.
Pegg tries to circle away but Iniesta has him pinned against the cage.
Iniesta is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pegg is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andres Iniesta.

Pegg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Pegg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Iniesta fails to land the takedown.
Pegg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Iniesta. Iniesta obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iniesta throws a low kick, looking for Pegg's leg but Pegg calmly moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Pegg. No joy for Iniesta on that attempt.

Pegg moves into range and clinches up with Iniesta.
Iniesta wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Pegg dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pegg closes the distance and pushes Iniesta back into the cage.
Iniesta keeps control of Pegg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iniesta stalling the fight.
Pegg wants to break the clinch but can't.

Pegg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iniesta shoots in but no luck this time.
Simon Pegg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iniesta shoots in for a double leg but Pegg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Pegg forces Iniesta back against the cage and clinches.
Iniesta is trying to maintain a safe position but Pegg gets an underhook and turns Iniesta into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iniesta 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.
Pegg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Iniesta has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iniesta prevents Pegg from breaking the clinch.
Pegg wants to get back to striking at distance but Iniesta won't allow it.
Iniesta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andres Iniesta.

Pegg pushes Iniesta up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Iniesta is looking to control Pegg's arms but Pegg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Iniesta has his back to the cage.
Iniesta has Pegg pushed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Iniesta looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Simon Pegg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Iniesta gets tackled into the cage by Pegg. Pegg maintains the clinch.
Pegg wants to get back to striking at distance but Iniesta won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pegg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Iniesta wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegg wants to break the clinch but can't.

Pegg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Iniesta shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pegg as he avoids it easily.
Andres Iniesta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Pegg moves into the clinch.
Pegg can't break the clinch.
Iniesta is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pegg is keeping busy.

Pegg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pegg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pegg breaks from the clinch.

Pegg has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pegg breaks the clinch.

Pegg rushes Iniesta and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iniesta is trying to maintain a safe position but Pegg gets an underhook and turns Iniesta into the cage.
Pegg managing to block the knees to the body from Iniesta.
Iniesta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pegg.
Iniesta looking to stall.
Pegg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Pegg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pegg has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Pegg!