PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Boru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boru has chosen rocky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Peterson
vs
Boru

202 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
260 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, The Boru!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson scores with a one two! Boru had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Boru has eaten all the pies!
Peterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Peterson cracks Boru with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Peterson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Boru manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Peterson on his heels. He'll look to pass Peterson's guard now, I'm sure.
Boru landing some decent shots from guard.
Boru with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boru stops Peterson from standing up.
Boru wants to pass the guard but Peterson is keeping the position.
Boru lands a couple of elbows.
Peterson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boru wants to control from the top but Peterson keeps moving.
Boru trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boru cracks Peterson with a solid left hand.
Peterson wants to get back to his feet but Boru is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Peterson is breathing heavily.
Boru chips away with some ground and pound.
Peterson wants to get back to his feet but Boru is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Boru engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Peterson is looking to stand up but Boru isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boru postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boru connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boru landing some decent shots from guard.
Boru pushes down on Peterson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Peterson is trying to stand back up but Boru is controlling him
Boru has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boru controlling from the full mount.
Peterson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Boru takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boru scoring with strikes but Peterson is staying in there.
Peterson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Boru controlling the position easily from mount.
Boru with the ground and pound from mount.
Boru trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peterson is trying to stand.
Boru is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Boru tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Boru cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boru lands a big shot there that rocks Peterson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Peterson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Boru scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Boru looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boru has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Peterson's face.
Boru lands a big shot there that rocks Peterson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Peterson is in a horrible position here. Boru smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Boru has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Peterson's face.
Boru controlling his opponent.
Boru won't let Peterson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Boru looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Boru working for a guillotine from mount but Peterson is in no mood to give up.
Peterson is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Peterson taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Peterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Boru is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peterson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Boru lands a big shot there that rocks Peterson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boru landing strikes from the mount.
Peterson is bucking up trying to escape but Boru cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Boru working the ground and pound effectively.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Peterson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Boru with a couple of short strikes.
Boru lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Boru punishing his opponent with strikes.

Peterson is rocked!
Boru looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Peterson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Peterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Boru with shots to the head and body - Peterson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Peterson is bucking up trying to escape but Boru cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Boru lands a big elbow.
Peterson is trying to stand up.
A big strike lands for Boru! That's really hurt Peterson and he's turned his back - Boru keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Boru jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Boru!
In his post fight interview, The Boru started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.