PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Colt McLaren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McLaren
vs
Peterson

170 cm
19
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

171 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colt McLaren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nikolai Peterson !
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLaren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peterson as he avoids it easily.
Peterson cracks McLaren with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McLaren misses with a straight left.
Peterson throws a series of punches but McLaren moves out of range.
McLaren connects with a body shot.
McLaren throws a body punch but Peterson moves out of range.
McLaren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peterson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Peterson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McLaren.
McLaren tries for a takedown but Peterson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Peterson connects with a good right hand that stumbles McLaren. McLaren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McLaren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLaren throws a series of punches but Peterson moves out of range.
Peterson misses with a straight left.
Peterson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice jab there from Peterson .

McLaren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
McLaren is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Peterson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McLaren pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peterson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McLaren scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from McLaren there.
McLaren working the head and body with strikes.

Peterson actively working from the bottom here.
McLaren sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McLaren lands a nice short elbow.
Peterson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McLaren tries to free his leg and advance position but Peterson is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Peterson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McLaren wants to control from the top but Peterson keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLaren postures up and lands a big shot to Peterson 's brow.

Peterson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. McLaren stacks Peterson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by McLaren!
McLaren working the body and head with strikes.
McLaren taking a breather here.
Peterson sneaks back into half guard.
Peterson wants to improve his position but McLaren is controlling well.
McLaren slips a nice elbow through Peterson 's hands, connecting with Peterson 's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaren working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Peterson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McLaren pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from McLaren.

McLaren seems to be looking for submissions.
McLaren is looking to take a break and control but Peterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McLaren lands strikes from half guard.
Peterson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McLaren wants to take a breather but Peterson is having none of it.

McLaren looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
McLaren is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson has hold of McLaren's hands but McLaren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Peterson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

McLaren wants to work for an arm triangle but Peterson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

McLaren is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McLaren content to control rather than advance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Peterson actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt McLaren dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Peterson slips a straight right by McLaren.
McLaren throws a big shot that misses.
McLaren scores with a body shot.
Nikolai Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLaren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peterson slaps away a takedown attempt from McLaren, before circling back to the center of the mat.
McLaren wants to clinch up but Peterson keeps it at a distance.
Peterson throws a lazy right hand but McLaren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McLaren has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peterson misses with a looping left.
Peterson throws a right hand that McLaren ducks under and follows up with a left that McLaren also avoids with ease.
Peterson throws a hook but McLaren avoids it easily.
Peterson walks into a straight right hand from McLaren.
Peterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLaren throws a body punch but Peterson moves out of range.
McLaren doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Peterson looks to land a combination but McLaren avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLaren's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Peterson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McLaren scrambles back to his feet.

McLaren shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than McLaren was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Peterson tries to reverse the position but McLaren maintains control.
Peterson taking shots to the head.
McLaren lands with some strikes.
McLaren pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Peterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McLaren tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Peterson is working to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLaren is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peterson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McLaren content just to control the position here.
McLaren working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is trying desperately to improve position.
McLaren landing strikes from the mount and Peterson is in trouble!
Peterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
McLaren with the ground and pound from mount.
Peterson gets back to half guard.
Peterson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McLaren throwing shots but Peterson is blocking nicely.
Peterson wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaren drops an elbow to the side of Peterson 's head.
Peterson works his way to full guard. Good work.
McLaren is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Peterson keeping moving, preventing McLaren from controlling successfully.
Peterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Peterson looking for a guillotine here but McLaren defends easily.
McLaren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McLaren is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLaren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Peterson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
McLaren slips nicely into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

McLaren is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ground and pound from McLaren.
McLaren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLaren lands strikes from half guard.
Peterson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McLaren is looking to take a break and control but Peterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt McLaren dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McLaren tries to clinch there but Peterson circles away.
Peterson moves away from the strike by McLaren.
Peterson throws a hook but McLaren avoids it easily.
McLaren misses with a left hand
letting Peterson counter with a right hand.
Peterson lands with an overhand left.
Peterson takes one on the button.
Peterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McLaren slips under a jab from Peterson .
McLaren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peterson .
Peterson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nikolai Peterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McLaren misses with a looping right.
McLaren doesn't manage to clinch there - Peterson circles away.
McLaren misses with a body shot.
McLaren avoids the body shot from Peterson .

McLaren feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McLaren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peterson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Peterson working for a triangle but McLaren defends it easily.
McLaren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peterson is keeping the position for now.
McLaren works over Peterson with some ground and pound from guard.
Peterson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McLaren.
McLaren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McLaren trying to control but Peterson is working from the bottom.

Peterson working for a triangle but McLaren defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLaren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peterson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peterson keeping moving, preventing McLaren from controlling successfully.

Peterson working for a triangle but McLaren defends it easily.
McLaren is working Peterson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Colt McLaren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McLaren content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

McLaren thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McLaren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaren trying to control the position from guard on top but Peterson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Peterson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nikolai Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colt McLaren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McLaren trying to control the position from guard on top but Peterson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McLaren throwing strikes from guard but Peterson blocks nicely.
McLaren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
McLaren won't allow Peterson to sweep him here.
McLaren has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McLaren pushes down on Peterson 's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Peterson trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is staying active underneath McLaren, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Peterson trying to control from the bottom.
McLaren wants to pass to mount but Peterson is defending the position.
Peterson wants to get back to full guard.
McLaren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Peterson tries to get to full guard but McLaren has control of the leg.

Peterson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McLaren pulls his head out easily.
Peterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with McLaren in particular looking to stall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McLaren landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McLaren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Peterson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colt McLaren showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McLaren, 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colt McLaren!
A victorious Colt McLaren thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.