PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter South (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). South comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Satisfaction kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Preuss
vs
South

183 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
211 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Aaron Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Peter South!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss digs a good hook to South's body.
South throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
South ducks under a wild hook from Preuss.
Preuss throws a quick inside leg kick.
South on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Preuss.
South throws a body punch but Preuss moves out of range.
Preuss swings for the body but South moves out of range.
Preuss lands a nice leg kick that just misses South's sensitive parts.
South slips a jab from Preuss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Preuss. South shrugs it off though.
South fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
South throws a hook but Preuss avoids it easily.
Preuss scores with a nice body kick.
Preuss scores with a leg kick.
Preuss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by South.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Preuss - that will leave a mark!
Preuss avoids the body shot from South.
Preuss throws the kick towards the body but South avoids it.
South shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Preuss pinned against the cage. Preuss gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
South throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
South moves out of range as Preuss throws a body kick.
Preuss swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
South works Preuss's body with a nice hook.
Preuss takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Preuss scores with a jab to the body.
Preuss lands with a nice body kick.
South misses the shot to the body.
South uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Preuss.
Preuss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on South if he has to take too many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
South misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
South misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Preuss counters with a good low kick that South was not able to check.
Preuss misses with an attempted mid kick.
South throws out a loose jab but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.
South on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice cross by South.
Preuss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by South.
South throws a right hand that Preuss ducks under and follows up with a left that Preuss also avoids with ease.
South fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Preuss manages to avoid it.
Preuss lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss feints and then cracks South's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow South down.
South throws a leg kick
enabling Preuss to counter with a crisp jab.

South closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Preuss did well to prevent South getting side control.
South not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
South not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
South working the head and body with strikes.
South throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Preuss on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
South wants to pass the guard but Preuss is defending well.
South thows a huge punch but Preuss dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter South dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Preuss misses with a body kick.
South takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Preuss misses with a body kick.
South misses with a body shot.
South shoots in but no luck this time.
South tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Preuss was well out of range. Poor timing from South.
South misses with a body shot.
South swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aaron Preuss is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice jab there from Preuss.
South shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Preuss but Preuss pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
South misses with a body shot.
No joy there for South, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Preuss checks a leg kick.
South's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Preuss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Preuss could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Preuss looks for the body kick but South saw that one coming.
South fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Preuss manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from South.
Preuss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on South if he has to take too many more of those.
South misses the shot to the body.
Aaron Preuss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preuss scores with a spinning back kick!
South is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Preuss rather than just go for the knockout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Preuss.
South has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Preuss.
South swings for the body but Preuss moves out of range.
South uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Preuss.
Preuss lands a leg kick that knocks South off balance momentarily.
Preuss throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Preuss chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Preuss connects with an inside leg kick.
South throws a predictable looking body shot
and Preuss counters with a good, hard body kick but South shrugs it off.
South lands with an uppercut that bounces Preuss off the cage and back into range.
Aaron Preuss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss lands with a thumping leg kick.
South misses with a body shot.
Preuss moves into range and connects with a jab.
Preuss moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Preuss.
South misses with a shot to the body
and Preuss counters with a good, hard body kick but South shrugs it off.
Preuss lands with a thumping leg kick.
South avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Preuss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on South if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss connects with a leg kick. South looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Preuss lands a head kick. South smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Preuss throws a nice outside leg kick.
South just misses with a punch to the body.

South shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
South throws a strike but Preuss rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if South can do anything to dispel that myth.
South is controlling Preuss's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Preuss dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Preuss moves away from the strike by South.
Preuss feints and then cracks South's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow South down.
Preuss's corner calls for a 1-2. Preuss obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
South ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Preuss moves away.
Preuss avoids a punch combination nicely.
South takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Preuss scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crunch! Preuss slams his shin into South's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
South swings and misses with a hook to the body.
South moves out of range of the body kick.

South shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Preuss is trying to defend but South finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. South lands a nice short elbow.
Preuss is trying to control but can't.
South throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Preuss is trying to stand.
Preuss trying to control here.
Preuss is trying to defend against the ground and pound but South scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
South working Preuss over with strikes.
South looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
South throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Preuss wants to get back to his feet.
South thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
South trying to control the action but Preuss is working from the bottom.
South is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
South is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss avoiding damage under a succession of punches from South.
South drops an elbow to the side of Preuss's head.
Preuss on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Preuss is rocked!
Nice strikes from South there.
Oh Preuss is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
South controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Preuss is out! South gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Peter South!
A victorious Peter South thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.