PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Barone
vs
Peters

205 cm
28
217 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

188 cm
29
199 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Dragon

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruno Barone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Peters!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peters misses with a few strikes there.
Peters looks to land a combination but Barone avoids it well.
Peters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barone.
Peters throws a series of punches but Barone moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Peters.
Peters misses with a series of wild punches.
Peters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peters dodges the punch combination from Barone.
Good standup being displayed there by Peters as he connects with a hook.
Peters misses with a two punch combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Barone blocks the leg kick.
Peters throws a one two combo.

It looks like Bruno Barone has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Peters tries to keep at a distance but Barone has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters can't get the takedown.
Peters tries to break the clinch but Barone is controlling the position.
Peters looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barone lands a knee to the head.
Peters takes an elbow to the forehead.

Peters manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Peters misses.
Barone tries to clinch up but Peters circles away and keeps his distance.
A combination from Peters does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Peters.
Peters throws a leg kick that is checked
and Barone counters with a low kick, right behind Peters 's knee.
Peters throws a series of punches but Barone avoids them all with ease.
Peters misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peters throws a solid leg kick but Barone takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Peters.
Peters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barone counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Peters misses with the combination.
Barone tries to clinch but Peters moves away
and Peters counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barone moves to clinch but Peters breaks away
and Peters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Peters misses.
Peters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barone counters with a body kick.
Peters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barone was well out of range. Poor timing from Peters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peters looks to land a left hand but Barone moved out of range nicely.
Barone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peters.
Peters throws a series of punches but Barone moves out of range.
Barone dodges the punch combination from Peters.
Peters looks to land a combination but Barone avoids it well.
Peters throws a low kick but Barone moves out of range easily.
Barone throws a sloppy head kick and Peters moves out of range easily.
Barone slips a jab and a cross from Peters.
Peters rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters throws an off balance right hand
and Barone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Peters is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Peters throws a leg kick
letting Barone counter with a right hand.
Barone tries to clinch up.
Barone slips a jab and a cross from Peters.
Peters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barone moves in looking to clinch but Peters pushes him off.
Peters fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Peters chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Peters is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Some wild striking there from Peters.
Barone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Peters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Barone's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Peters misses with a double jab
and Barone counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Peters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
David Peters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barone has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barone tries to clinch up.
Peters tries a head kick but it misses.
Peters has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Peters. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Sloppy strikes from Peters. Those never looked like landing.
Peters pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barone back to the cage. Peters follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Peters does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters swinging wildly here.
Peters throws a leg kick
and Barone counters with a three punch combo that has Peters backing up. Peters nods at Barone to acknowledge the strikes.
Peters lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Peters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Peters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barone circles away quickly and effectively.
Peters is breathing heavily.
Barone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peters.
Peters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Barone takes the fight into the clinch.
Barone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peters has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peters is trying to force a seperation but Barone has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone has Peters pressed against the cage, preventing Peters from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Peters avoids a wild elbow strike from Barone.
Barone misses with an elbow over the top.
Barone lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Peters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barone tries to close the distance and clinch but Peters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peters throws a combination that misses
and Barone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Peters is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peters fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barone checks it well.
David Peters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peters throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barone counters with a one-two to the body.
Peters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barone checks a low kick from Peters.
Peters misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barone slips a jab and a cross from Peters.
Peters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Peters blocks a head kick by Barone.
Peters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barone circles away quickly and effectively.
Peters takes a kick to the side of the head.
Peters throws a head kick that misses
and Barone counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Peters is rocked!
Peters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barone counters with a stiff right hand.
Peters is still on wobbly legs! Can Barone finish him?
Barone wants to clinch.
Peters throws a half hearted mid kick.

Peters tries to keep at a distance but Barone has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barone lands a big right hand that drops Peters! The killer instinct kicks in and Barone finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Barone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Barone!
A victorious Bruno Barone thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.