PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Pegeant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lawler's choice of entrance music: Tom Petty- I Wont Back Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pegeant
vs
Lawler

191 cm
28
170 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

182 cm
26
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Pegeant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawler feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pegeants jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lawler loads up on a big right hand but Pegeant slips the punch.
Lawler looks to score with a jab to the body but Pegeant is just out of range.
Pegeant has a takedown stuffed.

Pegeant tries to keep at a distance but Lawler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pegeant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lawler gets underhooks to prevent Pegeant's takedown attempt.
Lawler landing knees to the body.
Pegeant tries to score a body lock takedown but Lawler shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Pegeant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pegeant keeps control of Lawler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pegeant is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Lawler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegeant walks into a straight right hand from Lawler.
Pegeant shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lawler counters with a left to the body.
Pegeant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawler sprawls well. Lawler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pegeant gets slowly back to his feet.
Pegeant gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lawler.
Lawler avoids the head kick by Pegeant.
Ricky Lawler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lawler instigates a clinch.
Lawler struggles to land a body shot inside as Pegeant controls his hands.
Lawler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pegeant wants to take the fight to the mat but Lawler manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler lands a body punch.

Lawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lawler fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawler lands a lovely overhand right.
Pegeant misses with a head kick.
Pegeant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pegeant slips under a jab from Lawler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler throws a series of strikes that have Pegeant backpedaling.
Lawler lands with a nice combination. Pegeant backs away looking to recover.
Lawler closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lawler stuffs the takedown.
Lawler checks a leg kick nicely.
Lawler misses with a looping left.
Pegeant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawler sprawls well. Lawler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pegeant gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Pegeant.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've been informed that Lawler has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lawler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lawler throws a right and a left that Pegeant avoids nicely.
Pegeant will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lawler wants to clinch up but Pegeant keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Pegeant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lawler is looking to clinch.
Lawler throws a low kick, looking for Pegeant's leg but Pegeant calmly moves out of range.
Lawler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawler slaps away a takedown attempt from Pegeant, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lawler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler is looking to clinch but Pegeant is avoiding it.
Pegeant dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
Pegeant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lawler lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lawler checks the leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Pegeant.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawler lands a body shot.
Pegeant avoids the head kick by Lawler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Lawler dominated that round.
That's time! Pegeant's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lawler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Pegeant.
No luck for Pegeant with that takedown attempt.
Lawler slips a jab and a cross from Pegeant.
Ricky Lawler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pegeant.

Lawler moves into the clinch successfully.
Lawler gets underhooks to prevent Pegeant's takedown attempt.
Lawler misses with a punch on the inside.
Lawler gets through Pegeant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Lawler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lawler stuffs the takedown attempt from Pegeant. Pegeant gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Pegeant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawler lands with a nice combination. Pegeant backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler misses with a few strikes there.
Pegeant tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lawler sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pegeant somewhat.
Lawler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pegeant.
Dennis Pegeant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lawler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lawler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lawler swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lawler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lawler wants to clinch.
Pegeant swinging wildly here.
Pegeant looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses.
Lawler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Pegeant. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pegeant dives in for a single leg takedown but Lawler sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Pegeant is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lawler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pegeant.
Lawler gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pegeant.
Pegeant is looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler misses with a punch to the body.
Pegeant avoids the elbow strike from Lawler, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Lawler.
Lawler gets underhooks to prevent Pegeant's takedown attempt.

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

Lawler tries to sprawl but Pegeant drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pegeant tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lawler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pegeant is thwarting Lawler's attempts to control the position.
Pegeant passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lawler!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lawler is just holding on here. Pegeant manages to take his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
What can Lawler do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lawler looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ricky Lawler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Lawler misses with an uppercut. Pegeant saw that one coming.
Lawler throws the left hand but Pegeant avoids the punch easily.
Lawler misses with a series of wild punches.
Pegeant fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pegeant tries for a takedown but Lawler sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pegeant dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
Pegeant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pegeant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lawler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pegeant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lawler circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Pegeant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegeant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawler sprawls well. Lawler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pegeant gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawler throws a right and a left that Pegeant avoids nicely.
A combination from Lawler does no damage.
Lawler dips to his left and cracks Pegeant with an uppercut!
Pegeant shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lawler but Lawler pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lawler moves in looking to clinch but Pegeant pushes him off.
Lawler cracks the inside of Pegeant's front leg.
Lawler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pegeant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawler doesn't manage to clinch there - Pegeant circles away.

Pegeant takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler can't find room to land a body shot as Pegeant controls the action.

Pegeant breaks the clinch.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Pegeant sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lawler takes a swing at Pegeant's ribcage but misses.
Pegeant walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lawler motions for Pegeant to come forward. Lawler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Lawler drives through and clinches with Pegeant against the cage.
Come on Pegeant - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pegeant drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lawler pulls his leg out and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawler pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pegeant.
Pegeant walks into a jab.
Pegeant avoids the body shot from Lawler.
Pegeant shoots in looking for a takedown but Lawler manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pegeant's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pegeant lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lawler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lawler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pegeant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lawler.
Pegeant takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pegeant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lawler jabs at Pegeant's body.
Lawler lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegeant fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lawler avoids it really well and circles away.
Lawler jabs at Pegeant's body.
Pegeant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lawler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lawler stuns Pegeant with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lawler throws a nice looking combination but Pegeant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ricky Lawler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lawler digs a good body shot into Pegeant's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawler clobbers Pegeant with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lawler is looking to clinch but Pegeant is avoiding it.
Dennis Pegeant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Lawler drives through and clinches with Pegeant against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Lawler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lawler winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Lawler!
Ricky Lawler seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.