PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feodore Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Peters looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Peters
vs
Sabre

190 cm
35
255 lbs
11 - 19 - 0

195 cm
38
253 lbs
32 - 22 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Feodore Sabre!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sabre.
Sabre working the ground and pound.
Sabre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Peters parries the strikes from Sabre easily there. Sabre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Peters to escape.
Peters manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Sabre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sabre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Peters defending well though.
Peters taking some punishment here, with Sabre in his half guard.
Sabre not doing much here.
Let's hope that Sabre has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre working Peters over with strikes.
Sabre drops an elbow to the side of Peters's head.
Sabre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sabre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sabre drops an elbow to the side of Peters's head.
Sabre slips a nice elbow through Peters's hands, connecting with Peters's forehead.
Sabre winds up and cracks Peters with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sabre is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sabre is looking to advance position but Peters won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sabre.
Sabre working the head and body with strikes.
Sabre perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Sabre is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Peters defends it well.
Sabre slips a nice elbow through Peters's hands, connecting with Peters's forehead.
Peters is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sabre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Peters throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Peters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sabre working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sabre perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Peters moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Peters is breathing heavily.
Peters being controlled here, momentarily.
Sabre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Peters's head.
Peters keeping full guard, as Sabre tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sabre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sabre works over Peters with some ground and pound from guard.
Sabre postures up and lands a big shot to Peters's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peters can't keep his opponent in guard - Sabre advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sabre slips a nice elbow through Peters's hands, connecting with Peters's forehead.
Sabre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sabre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feodore Sabre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sabre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Peters takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sabre throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sabre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Peters manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peters wants to control but Sabre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Peters is not content to let Sabre control the position.
Sabre frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sabre looking to finish Peters with some ground and pound. This is bad for Peters!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters tries to lock up and control but Sabre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Peters is bucking up trying to escape but Sabre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sabre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Peters can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Peters is rocked!
Sabre postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Peters in real trouble here! The ref calls for Peters to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Feodore Sabre!