PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bearer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Bearer has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Peterson
vs
Bearer

178 cm
19
174 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Top Dogs

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bearer!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Peterson cracks Bearer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Peterson thuds a left hand into Bearer's body.
Peterson throws a shot from downtown. Bearer moves away and avoids it.

Bearer gets a clinch.
Bearer landing knees to the head.

It looks like Marco Peterson has been cut.
Bearer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Peterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bearer landing knees to the head.

Bearer breaks the clinch.
Bearer cracks a nice hook into Peterson's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Peterson connects with a body shot.
Peterson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bearer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bearer gets the takedown into side control.
Bearer is putting a hurting on Peterson here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson wants to control but Bearer postures up.
Bearer taking a breather here.
Bearer misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bearer wants to control but Peterson is keeping him busy.
Bearer landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Peterson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bearer is staying tight to Peterson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bearer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearer working away.
Bearer scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bearer controls the position.
Bearer misses with the ground and pound.

Bearer is trying to get an arm triangle but Peterson is defending well.
Peterson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Bearer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Peterson struggling a bit here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bearer scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Peterson to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bearer advances nicely into full mount.
Bearer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Marco Peterson's cut is getting worse.
Bearer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peterson hang on?
Bearer lands a couple of good shots and Peterson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Marco Peterson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marco Peterson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Bearer!