PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between alQaeda alQaeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). alQaeda's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mohammed's theme tune. Floyd Pepper is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

alQaeda
vs
Pepper

178 cm
22
161 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
169 lbs
7 - 9 - 2

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, alQaeda alQaeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Floyd Pepper!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
alQaeda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pepper counters with a series of strikes. alQaeda will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pepper blocks a jab.
Pepper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from alQaeda.
alQaeda throws a looping overhand right but Pepper ducks down to avoid it.
Pepper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pepper misses with a series of wild punches.
alQaeda misses with an uppercut. Pepper saw that one coming.
alQaeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pepper counters with a two punch combo.
alQaeda throws a lazy uppercut

and Pepper counters with a single leg into guard. alQaeda didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pepper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pepper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as alQaeda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
alQaeda utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pepper won't allow alQaeda to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper throws a big right hand that misses.
Pepper passes alQaeda's left leg - he's now in half guard.
alQaeda is trying to stand up here but Pepper is controlling him well.
alQaeda's coaches at GTI have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
alQaeda trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Pepper throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
alQaeda avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pepper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pepper throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pepper connects with a looping right hand.
alQaeda alQaeda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pepper is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pepper slips a jab and a cross from alQaeda.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by alQaeda.
Pepper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
alQaeda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pepper moves out of range of the strikes.
Pepper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
alQaeda lands a body shot.
Pepper ducks under a wild hook from alQaeda.
alQaeda misses with a hook. Pepper ducked under it nicely.
Pepper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pepper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from alQaeda.
alQaeda misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
alQaeda alQaeda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
alQaeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pepper counters with a nice uppercut.
Pepper throws a head kick that alQaeda semi-blocks.
alQaeda misses with a right hand
and Pepper counters with a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Pepper.
alQaeda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pepper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as alQaeda throws out the jab.
A lazy body kick from alQaeda

so Pepper counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

alQaeda uses the cage to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from alQaeda.
alQaeda looks to throw the jab but Pepper is out of range.
Pepper moves away from the strike by alQaeda.
Pepper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper moves out of range as alQaeda strikes.
Pepper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
alQaeda slips a jab and a cross from Pepper.
alQaeda swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pepper misses with the combination.
alQaeda moves out of range as Pepper throws a body kick.
alQaeda throws a hook to the side of Pepper's head but Pepper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donk. alQaeda catches Pepper right on the button with a cross.
Pepper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pepper staying out of range there.
Pepper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
alQaeda throws a lazy uppercut
and Pepper counters with a low kick, right behind alQaeda 's knee.
Pepper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pepper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Pepper dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pepper connects with the punch.
Floyd Pepper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch up but alQaeda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
alQaeda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pepper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
alQaeda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pepper.
Pepper is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
alQaeda missing with a left hand there. Pepper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
alQaeda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pepper counters with a three punch combo that has alQaeda backing up. alQaeda nods at Pepper to acknowledge the strikes.

It looks like alQaeda alQaeda has been cut.
alQaeda looks to land a left hand but Pepper moved out of range nicely.
alQaeda throws a body punch but Pepper moves out of range.
alQaeda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
alQaeda tries to bum rush Pepper with a series of wild strikes but Pepper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from alQaeda.
alQaeda tries to bum rush Pepper with a series of wild strikes but Pepper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
alQaeda throws a lazy right hand but Pepper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from alQaeda misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from alQaeda misses.
alQaeda misses with an uppercut. Pepper saw that one coming.
alQaeda jabs Pepper to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pepper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
alQaeda 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.
alQaeda with a nice cross.
alQaeda throws a hook but Pepper avoids it easily.
Pepper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by alQaeda.
alQaeda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
alQaeda throws a lazy uppercut
and Pepper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pepper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from alQaeda.
alQaeda misses the jab.
alQaeda throws a hook but Pepper avoids it easily.
Floyd Pepper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
alQaeda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
alQaeda misses with a right hand
and Pepper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
alQaeda misses with a hook.
alQaeda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
alQaeda slips a jab and a cross from Pepper.
A head kick misses from Pepper.
Pepper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like alQaeda wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pepper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as alQaeda throws out the jab.
alQaeda misses with a straight left.
Pepper is looking for the big counter here.
alQaeda is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
alQaeda misses the jab.
As alQaeda backs off Pepper throws a huge counter combo but alQaeda manages to avoid it all.
alQaeda throws a right hand that Pepper ducks under and follows up with a left that Pepper also avoids with ease.
Pepper throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from alQaeda misses the target.
Pepper slips under a jab from alQaeda.
As alQaeda backs off Pepper throws a huge counter combo but alQaeda manages to avoid it all.
Pepper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
alQaeda misses with a jab to the body
and Pepper counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big right from alQaeda misses.
As alQaeda backs off Pepper throws a huge counter combo but alQaeda manages to avoid it all.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch but alQaeda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
alQaeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pepper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
alQaeda misses with a hook. Pepper ducked under it nicely.
alQaeda misses with an uppercut. Pepper saw that one coming.
alQaeda slips a jab and a cross from Pepper.
alQaeda misses with a low kick.
Pepper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
alQaeda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peppers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
alQaeda throws a looping overhand right but Pepper ducks down to avoid it.
alQaeda misses with a straight right.
alQaeda misses with a right hand
and Pepper counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
alQaeda takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pepper tries a head kick but it misses.
alQaeda throwing a counter right hand but Pepper manages to avoid it.
alQaeda throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
alQaeda throws a poor cross that misses

and Pepper counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pepper throwing shots but alQaeda is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pepper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Pepper missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
alQaeda wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that alQaeda alQaeda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on alQaeda alQaeda'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. This is the final round!

alQaeda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pepper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pepper throws a right and a left that both miss.
alQaeda misses the jab.
alQaeda throws a hook but Pepper avoids it easily.
alQaeda misses with a looping right.
Pepper lands a two punch combo.
Pepper tries to clinch but alQaeda moves out of range.
alQaeda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
alQaeda looks to throw the jab but Pepper is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
alQaeda lands a jab to the nose.
alQaeda misses with a hook
and Pepper counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from alQaeda misses.
alQaeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

so Pepper counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pepper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pepper throws a strike but alQaeda rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Both fighters are breathing heavily.
alQaeda wants to stand but Pepper has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Pepper is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
alQaeda trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pepper's guard.
alQaeda has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
alQaeda tries to score with a low kick but Pepper moves his leg out of the way.
alQaeda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pepper.
alQaeda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pepper checks it well.
Pepper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to alQaeda's calf.
Pepper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Despite the aggression on Pepper's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
alQaeda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pepper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
alQaeda throws a jab but it's blocked by Pepper.
Pepper looks to land a combination. alQaeda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
alQaeda throws a jab when Pepper was well out of range.
alQaeda sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
alQaeda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
alQaeda missing with a left hand there. Pepper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As alQaeda backs off Pepper throws a huge counter combo but alQaeda manages to avoid it all.
Pepper goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pepper moves out of range as alQaeda strikes.
Pepper unleashes a big counter combination but alQaeda bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
alQaeda shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pepper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice uppercut there from alQaeda.
alQaeda throws a jab but it's blocked by Pepper.
Pepper throws a head kick but alQaeda moves out of range.
alQaeda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pepper defending well as alQaeda loads up on a big left hand.
Despite the aggression on Pepper's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pepper throws a right and a left that alQaeda avoids nicely.
alQaeda misses the shot to the body.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by alQaeda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper shoots in looking for a takedown. alQaeda tries to sprawl out of it but Pepper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. alQaeda manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pepper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pepper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from alQaeda on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
alQaeda leaves Pepper with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
alQaeda misses with a looping left.
Pepper is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
alQaeda takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
alQaeda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Floyd Pepper.
Well Pepper has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Pepper!
Our winner, Floyd Pepper, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
alQaeda alQaeda was interviewed post fight and said 'I may have lost this fight... But... Ensh-Allah.... Muslims will win the war.... You kuffar bastards are as good as dead, fucking dead.... Islam will reign supreme, will fuck all your women and rape those who don't come willingly.... Even if they are children. All non-Muslim men will be ass-raped a'.