PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Syd Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Sensintaffar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Syd Pepper has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pepper
vs
Sensintaffar

165 cm
20
171 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Syd Pepper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Sensintaffar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sensintaffar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sensintaffar lands a nice knee to the body.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.
Pepper missing with knees to the body.
Sensintaffar is looking to break free of the clinch but Pepper has double underhooks.
Sensintaffar trying to control the position but instead, Pepper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sensintaffar into the cage.
Sensintaffar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sensintaffar lands a knee to the body.
Sensintaffar prevents a body shot from Pepper.
Pepper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pepper is trying to stall.
The referee calls for Pepper to work.
Pepper missing with knees to the body.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.

Sensintaffar manages to break the clinch.
Pepper throws a nice looking combination but Sensintaffar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pepper tries to clinch up

and Sensintaffar counters with a shoot takedown. Pepper fights it but they end up in guard.

Pepper has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sensintaffar off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Pepper darts in trying to clinch

and Sensintaffar counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pepper's guard now.
Pepper is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensintaffar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pepper manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Pepper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sensintaffar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pepper is fending him off so far but Sensintaffar persists. Nope, Pepper circles away and we're back to standing.
Sensintaffar checks a leg kick.

Sensintaffar clinches with his opponent.
Sensintaffar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.
Pepper could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pepper avoiding damage as Sensintaffar throws knees to the body.

Sensintaffar breaks from the clinch.
Pepper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sensintaffar. Sensintaffar obviously looking to wear him down.
Sensintaffar works over Pepper's head and body with a nice combination.
Pepper takes one on the button.
Sensintaffar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sensintaffar counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Sensintaffar as he connects with a hook.

Sensintaffar moves into the clinch.

Sensintaffar breaks from the clinch.
Pepper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Pepper as Sensintaffar shoots in.
Syd Pepper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sensintaffar.

Sensintaffar rushes Pepper and presses him up against the cage.
Sensintaffar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sensintaffar tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.
Sensintaffar tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.

Sensintaffar manages to break the clinch.
Sensintaffar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sensintaffar tries to clinch there but Pepper circles away.
Pepper tries to clinch but Sensintaffar moves out of range.
Pepper misses with a takedown
and Sensintaffar counters with a series of strikes. Pepper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sensintaffar lands with a slapping head kick.
Pepper darts in trying to clinch

and Sensintaffar counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sensintaffar or not.
Pepper misses with a body punch.
Pepper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensintaffar.

Sensintaffar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sensintaffar gets the takedown into side control.

Pepper explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Pepper throws out a loose jab but Sensintaffar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sensintaffar shoots in looking for a takedown. Pepper tries to sprawl out of it but Sensintaffar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pepper manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Pepper instigates a clinch.
Sensintaffar tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.
Sensintaffar avoiding damage as Pepper throws knees to the body.
Pepper presses Sensintaffar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Sensintaffar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sensintaffar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pepper clinches but Sensintaffar breaks the clinch
and Sensintaffar counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper tries to clinch up
and Sensintaffar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sensintaffar shoots in for a takedown but Pepper shows good takedown defense.
Pepper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sensintaffar shoots for a takedown but Pepper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pepper clinches but Sensintaffar breaks the clinch

and Sensintaffar moves into the clinch.
Sensintaffar throws a knee to the head but misses.

Sensintaffar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pepper.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pepper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sensintaffar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pepper is looking to clinch.
Sensintaffar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Sensintaffar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pepper throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sensintaffar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sensintaffar lands with a nice combination. Pepper backs away looking to recover.

Pepper changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sensintaffar looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sensintaffar is trying to buck Pepper off.

Pepper has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pepper falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sensintaffar counters by clinching up.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.
Sensintaffar pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sensintaffar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pepper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensintaffar.
Sensintaffar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sensintaffar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sensintaffar keeps the fight on the outside.
Sensintaffar throws a nice looking combination but Pepper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sensintaffar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pepper tries to keep at a distance but Sensintaffar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pepper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pepper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sensintaffar's elbow.
Pepper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensintaffar.

Sensintaffar manages to break the clinch.
Syd Pepper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sensintaffar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sensintaffar fails with an attempt to clinch.

Sensintaffar tries to keep at a distance but Pepper has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sensintaffar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sensintaffar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pepper closes the distance and clinches.

Sensintaffar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sensintaffar wants to clinch

and Pepper counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sensintaffar wants to stand but Pepper is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pepper stands up and waves to Sensintaffar to follow him.
Pepper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sensintaffar counters with a head kick. That will keep Pepper thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Pepper clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.
Sensintaffar wants to get back to striking at distance but Pepper won't allow it.
Sensintaffar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pepper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sensintaffar.
Pepper scores with a hook to the body.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.

Sensintaffar breaks from the clinch.
Pepper throws a combination that misses
and Sensintaffar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Syd Pepper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pepper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sensintaffar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.
Pepper tries to land knees in the clinch but Sensintaffar avoids the damage to the body.
Sensintaffar lands a nice knee to the body.

Sensintaffar manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensintaffar tries to bum rush Pepper with a series of wild strikes but Pepper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sensintaffar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pepper circles away.
Pepper wants to clinch
and Sensintaffar counters with an inside leg kick.
Sensintaffar looks to land a combination but Pepper avoids it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sensintaffar.
Sensintaffar throws a series of punches but Pepper avoids them all with ease.
Pepper slips a jab and a cross from Sensintaffar.
Sensintaffar shoots in and drives through. Pepper sprawls well.
Pepper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sensintaffar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sensintaffar throws a nice looking combination but Pepper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sensintaffar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Sensintaffar closes the distance and clinches.
Pepper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sensintaffar's elbow.
Pepper trying to stall but Sensintaffar improves his position.
Sensintaffar tries to break the clinch but Pepper is controlling the position.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sensintaffar missing with knees to the body.

Sensintaffar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sensintaffar shoots for a takedown but Pepper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Syd Pepper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sensintaffar.
Pepper throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Sensintaffar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pepper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sensintaffar.
Pepper shoots in looking for a takedown. Sensintaffar tries to sprawl out of it but Pepper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sensintaffar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sensintaffar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Pepper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sensintaffar prevents Pepper from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Syd Pepper dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Sensintaffar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sensintaffar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sensintaffar is trying to control the action in half guard but Pepper is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Pepper pushes Sensintaffar off and gets back to his feet.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch but Sensintaffar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pepper darts in trying to clinch

and Sensintaffar counters with a shoot takedown. Pepper fights it but they end up in guard.
Sensintaffar stops Pepper from standing up.

Pepper pushes Sensintaffar off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Pepper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.
Sensintaffar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pepper just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sensintaffar scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Pepper.
Sensintaffar managing to block the knees to the body from Pepper.
Pepper tries a body shot but Sensintaffar blocks it.

Sensintaffar breaks from the clinch.
Sensintaffar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Sensintaffar moves into range and clinches up with Pepper.
Pepper trying to land knees to the body.
Sensintaffar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pepper struggles to land a body shot inside as Sensintaffar controls his hands.

Sensintaffar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid body kick from Sensintaffar.
Pepper throws a nice looking combination but Sensintaffar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sensintaffar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pepper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sensintaffar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pepper falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sensintaffar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper tries a body shot but Sensintaffar blocks it.
Sensintaffar has Pepper pushed against the cage.
Sensintaffar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pepper tries to work over Sensintaffar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Sensintaffar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Pepper misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sensintaffar.
Sensintaffar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pepper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sensintaffar counters with a single leg into guard. Pepper didn't expect that.
Sensintaffar is looking to work some ground and pound but Pepper has wrist control.
Sensintaffar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pepper's head.
Sensintaffar stops Pepper from standing up.
Pepper has a closed guard, preventing Sensintaffar from standing up.

Pepper pushes Sensintaffar off and gets back to his feet.
Sensintaffar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A head kick misses from Sensintaffar.
Pepper tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sensintaffar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pepper pushes Sensintaffar off looking to stand but Sensintaffar dives back in and keeps control.
Sensintaffar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pepper defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pepper wants to get back to his feet.
Sensintaffar is looking to advance position but Pepper won't allow it.
Sensintaffar trying to control from half guard but Pepper is working away.
Pepper might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sensintaffar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensintaffar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Pepper kicks Sensintaffar off and gets back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Pepper. No joy for Sensintaffar on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pepper.
Sensintaffar fails with a takedown attempt.
Syd Pepper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sensintaffar.
Pepper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sensintaffar circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice takedown defense from Pepper. No joy for Sensintaffar on that attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sensintaffar scores with a hook to the body. Pepper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pepper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sensintaffar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice sprawl there from Pepper as Sensintaffar shoots in.
Sensintaffar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Sensintaffar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sensintaffar 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Sensintaffar!