PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Peacock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Peacock's choice of entrance music: Bring The Noise by Public Enemy & Anthrax. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Po
vs
Peacock

189 cm
35
224 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

189 cm
30
221 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tong Po !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Drew Peacock!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Hemmingworth and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Po tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Po checks a leg kick.
Po fails to land with a series of punches.
Peacock lands a slapping body shot.
Peacock scores with a punch to the head.
Peacock connects with a body shot that sends Po 's belly button to the back.
Po tries to clinch but Peacock is having none of it.
Peacock punishes Po 's body with a nice straight punch.
Peacock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Po .

Po clinches up against the cage.
Peacock lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Po controlling the action here for a moment.
Peacock dodges an elbow strike from Po .
Po lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Drew Peacock has been cut.
Peacock is trying to force a seperation but Po has the dominant position.
Po lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock is looking to break free of the clinch but Po has double underhooks.
Peacock is trying to break the clinch but Po is controlling him.
Peacock trying to land knees to the body.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Po tries a body shot but Peacock blocks it.
Peacock wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Po just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peacock's brow.
Peacock taking a breather.
I was talking to Po 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Peacock.
Nice elbow from Po .
Po throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Po is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peacock is defending well for now.
Po holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Peacock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po has Peacock pressed against the cage, preventing Peacock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Peacock blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Po lands a nice knee to the body.
Peacock looks winded!
Peacock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Po lands a nice uppercut.
Po gets through Peacock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Po lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The referee calls for Po to work.
Peacock tries to break the clinch but Po is controlling the position.
Po pressing his opponent against the cage.
Peacock wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po landing knees to the body.
Po throws an elbow but it misses.
Po working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock stalling against the cage.

Peacock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peacock throws a predictable looking body shot

and Po counters by clinching up.
Peacock is trying to push Po away but Po has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Po using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Po lands an elbow inside.
Po has Peacock pushed against the cage.
Po working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peacock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Po swings wildly with an uppercut but Peacock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Po scores with a shot to the side of Peacock's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peacock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peacock tries to work over Po 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Po lands a hook that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Peacock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Po throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Po lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Nice body punch from Peacock.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peacock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peacock avoids the elbow strike from Po , against the cage.
Peacock takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Drew Peacock's cut even more.
Po lands with a right to the head.
Peacock throws a head punch that misses.
Po stalling in the clinch.
Po blocks an uppercut.
Po creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drew Peacock's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Po tries to clinch up but Peacock circles away and keeps his distance.
Peacock is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Po rather than just go for the knockout.

Po gets a clinch.
Peacock tries to break the clinch but Po is controlling the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Po - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Po lands an elbow inside that Peacock shrugs off.
Po lands a knee to the body.

Peacock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Po looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peacock throws the left hand but Po avoids the punch easily.
Peacock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po throws a head kick but Peacock moves out of range.

Po instigates a clinch.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Peacock blocks an elbow strike.
Peacock blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peacock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Po clinches with his opponent.
Peacock lands with a light punch inside.
Po blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Po softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peacock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Po is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peacock can do to turn this around?
Peacock is trying to push Po away but Po has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Po .
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock wants to break free but Po has control.
Po lands a shoulder strike.
Peacock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peacock dodges an elbow strike from Po .
Po has Peacock pressed against the cage, preventing Peacock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Po lands with a light punch inside.
Peacock avoiding damage as Po throws knees to the body.

Peacock manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Po clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Po blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Po scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Peacock tries to circle away but Po has him pinned against the cage.
Po swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Po lands with a light punch inside.

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

Po has Peacock up against the cage in a clinch.
Po misses with a short punch on the inside.
Po throws an elbow that misses.
Tong Po has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Po has Peacock pushed against the cage.
Peacock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Po lands a body shot.
Peacock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Po 's elbow.
Peacock lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po pushes off an throws an elbow but Peacock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Po lands with a right to the head.
Come on Po - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Po lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The cut above Drew Peacock's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Po comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peacock is breathing heavily.
Peacock has a couple of punches blocked by Po .
Knees in the clinch landing for Po .
Po stalls.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Po .
Po lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Po crunches a lovely knee into Peacock's ribcage.
Po digs a right hand underneath Peacock's ribcage. Peacock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Po putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peacock in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Po .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po digs a right hand underneath Peacock's ribcage. Peacock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Po lands an elbow inside that Peacock shrugs off.

Drew Peacock's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Peacock throws a head punch that misses.
Po lands with a light punch inside.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tong Po !
Tong Po decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.