PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Theodorou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Texas Pete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Theodorou
vs
Pete

185 cm
33
214 lbs
27 - 9 - 1

180 cm
33
220 lbs
23 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

The one who does evil clothing
Highland Clothing

Shinobi
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Theodorou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Texas Pete!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Theodorou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou wants to pass the guard but Pete is keeping the position.
Pete pulls Theodorou in close to prevent any damage.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou postures up in Pete's guard and throws a big left but Pete blocks it.
Pete really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Theodorou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Theodorou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Theodorou landing some decent shots from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pete can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pete controls Theodorou momentarily but Theodorou frees himself.
We've been hearing good reports from Theodorou's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pete not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pete not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pete working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Theodorou.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Theodorou distracts Pete with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Theodorou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pete is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Theodorou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Theodorou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pete is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Theodorou has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Theodorou keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pete's head.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Theodorou landing some decent shots from guard.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Theodorou is fighting to break Pete's control of his arms but Pete is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pete has momentary wrist control but Theodorou slips an elbow through the middle.
Theodorou trying to control but Pete is working from the bottom.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Theodorou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Pete not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pete preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Theodorou is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Theodorou content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pete preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Theodorou trying to control the position from guard on top but Pete is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Theodorou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Theodorou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Theodorou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pete preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing.
Theodorou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Pete keeps moving.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pete avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Theodorou is looking to work some ground and pound but Pete has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Theodorou dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Theodorou closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Theodorou lands in his opponent's guard.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Pete trying to control the position here.
Theodorou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pete working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Theodorou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Theodorou working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pete's head.
Theodorou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pete works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pete trying to control the position here.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodorou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pete works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jake Theodorou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Theodorou postures up and lands a big shot to Pete's brow.
Theodorou postures up in Pete's guard and throws a big left but Pete blocks it.
Theodorou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pete works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Theodorou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pete can do to turn this around?
Pete working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Theodorou.
Theodorou is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Theodorou postures up.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Theodorou postures up in Pete's guard and throws a big left but Pete blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Theodorou throwing strikes from guard but Pete blocks nicely.
Pete avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Theodorou landing with the ground and pound.
Theodorou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pete works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pete avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Pete keeps moving.
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Theodorou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Theodorou pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pete is keeping the position for now.
Theodorou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pete works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou throws a big right hand that misses.
Theodorou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Theodorou stays in close to Pete's body and controls the position.
Theodorou is in close to Pete's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Theodorou postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pete is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Theodorou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pete trying to control the position.
Theodorou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou wants to control from the top but Pete keeps moving.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pete avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Theodorou landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Theodorou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Theodorou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Theodorou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pete keeping moving, preventing Theodorou from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Theodorou dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pete throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Theodorou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Theodorou shoots in but Pete avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck for Theodorou with that takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Theodorou.
Theodorou tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pete defends well and Theodorou ends up having to push Pete into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Theodorou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pete lands a nice looking body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pete swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pete misses with a left hand

and Theodorou counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pete won't be happy with that.
The strikes coming from Theodorou are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodorou throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Theodorou working the ground and pound but Pete is defending the strikes.
Theodorou throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Theodorou advances to mount.
Theodorou cracks Pete with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pete takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pete tries to lock up and control but Theodorou gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pete blocking the ground and pound.
Theodorou landing shots from mount.
Theodorou thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Theodorou.
Theodorou unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodorou throws some wild stikes that Pete manages to avoid easily.
Theodorou unloads with some shots from mount but Pete bucks and avoids them well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Theodorou unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Pete wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Theodorou celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Theodorou!
Jake Theodorou is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jake Theodorou decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.