PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suma Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnie Cash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cash
vs
Pepper

165 cm
28
143 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

164 cm
26
135 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Cash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Suma Pepper!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
Pepper looking to slow down the pace here.
Pepper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cash tries to work over Pepper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pepper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cash's elbow.
Pepper looking to stall.
Pepper swings wildly with an uppercut but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cash breaks from the clinch.
Cash looks to throw the jab but Pepper is out of range.
Cash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peppers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper tries to clinch up.
Pepper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cash paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've been told by Cash's head coaches at $1000 Crouching Stoner Hidden Ground Game that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pepper.
Cash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pepper manages to avoid it.
Pepper slips a jab from Cash.
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pepper throws a leg kick which misses Cash's front leg but catches the back leg as Cash tries to avoid it.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cash.
A jab lands there for Pepper.
Cash throws a lazy right hand but Pepper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cash misses with a looping right.
Pepper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cash throws a hook but Pepper blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cash. Pepper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cash drops his hands momentarily and Pepper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big right from Cash misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cash rushes Pepper and presses him up against the cage.
Pepper misses with some punches.
Cash swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepper uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Cash.
Cash lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pepper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cash lands a right hand.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Pepper letting Cash take a breather here.
Pepper stalling in the clinch but Cash improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cash lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.
Cash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Cash.
A right handed body shot lands from Cash.
Cash stalling the fight.

Cash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cash throws a hook to the side of Pepper's head but Pepper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash lands a jab to Pepper's midsection.

Pepper moves into the clinch.
Pepper is trying to maintain a safe position but Cash gets an underhook and turns Pepper into the cage.
Cash lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Cash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash tries a body shot but Pepper blocks it.
Pepper lands a right hand.
Pepper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cash is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pepper seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Cash lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Cash.
Cash slows down the pace here.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash lands with a right to the head.
Cash dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pepper is trying to maintain a safe position but Cash gets an underhook and turns Pepper into the cage.
Pepper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Cash dominated that 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.

Cash throws a jab but it's blocked by Pepper.
Pepper avoids the body shot from Cash.
The fighters circling - Cash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cash misses the jab.
Pepper tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Cash moves into the clinch successfully.
Cash misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepper stalls.
Pepper takes a shot to the head.
Johnie Cash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cash lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepper trying to stall but Cash improves his position.
Cash working hard to break the clinch.
Cash stalling against the cage.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Still in the clinch, Cash scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cash lands a shoulder strike.
Cash blocks an uppercut.
Cash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pepper misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cash.
A shot in the inside from Cash.
Pepper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Cash.
Cash working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
Cash works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Cash on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pepper lands with a light punch inside.
Cash lands a hook that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.

Pepper is rocked!
Cash leaning against his opponent.
Pepper is still on wobbly legs! Can Cash finish him?
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cash has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pepper seems to have recovered his senses.
Cash misses with a body punch.
Cash slowing the pace effectively.
Cash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cash misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Cash.
Pepper misses with the head strike.
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cash prevents a body shot from Pepper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper working aggressively here.
Cash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.
Pepper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Cash.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pepper.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cash lands a shoulder strike.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Pepper blocking some punches.
Cash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pepper can do to turn this around?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cash lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pepper or not.
Cash stalling against the cage.
Pepper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cash lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Pepper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Pepper misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Cash.
Cash tries to circle away but Pepper has him pinned against the cage.
Cash is trying to break free.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
Cash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pepper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
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!
Pepper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnie Cash 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. This is the final round!

Pepper doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cash tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pepper was well out of range. Poor timing from Cash.
Cash takes a kick to the side of the head.
Johnie Cash is winning the standup battle so far.
Cash just misses with a punch to the body.
And Pepper tries to counter it with a takedown but Cash pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Cash forces Pepper back against the cage and clinches.
Pepper misses with some punches.
Pepper lands a hook that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Pepper misses with a punch on the inside.
Cash gets through Pepper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pepper struggles to land a body shot inside as Cash controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hook to the body lands for Cash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pepper tries to work over Cash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cash taking a breather.
Cash's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cash for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Pepper prevents a body shot from Cash.
Pepper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Pepper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Cash lands a body punch.
Cash misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cash misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cash wants to break free but Pepper has control.
Cash looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cash scores with a shot to the side of Pepper's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cash controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cash creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cash is pushing Pepper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
A short right from Cash on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cash lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Come on Cash - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cash misses with a punch on the inside.
Pepper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pepper looking to stall.
Pepper cracks Cash with a nice body shot.
Cash scores with a shot to the side of Pepper's head.
Cash can't find room to land a body shot as Pepper controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pepper misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pepper blocks a body shot from Cash.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cash.
Pepper misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Cash lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cash makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cash lands a shot to the body.
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!
Cash tries a body shot but Pepper blocks it.
Cash digs a right hand underneath Pepper's ribcage. Pepper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cash as Pepper tries to tie him up.
Suma Pepper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnie Cash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pepper backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnie Cash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cash has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnie Cash!