PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Faraday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Faraday
vs
Pettis

184 cm
26
153 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
164 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Faraday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faraday moves in looking to clinch but Pettis pushes him off.

Faraday moves into the clinch.
Pettis lands a right hand.
Faraday misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Pettis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Faraday fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
Pettis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pettis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Pettis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pettis lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Pettis.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faraday.
Faraday blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faraday lands a shoulder strike.
Faraday throws a head punch that misses.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Pettis lands a right hand.
Faraday throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
Faraday definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
Faraday has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
Pettis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pettis blocking some punches.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
Faraday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faraday.
Pettis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Faraday lands an uppercut.
Faraday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
Faraday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pettis lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Pettis on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pettis lands with a left to the head.
Pettis blocking some punches.
Pettis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pettis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Pettis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faraday.
Pettis lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Faraday fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Faraday fails to land.
Pettis throws a head punch that misses.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pettis lands an uppercut.
Pettis scores with a shoulder strike.
Faraday swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faraday really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Faraday misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Pettis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Faradays head.
Faraday misses with some punches.
Faraday misses with some punches.
Faraday takes a shot to the head.
Pettis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faraday working aggressively here.
Faraday blocks an uppercut.
Pettis lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
Pettis lands an uppercut.
Pettis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Pettis.
Pettis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pettis scores with a shoulder strike.
Pettis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
Faraday throws a head punch that misses.
Pettis lands a shot to the body.
Faraday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faraday misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettis scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Faraday working aggressively here.
Pettis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
Faraday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faraday lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pettis backwards.
Pettis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pettis blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis lands with a light punch inside.
Pettis scores with a shot to the side of Faraday's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pettis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faraday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pettis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pettis lands a hook that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
Faraday misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettis throws a punch but it's blocked by Faraday.
Pettis gets through Faraday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pettis scores with a hook to the body.
Pettis gets through Faraday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Faraday is rocked!
Pettis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Faraday is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice left hand lands by Pettis.
Faraday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faraday has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
Faraday seems to have got his legs back now.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
Pettis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Faraday swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Pettis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pettis darts in and clinches Faraday up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pettis.
Faraday blocking some punches.
Pettis lands a nice uppercut.
Anthony Pettis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Faraday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pettis throws a punch but it's blocked by Faraday.
Faraday misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Faraday.
Pettis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pettis lands a hook that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faraday.
Faraday takes a shot to the head.
Pettis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pettis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pettis lands a nice shot to the body.
Faraday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pettis blocking some punches.
Faraday throws a head punch that misses.
Pettis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lands with a right to the head.
Pettis lands with a right to the head.
Faraday throws a head punch that misses.
Faraday swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faraday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faraday working aggressively here.
Faraday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faraday lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pettis backwards.
Pettis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Faraday scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pettis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Pettis scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Pettis.
Faraday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Faraday has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short body shot lands from Pettis as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettis lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Pettis.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
Pettis lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
Pettis lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pettis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faraday has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
Pettis has a couple of punches blocked by Faraday.
Pettis lands a shoulder strike.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pettis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faraday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pettis lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Pettis.
Faraday throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
Faraday misses with the head strike.
Pettis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pettis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Pettis.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Pettis.
Pettis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pettis blocking some punches.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faraday.
Faraday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pettis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Faraday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettis blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Pettis.
Pettis gets through Faraday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pettis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pettis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pettis.

Pettis drops Faraday onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Faraday is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faraday has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
Faraday lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pettis lands an uppercut.
Pettis scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pettis.
Faraday has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
Faraday takes a shot to the head.
Pettis is leaning against Faraday and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Faraday fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Faraday working aggressively here.
Pettis is leaning against Faraday and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pettis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pettis lands a hook that snaps the head of Faraday backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Pettis.
A short left from Pettis.
Faraday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faraday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faraday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faraday takes a shot to the head.
Pettis throws a big uppercut that drops Faraday! More strikes from Pettis and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Faraday lies dazed against the cage as Pettis celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Pettis!
A very excited looking Anthony Pettis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.