PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Franchise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Peacock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Franchise might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Microphone Fiend- Rage Against the Machine. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Drew Peacock was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Franchise
vs
Peacock

178 cm
27
165 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

182 cm
25
161 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stevie Franchise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Drew Peacock!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Peacock darts in and clinches Franchise up against the cage.
Peacock tries to land knees in the clinch but Franchise avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franchise.
Peacock misses with a knee to the head.
Franchise scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peacock avoiding damage.
Peacock taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Franchise tries to circle away but Peacock has him pinned against the cage.
Peacock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franchise blocks it with crossed arms.
Franchise blocks an uppercut.
Franchise is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Franchise is looking to control Peacock's arms but Peacock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Franchise has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Peacock.
Peacock keeps control of Franchise as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Peacock.
Franchise is trying to break the clinch but Peacock has him pressed against the cage.
Peacock has a couple of punches blocked by Franchise.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Peacock clinches with his opponent.
Franchise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peacock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franchise's efforts to push away.
Peacock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peacock pushes Franchise back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Franchise is looking to break free of the clinch but Peacock has double underhooks.
Peacock misses with a knee strike.
Peacock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Franchise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peacock blocks a jab.
We've been told by Franchise's head coaches at Fight Club FC that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A jab lands there for Franchise.

Peacock has managed to clinch.
Peacock lands a good knee to the midsection. Franchise won't want to take too many of those.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Franchise blocks with his arms.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Franchise blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franchise is looking to control Peacock's arms but Peacock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Franchise has his back to the cage.
Peacock lands a left hand.
Franchise blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franchise missing with knees to the body.
Peacock slows down the pace here.
Franchise looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Peacock prevents Franchise from breaking the clinch.
Peacock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franchise is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Peacock is keeping busy.
Franchise takes a knee to the side of the body.
Franchise is trying to stall.
Franchise swings wildly with an uppercut but Peacock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peacock misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peacock prevents Franchise from breaking the clinch.
Franchise working aggressively here.

Franchise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peacock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franchise to score with a decent uppercut.

Peacock moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peacock.
Franchise is trying to force a seperation but Peacock has the dominant position.
Franchise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
A short left from Peacock.
Franchise has had enough of the clinch but Peacock keeps him there for the moment.
Peacock misses with a knee to the head.
Franchise has had enough of the clinch but Peacock keeps him there for the moment.
Franchise working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Peacock as Franchise tries to tie him up.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peacock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franchise is defending well for now.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Franchise blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Peacock.
Peacock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peacock looking to throw knees to the head but Franchise is blocking nicely.
Peacock stalls.
Franchise misses with a punch on the inside.
Peacock stalling the fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Peacock stalling against the cage.
Peacock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Peacock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franchise lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Peacock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A decent looking cross lands there for Franchise.
Peacock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A slow jab from Franchise misses its intended target.
Franchise looks to land a combination but Peacock avoids it well.
Peacock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Peacock wants to counter with a clinch but Franchise pushes him away.
Franchise looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

Peacock closes the distance and pushes Franchise back into the cage.
Peacock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Peacock - that landed with a thud.
Franchise is trying to force a seperation but Peacock has the dominant position.
A nice left hand lands by Peacock.
Franchise is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Peacock misses with a knee to the head.
Franchise on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franchise tries to break free but Peacock pushes him back against the cage.
Peacock tries to land knees in the clinch but Franchise avoids the damage to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Peacock in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock lands with a short shot to the head.
Peacock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Franchise's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Franchise's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franchise misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peacock.
Franchise avoiding damage as Peacock throws knees to the body.
Franchise looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franchise blocks a body shot from Peacock.
Peacock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franchise's face.
Peacock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Franchise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peacock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peacock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Peacock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franchise, pushing him back against the cage.
Franchise landing some nice looking knees to the body.

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

Peacock gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franchise breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franchise throws a nice looking combination but Peacock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Peacock closes the distance and pushes Franchise back into the cage.

Franchise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franchise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left lands for Franchise.
Stevie Franchise is winning the standup battle so far.
Franchise tries a low kick but Peacock avoids it.
Peacock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Franchise throws a series of punches but Peacock avoids them all with ease.

Peacock clinches with his opponent.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Franchise blocks with his arms.
Peacock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franchise is defending well for now.
Franchise can't break the clinch.
Franchise stalling in the clinch but Peacock improves position.
Peacock lands a left hand.
Peacock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franchise looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Franchise blocks with his arms.
Franchise is trying to break the clinch but Peacock is controlling him.
Franchise wants to break free but Peacock has control.

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

Peacock moves into range and clinches up with Franchise.
Franchise tries to break the clinch but Peacock is controlling the position.

Franchise manages to break the clinch.
Franchise with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Peacock looks to clinch
and Franchise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Franchise circles away.
Franchise throws a hook to the side of Peacock's head but Peacock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Peacock clinches up against the cage.
Peacock lands a right hand.
Franchise stalling in the clinch but Peacock improves position.
Peacock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franchise blocks it with crossed arms.
Peacock with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peacock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franchise misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franchise looking to stall.
Franchise is trying to break the clinch but Peacock is controlling him.
Peacock with a knee to the head.
Peacock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Franchise up against the cage.
Franchise wants to stall.
Peacock prevents Franchise from breaking the clinch.
Franchise takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peacock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peacock obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Peacock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Peacock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Franchise.
Franchise circles away from the clinch attempt
and Franchise counters with a nice body shot.
Franchise throws a series of punches but Peacock avoids them all with ease.
Peacock wants to counter the offense by Franchise and move into the clinch position.
Franchise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peacock manages to avoid it.

Peacock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Franchise is trying to break free.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Franchise blocks with his arms.
Peacock lands a right hand.
Peacock misses with a knee strike.
Peacock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Franchise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Peacock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franchise, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Peacock.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franchise circles away from the clinch attempt.
Franchise misses with a head kick.
Peacock lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A punch combination from Franchise misses.
Peacock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franchise throws a body shot but no joy.
Franchise cracks a nice hook into Peacock's ribs.
Peacock on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Peacock moves into the clinch successfully.
Peacock digs a right hand underneath Franchise's ribcage. Franchise let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Peacock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franchise leaning his opponent against the cage.
Franchise is looking to break free of the clinch but Peacock has double underhooks.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Peacock.
Franchise looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franchise breaks from the clinch.
Franchise lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peacock circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franchise. Peacock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peacock let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stevie Franchise is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franchise just misses with a punch to the body.

Peacock instigates a clinch.
Peacock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Peacock lands a left hand.
Franchise wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Peacock has him pressed against the cage.
Peacock looking to throw knees to the head but Franchise is blocking nicely.
Drew Peacock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Franchise trying to land knees to the body.
Franchise working aggressively here.
Peacock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franchise is keeping busy.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Franchise blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock is trying to maintain a safe position but Franchise gets an underhook and turns Peacock into the cage.

Franchise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franchise swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Franchise throws a looping overhand right but Peacock ducks down to avoid it.
Peacock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Peacock has Franchise up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevie Franchise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peacock taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Franchise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franchise throws a big shot that misses.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
Peacock lands with a nice body punch.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Franchise circles away.
Franchise throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Peacock counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock doesn't manage to clinch there - Franchise circles away.
Peacock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peacock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peacock moves out of range of the leg kick from Franchise.
Peacock wants to counter with a clinch but Franchise pushes him away.
Drew Peacock is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franchise connects with the punch.
Stevie Franchise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franchise misses the jab.

Peacock moves into the clinch successfully.
Franchise is trying to push Peacock away but Peacock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franchise is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peacock blocks an uppercut.
Peacock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Peacock as Franchise tries to tie him up.
Peacock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franchise blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stevie Franchise.
I think Peacock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Peacock!
Our winner, Drew Peacock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.