PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drew Peacock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zackrisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Peacock
vs
Zackrisson

182 cm
26
161 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

175 cm
28
159 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Drew Peacock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Zackrisson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Zackrisson.

Peacock darts in and clinches Zackrisson up against the cage.
Zackrisson throws a punch but it's blocked by Peacock.
Zackrisson avoiding damage as Peacock throws knees to the body.
Zackrisson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Peacock.
Peacock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zackrisson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peacock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peacock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice elbow from Peacock.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but Zackrisson blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zackrisson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zackrisson misses with a right hand
and Peacock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zackrisson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Peacock's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zackrisson looks to land a right hand but Peacock moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock defending well as Zackrisson loads up on a big left hand.
Peacock tries to clinch but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Peacock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Peacock.
Peacock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zackrisson backwards.
Zackrisson is trying to push Peacock away but Peacock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Zackrisson blocks it.
Zackrisson lands a left hand.
Peacock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zackrisson avoids it.
Zackrisson is trying to break free.
Zackrisson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson managing to block the knees to the body from Peacock.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Zackrisson blocks it.
Peacock misses with a short punch on the inside.

Zackrisson breaks the clinch.
Zackrisson scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zackrisson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zackrisson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
Zackrisson cracks Peacock with an open hand slap.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zackrisson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peacock takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zackrisson throws a leg kick but Peacock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick.
Peacock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zackrisson can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Peacock rushes Zackrisson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Zackrisson breaks from the clinch.
Zackrisson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peacock darts in trying to clinch
and Peacock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zackrisson misses with a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Peacock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zackrisson misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zackrisson. Peacock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zackrisson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peacock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zackrisson manages to circle out of the way.
Peacock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Peacock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zackrisson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Peacock is able to avoid easily.
Peacock moves out of range of the body kick from Zackrisson.
Peacock is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Zackrisson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peacock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch but Zackrisson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zackrisson throws out a counter right but Peacock avoids it with no problem.
Peacock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zackrisson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Peacock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zackrisson throws out a counter right but Peacock avoids it with no problem.
Zackrisson jabs Peacock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Peacock tries to clinch
and Zackrisson counters with an inside leg kick.
Zackrisson cracks Peacock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zackrisson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peacock avoids the body shot from Zackrisson.
Peacock is looking to clinch but Zackrisson is avoiding it.
Zackrisson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zackrisson connects with a jab.
Zackrisson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zackrisson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zackrisson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zackrisson dominated that round.
That's time! Peacock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zackrisson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Peacock. Peacock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Peacock misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zackrisson! But no joy.
Peacock tries to clinch
and Zackrisson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zackrisson misses the shot to the body.
Zackrisson throws a body kick that misses.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Zackrisson circles away.
Zackrisson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Zackrisson circles away.
A shot to the liver by Zackrisson. Beautiful body shot.
Zackrisson takes a swing at Peacock's ribcage but misses.
Peacock seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zackrisson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peacock lands with an uppercut that bounces Zackrisson off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zackrisson misses with a straight right.
Peacock half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zackrisson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zackrisson throws a combination that misses

and Peacock counters by moving into the clinch.
Zackrisson lands a hook that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock tries to land knees in the clinch but Zackrisson avoids the damage to the body.
Peacock misses with a body punch.
Zackrisson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zackrisson misses with the head strike.

Zackrisson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zackrisson.
Peacock wants to clinch but Zackrisson slips to the side
and Zackrisson counters with a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Zackrisson.
Zackrisson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Peacock. That did some damage!
Peacock tries to clinch but Zackrisson is having none of it.
Zackrisson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zackrisson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Peacock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson connects with a body shot.
Zackrisson scores with a hook to the body. Peacock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zackrisson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drew Peacock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peacock slips under a jab.
Gabriel Zackrisson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zackrisson throws the kick towards the body but Peacock avoids it.
Zackrisson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zackrisson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Peacock wants to clinch up but Zackrisson keeps it at a distance.
Zackrisson throws out a counter right but Peacock avoids it with no problem.
Zackrisson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Peacock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peacock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zackrisson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zackrisson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Peacock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Peacock doesn't manage to clinch there - Zackrisson circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson misses with a hook. Peacock ducked under it nicely.
Zackrisson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zackrisson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peacock tries to clinch but Zackrisson is having none of it.
Peacock avoids the head kick by Zackrisson.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zackrisson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zackrisson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zackrisson connects with the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zackrisson.
Zackrisson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Peacock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zackrisson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Peacock's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the side of Peacock's head but Peacock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zackrisson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peacock tries to clinch up but Zackrisson circles away and keeps his distance.
Peacock is looking to clinch.
Peacock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Peacock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zackrisson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Zackrisson throws a leg kick but Peacock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the side of Peacock's head but Peacock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zackrisson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Peacock moves out of range of the strikes.

Peacock closes the distance and clinches.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Zackrisson blocks it.
Peacock throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zackrisson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Zackrisson lunges at Peacock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Peacock's hand.
Nice defenses there by Peacock.
Zackrisson blocks a head kick by Peacock.
Peacock closes the distance but Zackrisson moves to the side
and Zackrisson counters with a stiff right hand.
Zackrisson misses with a head kick.
Peacock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zackrisson keeps the fight on the outside.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zackrisson to score with a decent uppercut.
Zackrisson scores with a jab to the head.
Peacock is looking to clinch but Zackrisson is avoiding it.

Peacock instigates a clinch.
Zackrisson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zackrisson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zackrisson lands a body shot in the clinch.

Zackrisson manages to break the clinch.
Peacock tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zackrisson counters with a nice uppercut.
Zackrisson misses with a body shot

and Peacock holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Peacock looking to throw knees to the head but Zackrisson is blocking nicely.

Zackrisson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Zackrisson circles away.
Zackrisson tests Peacock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Peacock tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zackrisson counters with a left to the body.
Zackrisson misses with an uppercut. Peacock saw that one coming.
Peacock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zackrisson manages to circle out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Peacock moves away.
As Zackrisson looks to move away, Peacock throws a big counter combo but Zackrisson just gets out of the way.
Zackrisson connects with a solid leg kick.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zackrisson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zackrisson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zackrisson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Peacock is out of range.
Peacock closes the distance but Zackrisson moves to the side
and Peacock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peacock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Peacock doesn't manage to clinch there - Zackrisson circles away.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
Zackrisson lands a nice hook to Peacock's body. Peacock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Peacock closes the distance but Zackrisson moves to the side
and Zackrisson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peacock tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peacock wants to clinch up but Zackrisson keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Zackrisson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zackrisson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peacock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zackrisson.
Peacock is looking to clinch but Zackrisson is avoiding it.
Peacock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peacock wants to clinch but Zackrisson slips to the side
and Zackrisson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peacock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peacock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson is looking to score with low kicks.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Peacock avoids it easily.
Peacock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zackrisson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zackrisson connects with a body shot.
Peacock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gabriel Zackrisson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson throws a low kick but Peacock moves out of range easily.

Peacock rushes Zackrisson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Peacock leaning against his opponent.
Peacock tries to land knees in the clinch but Zackrisson avoids the damage to the body.
Drew Peacock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for Peacock to work.
Peacock looking to slow down the pace here.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Zackrisson blocks it.
Peacock misses with an elbow over the top.
Peacock misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Zackrisson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zackrisson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Zackrisson!