PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Marais (ranked 5976 p4p, 273 weight class) and Pete Peterson (ranked 4530 p4p, 238 weight class). Marais comes to the cage accompanied by The Offspring - Come Out And Play. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marais
vs
Peterson

168 cm
18
138 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

173 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Marais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marais shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Peterson as he jumps to the side.
Peterson misses with a looping left.
Peterson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marais goes for a double leg but Peterson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Peterson continues to drive forward.
Peterson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Peterson scores with a nice right hand.
Peterson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Peterson connects with a single shot there.
Peterson cracks Marais with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson looks to throw the jab but Marais is out of range.
Marais uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peterson.
Marais with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Peterson to score with a decent uppercut.
Marais slips a jab from Peterson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Peterson does it's job there.

Peterson closes the distance and clinches.
Peterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peterson lands with a right to the head.

Marais is rocked!
Peterson lands a left hand.
Oh Marais is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peterson prevents the takedown attempt.
Marais seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Marais. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson is leaning against Marais and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Peterson lands a hook that snaps the head of Marais backwards.
Marais is working for takedown but Peterson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Peterson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Peterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peterson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Peterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marais backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Peterson.
Peterson pushes Marais back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marais is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Peterson is defending well.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Peterson.
Peterson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Peterson scores with a shot to the side of Marais's head.
Peterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marais is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Peterson is defending well.
Peterson presses Marais against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Peterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peterson lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson pushes Marais against the cage. Peterson is working some dirty boxing. Peterson pushes off with a quick right hook! Marais goes down! Marais tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Peterson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pete Peterson!
In defeat, Brian Marais stepped up to the mic, saying 'Not to get too technical, but according to chemistry, alcohol is a solution.'.