PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Blackstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peters comes to the cage accompanied by Sid Vicious - My Way. Roy Peters could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bernard Blackstone's chin.

Peters
vs
Blackstone

185 cm
20
175 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
171 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roy Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bernard Blackstone!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackstone throws a nice looking combination but Peters bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Peters shoots for a takedown but Blackstone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Peters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blackstone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blackstone manages to avoid it.
Blackstone connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Blackstone drives through and clinches with Peters against the cage.
Blackstone trying to land knees to the body.
Peters wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peters avoiding damage as Blackstone throws knees to the body.
Peters takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blackstone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peters is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Blackstone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blackstone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peters.
Peters tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Peters. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blackstone breaks from the clinch.
Bernard Blackstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blackstone uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Peters has time to react.
Blackstone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackstone works over Peters's head and body with a nice combination.
Peters lands a really nice looking cross but Blackstone seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peters lands with a nice body punch.
Peters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peters shoots for a takedown but Blackstone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blackstone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Peters or perhaps it was just good defense by Blackstone which made him look bad.
Peters lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blackstone misses with a hook. Peters ducked under it nicely.
Peters throws a shot to the body.
Peters misses with the combination.
Blackstone misses with an uppercut.
Blackstone cracks Peters with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blackstone tries to close the distance and clinch but Peters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blackstone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peters throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackstone tries to clinch but Peters moves out of range.
Peters drops his hands momentarily and Blackstone takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Peters looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peters displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blackstone throws out the jab.
Blackstone swings away with a body shot that misses

and Peters counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Peters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peters is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Blackstone avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Peters controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peters is stalling in the full guard.
Peters scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Peters not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Peters has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Peters throwing strikes from guard but Blackstone blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peters in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bernard Blackstone will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blackstone is looking to clinch but Peters is avoiding it.
Blackstone doesn't manage to clinch there - Peters circles away.
A punch combination from Peters misses.
Peters keeps the fight on the outside.
Blackstone scores with a jab.
Peters connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blackstone momentarily.
Peters just misses with a punch to the body.
Blackstone is looking to clinch.
Peters closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blackstone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blackstone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blackstone avoids the body shot from Peters.
A slow jab from Blackstone misses its intended target.
Blackstone tries to clinch but Peters is having none of it.
Blackstone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blackstone misses with a hook to the body
and Peters counters with a straight right hand.
Blackstone stuffs the takedown attempt from Peters. Peters gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackstone tries to clinch up
and Peters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blackstone throws a predictable looking body shot

and Peters counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Peters sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blackstone defending well though.
Peters throwing shots but Blackstone is blocking nicely.
Peters lands strikes from half guard.
Peters thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blackstone's head.

Peters is trying to work for a kimura but Blackstone is defending well.
Peters with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blackstone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peters keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Peters lands a nice short elbow.
Peters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Peters seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Blackstone for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Peters dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Blackstone misses the target.
Blackstone lands a nice shot that snaps Peters's head back.
Peters closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Blackstone might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Peters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blackstone counters with a stiff right hand.
Peters shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blackstone as he avoids it easily.
Bernard Blackstone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Peters, as that shot connected.
Peters ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peters shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blackstone as he jumps to the side.
Peters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Peters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peters lands with a right hand.
Peters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Blackstone tries to clinch
and Blackstone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blackstone jabs Peters right on the nose. Peters blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackstone clinches but Peters breaks the clinch

and Peters counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Peters seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Peters thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Peters in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Peters is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Roy Peters just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Blackstone misses with a few strikes there.
Peters shoots in but Blackstone avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters swats away the attempt to clinch by Blackstone.
Roy Peters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blackstone with a hook.
Peters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blackstone is looking to clinch.
Peters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Peters with that takedown attempt.
Blackstone misses with a series of wild punches.
Peters throws a series of punches but Blackstone moves out of range.

Peters drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Peters is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Peters remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Peters showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Peters has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Peters!