PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Pederson (ranked 5874 p4p, 0 weight class) and Machine Gun (ranked 3100 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Pederson
vs
Gun

195 cm
33
220 lbs
11 - 20 - 0

189 cm
43
220 lbs
25 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Pederson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Machine Gun!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pederson lands a glancing blow to the side of Gun's head.
Pederson lands with a slapping head kick.
Gun moves out of range of the strikes.
Gun misses the jab.
Pederson throws a wild body kick that Gun sees coming a mile off.
Pederson throws a hook but Gun avoids it easily.
Gun is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pederson cracks Gun with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pederson takes a swing at Gun's ribcage but misses.
Gun wants to counter with a clinch but Pederson pushes him away.
Gun slips under a jab from Pederson.
A head kick by Pederson misses
and Gun counters with a straight right hand.
Pederson misses with a takedown attempt
and Gun counters with a straight right hand.
Pederson throws a body shot but no joy.
Gun wants to counter the offense by Pederson and move into the clinch position.
Pederson misses with a wild body shot.
Gun takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pederson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Gun was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pederson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gun counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gun takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pederson tests Gun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machine Gun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gun slips under a jab.
Pederson misses with a few strikes there.
Gun tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pederson throws a right hand that misses
and Gun counters with a straight right hand.
Pederson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gun to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Norman Pederson has been cut.
Pederson misses with a body shot

and Gun counters with a beautiful punch that sends Pederson to the canvas!

Pederson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gun decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pederson, up you get!
Pederson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gun looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pederson throws a leg kick
and Gun connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pederson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gun's head.
Pederson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Gun counters with a beautiful punch that sends Pederson to the canvas!
Oh Pederson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gun decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pederson, up you get!
Pederson seems to have got his legs back now.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pederson.
Pederson lands the left hand.
Pederson throws a poor cross that misses
and Gun counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pederson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Guns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pederson throws a right and a left that Gun avoids nicely.
As Pederson backs off Gun throws a huge counter combo but Pederson manages to avoid it all.
Pederson looks to land a combination. Gun sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pederson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Guns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pederson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gun moves away.
It seemed like Gun was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pederson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gun looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pederson misses with a shot to the body
and Gun counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gun uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pederson.
Gun looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pederson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Pederson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pederson or perhaps it was just good defense by Gun, which made it look bad.
Gun throws out a counter right but Pederson avoids it with no problem.
A low kick from Pederson is predictable there
and Gun counters with a stiff right hand.
We've been informed that Gun has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Pederson with a nice cross.
Pederson throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Gun to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Pederson misses
letting Gun counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Pederson misses
and Gun counters with a huge right that knocks Pederson out cold! Gun is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Machine Gun!
A less than humble Machine Gun misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.