PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Young Lad (ranked 564 p4p, 629 weight class) and George Peterson (ranked 92 p4p, 101 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Lad
vs
Peterson

175 cm
32
220
26 - 11 - 0

191 cm
31
216
24 - 15 - 1

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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 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Young Lad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Peterson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like George Peterson has been cut.
Peterson wants to clinch.
Lad is looking to counter punch.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Lad is avoiding it.
Lad has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Peterson looks to clinch
and Lad counters with a nice uppercut.
We've been informed that Peterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Peterson is looking to clinch.
Peterson closes the distance but Lad moves to the side
and Lad counters with a stiff right hand.
Lad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
George Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
Peterson lands a shot to the body.
Peterson blocks an elbow strike.
Lad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peterson tries a body shot but Lad blocks it.
Peterson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Peterson on the inside.
Lad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Peterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Lad controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peterson's brow.
Peterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lad works on Peterson's body with a couple of short punches.
Lad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peterson's elbow.
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
Peterson prevents a body shot from Lad.
Peterson gets through Lad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Lad, against the cage.
Peterson tries to throw a body punch but Lad avoids it by throwing Peterson back against the cage.
Peterson dodges an elbow strike from Lad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peterson looks to clinch
and Lad counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Lad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lad.
Peterson tries to clinch but Lad is having none of it.
Lad swats away the attempt to clinch by Peterson.
Peterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Lad circles away.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Lad circles away.
It looked like Lad was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Peterson.
Lad throws a hook but Peterson avoids it easily.
Lad circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lad throws a jab but it's blocked by Peterson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peterson moves to clinch but Lad breaks away
and Lad counters with a straight right hand.
Peterson wants to clinch up but Lad keeps it at a distance.
Peterson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lad scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Peterson is rocked!
Lad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Lad finish him?
Lad swinging wildly here.
Lad misses the jab.
Peterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Lad throws the left hand but Peterson avoids the punch easily.

Peterson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Peterson blocks an elbow strike from Lad.
Peterson presses Lad against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Lad, against the cage.
Peterson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lad up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lad tries to throw a body punch but Peterson avoids it by throwing Lad back against the cage.
Peterson works on Lad's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Peterson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lad misses with an elbow over the top.
Peterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A left hand lands to the body for Peterson.
Lad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peterson prevents a body shot from Lad.
Lad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lad misses with an elbow strike.
Peterson is leaning against Lad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lad presses Peterson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Peterson lands a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Young Lad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Peterson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lad throwing a counter right hand but Peterson manages to avoid it.
Lad just misses with a punch to the body.
Lad has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lad swats away the attempt to clinch by Peterson.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lad circles away from the clinch attempt.
A quick step to the side and Lad tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Peterson has closed the distance and engaged Lad in a clinch.
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
Lad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lad misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson stalling in the clinch but Lad improves position.
Lad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peterson can do to turn this around?
Lad throws an elbow but it misses.
Lad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Peterson's defenses.
George Peterson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lad throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Peterson.
Peterson dodges an elbow strike from Lad.
Lad throws an elbow but it misses.
Lad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Peterson lands a right hand.
Lad misses with some punches.
Peterson prevents a body shot from Lad.
Peterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Lad takes a shot to the head.
Lad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lad's elbow.
Peterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Peterson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peterson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lad is keeping busy.
Peterson lands a body punch.
Peterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up George Peterson's cut even more.
Lad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peterson dodges an elbow strike from Lad.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lad.
Lad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Lad pushes off an throws an elbow but Peterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lad misses with an elbow strike.
Lad lands with a left to the head.
Lad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Lad.
Peterson is trying to stall.
Peterson can't find room to land a body shot as Lad controls the action.
Lad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Peterson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson misses with the head strike.
Peterson trying to land knees to the body.
Peterson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Peterson looking to stall.
Lad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Peterson is looking to control Lad's arms but Lad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peterson has his back to the cage.
Lad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lad blocks an elbow strike from Peterson.
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
Lad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Peterson is looking to control Lad's arms but Lad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peterson has his back to the cage.
Peterson slowing the pace effectively.
Peterson controlling the action here for a moment.
Peterson continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by George Peterson.
Peterson tries to clinch up.
Peterson wants to clinch
and Lad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to clinch up
and Lad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The cut above George Peterson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Peterson looks to clinch
and Lad counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Lad is avoiding it.

Peterson rushes Lad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Peterson tries a body shot but Lad blocks it.
Peterson lands an elbow that stopped Lad in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Lad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peterson lands with a short shot to the head.
Peterson blocks a body shot from Lad.
Nice body punch from Peterson - that landed with a thud.
Peterson lands an elbow inside.
Peterson trying to land knees to the body.
Peterson tries a body shot but Lad blocks it.
Peterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Young Lad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Peterson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peterson tries to clinch up.
Lad works the jab nicely.
Peterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Lad circles away.
Peterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peterson is looking to clinch.

Peterson pushes Lad up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Lad.
Peterson wants to stall.
Lad misses with a punch to the body.
Lad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Peterson.
Lad lands an elbow inside.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Lad, against the cage.
Lad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Lad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Lad, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lad scores with a shot to the side of Peterson's head.
Peterson blocks an uppercut.
Peterson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Lad.
Nice body punch from Lad.
Lad blocks a body shot from Peterson.
Lad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lad pushes off an throws an elbow but Peterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lad pushes off an throws an elbow but Peterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peterson lands an elbow just above Lad 's eye.
Peterson lands an elbow inside.
Lad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lad tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peterson cracks Lad with a nice body shot.
George Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lad lands an elbow inside that Peterson shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson prevents a body shot from Lad.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lad throws an elbow but misses.
Lad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Peterson looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Peterson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Peterson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peterson.
Lad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young Lad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peterson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lad backwards.
Peterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Peterson as the two fighters clinch.
Peterson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to throw a body punch but Lad avoids it by throwing Peterson back against the cage.
Peterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lad blocking some punches.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Lad.
Peterson is struggling to control the position.
Peterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peterson prevents a body shot from Lad.
Peterson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Peterson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson blocks an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Peterson.
Peterson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peterson misses with a punch to the body.
Lad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lad blocks an elbow strike from Peterson.
Peterson misses with some punches.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson throws a head punch that misses.
Lad blocks a body shot from Peterson.
Peterson tries to land a knee to the head but Lad blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Peterson.
I think Lad 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Young Lad!
Young Lad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.