PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bowman
vs
Peterson

182 cm
24
177 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Knock Out Artistry

Fightworld Formula
Fightworld Formula

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Bowman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson misses the shot to the body.
Peterson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bowman on the side of the head.
Peterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowman.
Bowman misses the body punch
and Peterson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Peterson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bowman doesn't seem bothered though.
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bowman blocks a jab.
Bowman misses with a takedown
and Peterson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peterson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bowman moves away from the strike by Peterson.
Peterson slips under a jab.
Bowman throws a hook to the side of Peterson's head but Peterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bowman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bowman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peterson.
Peterson checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman misses with a wild body shot.
Nice cross by Bowman.
Peterson scores with a punch to the head.
Bowman throws an overhand right that lands on Peterson's shoulder, as Peterson tries to avoid the shot.
Bowman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peterson moves out of range as Bowman strikes.
Peterson looks to throw the jab but Bowman is out of range.
Bowman misses with a body shot
and Peterson counters with a straight right hand.
Peterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bowman.
Peterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Peterson there.
Bowman throws the left hand but Peterson avoids the punch easily.
Bowman throws the left hand but Peterson avoids the punch easily.
Bowman misses with a takedown
and Peterson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Peterson lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson thuds a left hand into Bowman's body.
Peterson scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Peterson finds it's way round the side to connect with Bowman's head.
Peterson lands a jab to the nose.
A nice combination there by Peterson.
Peterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowman was well out of range. Poor timing from Peterson.
Bowman connects with a crisp jab.
Bowman misses with a hook. Peterson ducked under it nicely.
Bowman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bowman misses the body punch
and Peterson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bowman misses with a hook to the body
and Peterson counters with a nice uppercut.
Peterson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Peterson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A low kick from Bowman is predictable there
and Peterson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bowman lands with a cross.
Bowman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Peterson.
Mike Peterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bowman misses the shot to the body.
Peterson scores with a jab.
Bowman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Peterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bowman ducks right into an uppercut from Peterson.
Peterson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bowman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Peterson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Peterson lunges at Bowman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bowman's hand.
Peterson slips under a jab from Bowman.
Peterson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Peterson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Peterson stuns Bowman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Peterson does it's job there.
Peterson checks a low kick from Bowman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson leaves Bowman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Bowman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bowman is breathing heavily.
Peterson throws the left hand but Bowman avoids the punch easily.
Nathan Bowman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowman looks to throw the jab but Peterson is out of range.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Bowman. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Bowman misses with a hook.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Bowman slips under a jab from Peterson.
Peterson lands with an overhand left.
Bowman misses with a wild body shot.
Bowman looks to land a right hand but Peterson moved out of range.
Peterson connects with a single shot there.
Bowman throws a jab but it's blocked by Peterson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Bowman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bowman misses with a hook to the body
and Peterson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bowman throws a hook to the side of Peterson's head but Peterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Peterson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Peterson throws a series of punches but Bowman moves out of range.
Peterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bowman.
Peterson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bowman misses with a takedown attempt
and Peterson counters with a right hand to the body.
Peterson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Peterson looks to land a left hand but Bowman moved out of range nicely.
Bowman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bowman looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Peterson is fending him off so far but Bowman persists. Nope, Peterson circles away and we're back to standing.
Good exchange - Peterson coming out on top.
Bowman misses with a looping left.
Peterson with a hook.
Peterson staying out of range there.
Peterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Peterson.
Bowman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peterson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bowman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Peterson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Bowman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman throws a big shot that misses.
Bowman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Peterson finds it's way round the side to connect with Bowman's head.
Bowman throws a front kick aimed at Peterson's knee but Peterson avoids it well.
An inside leg kick from Bowman misses.
Bowman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Peterson counters with a nice uppercut.
Peterson throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bowman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bowman misses with a straight right.
Peterson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Peterson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peterson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Peterson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bowman takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Peterson, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Peterson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peterson cracks Bowman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Peterson cracks Bowman with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Bowman looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Peterson finish him?

Bowman is rocked!
Bowman needs to keep his hands up - Peterson had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Bowman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bowman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mike Peterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peterson checks a leg kick.

Peterson lands a big uppercut and Bowman crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bowman looks OK. Peterson waves Bowman back to his feet!
Peterson digs a good hook to Bowman's body.
Peterson moves out of range as Bowman strikes.
Peterson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bowman tries to move into range but Peterson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Peterson drops Bowman with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bowman looks back up at him and smiles so Peterson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Peterson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bowman! Peterson dives in looking to finish! Bowman is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Peterson!