PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson has chosen Even Flow by Pearl Jam as his entrance music. Eric Peterson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nelson
vs
Peterson

186 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Peterson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nelson somewhat.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Peterson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Peterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Peterson.
Nelson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Peterson instigates a clinch.
Peterson wants a takedown.
Peterson is looking to control Nelson's arms but Nelson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peterson has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peterson trying to control the position but instead, Nelson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Peterson into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Nelson.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peterson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Peterson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Nelson lands with a short shot to the head.

Peterson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Nelson is trying to keep an underhook but Peterson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nelson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Peterson.
Nelson is looking to improve his position.
Nelson trying to hold on to Peterson's head to control him but Peterson postures up.
Nelson tries to get to full guard but Peterson has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Peterson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Peterson is trying to control the action in half guard but Nelson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Peterson sprawls well. Peterson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Peterson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Peterson as Nelson shoots in.
Peterson tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
A left and a right from Nelson both land. Nice combination.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Nelson connects with a crisp jab.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Nelson fails with the takedown.
George Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nelson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Peterson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nelson somewhat.
Peterson throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peterson throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Peterson tries to clinch but Nelson moves away
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown but Nelson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Peterson tries for a takedown but Nelson circles away easily

and Nelson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Nelson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Peterson swings for the body but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Peterson wants to clinch but Nelson slips to the side
and Nelson counters with a three punch combo that has Peterson backing up. Peterson nods at Nelson to acknowledge the strikes.
Peterson misses with a jab to the body
and Nelson counters with a series of strikes. Peterson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Peterson blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Peterson wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peterson as he avoids it easily.
Nelson wants to clinch

and Peterson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nelson's guard.
Nelson wants to hit a switch here but Peterson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Nelson there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peterson controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
Nelson working to try and regain half guard.
Peterson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Peterson avoids the attempt from Nelson to control.
Peterson controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Peterson.

Peterson has hold of Nelson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nelson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peterson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nelson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Peterson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Nelson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Peterson scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is trying to improve his position.
Nelson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peterson on the ground.
Nelson is not content to let Peterson control the position.
Peterson tries to score with some ground and pound. Nelson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Peterson misses with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Peterson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nelson keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Peterson thows a body shot but no joy.
Nelson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nelson duly obliges.
Nelson shoots and misses

and Peterson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Peterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Peterson is looking to clinch.

Peterson closes the distance and clinches.
Peterson missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nelson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nelson.
Nelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Peterson walks away with a smile on his face. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Peterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peterson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Peterson counters with a single leg into guard. Nelson didn't expect that.
Nelson wants to sweep here but Peterson controlling him for the moment.
Peterson throwing strikes but missing.
Peterson postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson passes Nelson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nelson is pressing down on Peterson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nelson controlling Peterson's posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peterson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nelson can't do much from the bottom here.
Nelson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Peterson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Eric Peterson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nelson gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nelson keeping full guard, as Peterson tries to pass.
Nelson keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
Nelson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Peterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peterson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
A left lands for Nelson.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson wants to clinch but Peterson slips to the side
and Peterson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown but Nelson shows good takedown defense.
Nelson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Peterson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Peterson keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Nelson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nelson wants a takedown.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peterson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Peterson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Nelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peterson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Peterson holds him up against the cage and eventually Nelson drops back down to his feet.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Peterson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nelson uses from the top position.
Peterson is trying to control the position but Nelson postures up.
Nelson throwing strikes from guard but Peterson blocks nicely.
Peterson controls Nelson momentarily but Nelson frees himself.
Nelson preventing the sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Peterson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peterson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Peterson!