PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Hazlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hazlett might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Crank that Travis Barker Remix. Peppers is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Day N Nite-Kid Cudi. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hazlett
vs
Peppers

190 cm
24
154 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

174 cm
23
155 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Firebird Designs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dustin Hazlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Peppers!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers lands a nice looking body shot.
Hazlett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice uppercut lands for Peppers. That snapped Hazlett's head back.
Peppers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hazlett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Peppers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hazlett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Peppers.
Hazlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Peppers circles away.
Peppers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Peppers slips under a jab from Hazlett.
Hazlett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peppers with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hazlett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Peppers pinned against the cage. Peppers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dustin Hazlett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peppers scoring well with a low kick there.
Peppers scores with a nice strike.
Peppers scores with a kick to the midsection.
Peppers slaps away a takedown attempt from Hazlett, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazlett fails with the takedown.
Hazlett is breathing heavily.
Hazlett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peppers.
A lazy body kick from Hazlett
and Peppers counters with a leg kick.
Hazlett shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peppers counters with a thumping low kick.
Hazlett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Peppers. That's going to slow Hazlett down.
Dustin Hazlett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Peppers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hazlett if he has to take too many more of those.
Peppers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Peppers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Hazlett is rocked!
Peppers throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Hazlett crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Julius Peppers!