PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graham comes to the cage accompanied by Get Ready To Deal. Peterson has chosen Diamond as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graham
vs
Peterson

170 cm
26
142 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

175 cm
25
140 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Peterson.
Graham bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Peterson's head backwards.
Peterson shoots in and drives through. Graham sprawls well.
Peterson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Billy Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Peterson.
Graham paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Graham throws a right and a left that Peterson avoids nicely.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Graham is avoiding it.
A big right from Peterson misses.

Graham closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Peterson did well to prevent Graham getting side control.
Graham seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Graham is looking for a kimura here.
Graham working the head and body with strikes.
Graham has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham controlling from mount.

Graham moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Peterson has worked his arm free - good work by Peterson!
Peterson is trying to control Graham's posture but Graham avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graham trying to control the action but Peterson is working from the bottom.
An elbow from Graham crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Graham working the ground and pound from side control.
Peterson is not content to let Graham control the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Graham.
Graham looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Peterson is avoiding damage well.
You can see the frustration on Peterson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Graham tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Peterson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Graham are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Graham wants to control but Peterson is keeping him busy.
Graham tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Graham misses with the ground and pound.
Graham in side control, throwing shots but Peterson defends.
Peterson is looking for a sweep.
Graham trying to control the action but Peterson is working from the bottom.
Peterson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Graham is pressing down on Peterson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Peterson is holding on for now.
Peterson wants to get back to full guard.
Peterson is trying to control but can't.
Graham is looking to take a break and control but Peterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Graham has closed the distance and engaged Peterson in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Graham dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A swing and a miss from Peterson.
Graham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graham misses with a looping left.
Graham pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Peterson back to the cage. Graham follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Graham listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Graham jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Peterson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Graham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peterson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson throws a hook to the side of Graham's head but Graham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Peterson misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Peterson misses its intended target.
Peterson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham catches Peterson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Peterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Graham counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Graham punishes Peterson's body with a nice straight punch.
Graham tests Peterson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Graham counters with a three punch combo that has Peterson backing up. Peterson nods at Graham to acknowledge the strikes.
Peterson tries to clinch
and Graham counters with a stiff right hand.
Graham is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Graham changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Peterson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Graham tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Graham working away.
Peterson tries to escape but Graham is in control.
Graham tries to score with some ground and pound. Peterson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Peterson is trying to get back to half guard.
Graham trying to control the action but Peterson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham scoring with punches and elbows.
Graham trying to control the position but Peterson is working away.
Peterson is trying to control Graham's posture but Graham avoids it.
Graham in side control, throwing shots but Peterson defends.
You can see the frustration on Peterson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Graham working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Peterson wants to control but Graham postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham happy to just control the position for now.
Peterson sneaks back into half guard.
Graham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peterson keeps working.
Graham takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Graham working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Peterson tries to get to full guard but Graham has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is looking to control Graham's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Peterson avoid being mounted?
Peterson is refusing to be controlled, as Graham sits in half guard.
Graham wants to pass to mount but Peterson is defending the position.
Peterson wants to control but Graham is keeping busy.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Victor Peterson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Graham on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Peterson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Graham dominated that second round.
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 gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Graham counter with a right hand.
Peterson walks into a stiff left hand from Graham.
Peterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Graham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Graham cracks Peterson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Peterson tries to clinch
and Graham counters with a series of strikes. Peterson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Graham misses with a few strikes there.
Peterson misses with a hook. Graham ducked under it nicely.
Graham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peterson throws a leg kick but Graham sees it coming and moves out of range.
Peterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peterson misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Graham misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson wants to clinch

and Graham counters with a single leg into guard. Peterson didn't expect that.
Graham wants to control from the top but Peterson keeps moving.
Graham looking to pass the guard.
Graham controls from within his opponent's guard.
Graham is looking to work some ground and pound but Peterson has wrist control.
Peterson is pulling down on Graham's head. It's preventing any offense from Graham, at least for the moment.
Graham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Graham wants to control from the top but Peterson keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Billy Graham wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Graham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graham throws an overhand right that lands on Peterson's shoulder, as Peterson tries to avoid the shot.
Peterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graham.
Peterson throws a shot from downtown. Graham moves away and avoids it.
Peterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Graham circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Peterson misses.
Peterson misses with a body shot
and Graham counters with a stiff right hand.
Peterson moves forwards but Graham connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Peterson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peterson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graham counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Peterson tries to clinch up
and Graham counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peterson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Graham connects with a body shot.
Graham throws a series of strikes that have Peterson backpedaling.
Graham sizes up Peterson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Peterson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Graham.
Graham looks to land a combination. Peterson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Peterson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graham counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
Graham moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Peterson tries to clinch up
and Graham counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson defending well as Graham loads up on a big left hand.
Peterson missing with a left hand there. Graham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Graham counters with a two punch combo.
Graham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Graham scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Peterson wants to control the action here but instead Graham manages to pass to full mount!
Peterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Graham avoids the attempt from Peterson to control.
Graham working the ground and pound effectively.
Graham raining down hammerfists from mount.
Victor Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson is squirming around, avoiding Graham's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Graham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graham has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Graham!