PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Peterson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Peterson
vs
marques

177 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julio marques!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Peterson as marques shoots in.
marques stuffs the takedown attempt from Peterson. Peterson gets slowly back to his feet.
marques stuffs the takedown attempt from Peterson. Peterson gets slowly back to his feet.

marques closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, marques seems content to control.
marques prevents Peterson from standing back up.
marques trying to control the pace.
Peterson is trying to maintain the position but marques is very close to passing his half guard.
marques moves into full mount! Peterson won't be happy about that!
Peterson wants to try and get back to his feet.
marques content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
marques controlling the position easily from mount.
Peterson tries to hold on but marques postures up.
marques prevents Peterson from getting the reversal.
Peterson tries to hold on but marques pushes him away.
marques content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Despite being in the dominant position, Julio marques just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

marques changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Peterson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peterson prevents marques from improving position.
marques looks gassed!
Peterson is looking for a sweep.
Peterson prevents marques from moving into mount.
marques controlling the position.
Peterson is looking for a sweep.
marques taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is trying to control marques's posture but marques avoids it.
marques in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Peterson can't do much from the bottom here.
Peterson is trying to get back to his feet.
Peterson is trying to escape the position but marques is controlling the position.
Peterson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peterson is not content to let marques control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Peterson closes this distance looking for a takedown but marques circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Peterson misses.
Peterson throws a right and a left that marques avoids nicely.
Peterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

marques darts in and clinches Peterson up against the cage.
marques wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peterson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. marques just stands there and leans against the cage.
Peterson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. marques just stands there and leans against the cage.
marques tries for a takedown but Peterson manages to get underhooks.
marques prevents the takedown attempt.
Peterson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
marques prevents a takedown attempt there.
Peterson tries to stall but marques uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Peterson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

marques successfully pulls guard.
marques is pulling down on Peterson's head to control his posture.
marques keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio marques dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

marques looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
marques is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Peterson is looking to control marques's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Peterson avoid being mounted?
marques works his way into full mount!
marques takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson is looking to get to half guard.
marques content just to control the position here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Julio marques just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says marques as he avoids it easily.

Peterson scores with a takedown into marques's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as marques holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
marques looking for a sweep. Not yet marques, not yet.
Peterson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Peterson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
marques pulls Peterson in close to prevent any damage.
marques looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peterson trying to control the position from guard on top but marques is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
marques looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peterson wants to control from the top but marques keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
marques has his takedown stuffed

and Peterson moves into the clinch.
Peterson tries to pull guard but marques holds him up against the cage and eventually Peterson drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson trying to land knees to the body.

marques is trying to trip Peterson. He has hold of a leg but Peterson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. marques persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Peterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
marques showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
marques advances to half guard.
Peterson is in trouble now - marques has advanced to mount!
marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
marques's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
marques tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Peterson is trying to stand.
marques controlling from the full mount.

Despite being in the dominant position, Julio marques just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Peterson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson throws a push kick but marques slaps the foot to one side.
Peterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peterson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but marques swivels and escapes.
marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
marques takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio marques showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

marques misses with a takedown attempt - Peterson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Peterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peterson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Peterson feints and as marques raises his hands in defense, Peterson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
marques is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Peterson wanted to stand there but marques had control of the position.
marques wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Peterson trying to control the position from guard on top but marques is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peterson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
marques keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now marques is on top in guard.
marques preventing the sweep.
marques is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Peterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Peterson wants to sweep here but marques controlling him for the moment.
marques slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Peterson is trying to control marques's posture but marques avoids it.
marques is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Peterson's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
marques works to advance to full mount. Peterson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
marques looking to control and managing it successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Julio marques just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peterson shoots in looking for a takedown. marques tries to sprawl out of it but Peterson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. marques manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

marques closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
marques has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Peterson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but marques has him pressed against the cage.
Peterson tries to score a body lock takedown but marques shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Peterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peterson prevents the takedown attempt.
Peterson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. marques just stands there and leans against the cage.

marques lands a takedown into guard.
marques stands and throws Peterson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
marques content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Peterson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Peterson is trying to control but can't.
Peterson tries to get to full guard but marques has control of the leg.
marques is thwarting Peterson's attempts to control the position.
marques prevents Peterson from standing back up.
Peterson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. marques is working away from the top position though.
Peterson looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to get to full guard but marques has control of the leg.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Peterson fails with the takedown.
Peterson looks to land a right hand but marques moved out of range.
Peterson fails to land the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from marques.
Julio marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peterson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has marques pinned against the cage. marques gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Peterson gets caught flat footed, as marques shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
marques content to stall in guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio marques comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well marques has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio marques!