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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Babbage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babbage comes to the cage accompanied by Get baked. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
22 - 2 - 0 |
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Babbage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Peppers!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers looks to score with a jab to the body but Babbage is just out of range.
Babbage checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peppers tries to land a front kick but Babbage steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Babbage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Peppers misses with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Peppers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Peppers is looking to slow Babbage down with leg kicks.
Babbage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Peppers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Peppers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Babbage moves out of range as Peppers strikes.
Peppers is looking to clinch.
Peppers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babbage misses with a wild body shot.
Babbage shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Babbage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Babbage avoids a kick to the body.
Babbage throws a lazy uppercut
and Peppers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Babbage fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Peppers sprawls well initially but Babbage persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Peppers throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Peppers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Peppers gets back to full guard.
Babbage will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Peppers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Babbage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers pushes Babbage off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Babbage just misses with a punch to the body.
Babbage ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Peppers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Peppers checks a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peppers throws a low kick, looking for Babbage's leg but Babbage calmly moves out of range.
Peppers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Peppers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Babbage doesn't seem bothered though.
Brian Peppers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peppers fails to land with a series of punches.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Babbage in his tracks.
Babbage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Babbage throws a body punch but Peppers moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babbage throws a front kick aimed at Peppers's knee but Peppers avoids it well.
Babbage takes a kick to the side of the head.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Babbage moved away.
Babbage misses with a hook
and Peppers counters with a left and a right that stings Babbage.
Babbage checks the leg kick.
Babbage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Peppers.
Peppers defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Babbage.
Babbage fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Peppers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babbage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babbage lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Peppers. That snapped Babbage's head back.
Peppers does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Peppers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peppers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babbage. Babbage obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Peppers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peppers slips a jab from Babbage.
Peppers cracks the inside of Babbage's front leg.
Peppers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Peppers scores with a jab to the body.
Babbage checks a leg kick.
Peppers doesn't manage to clinch there - Babbage circles away.
Babbage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Babbage is looking to land body kicks.
Peppers connects with a single shot there.
Babbage shoots in for a takedown but Peppers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Peppers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babbage.
Peppers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Babbage.
Peppers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Babbage tried to score with a low kick but Peppers checks it.
Donk. Peppers catches Babbage right on the button with a cross.
Babbage is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Peppers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Babbage throws a chopping leg kick but Peppers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Babbage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peppers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peppers moves away from the strike by Babbage.
Babbage throws a leg kick but Peppers checks it.
Babbage scoring well with a low kick there.
Peppers avoids the body shot from Babbage.
Babbage takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers misses with a head kick.
That kick from Peppers tenderised Babbage's leg. Babbage is trying to keep his angry face on.
Babbage throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Peppers.
Peppers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Babbage.
Peppers throws a leg kick that misses.
Peppers wants to clinch up but Babbage keeps it at a distance.
Babbage misses the jab.
Brian Peppers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babbage checks the leg kick.
Babbage lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Peppers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Babbage.
Peppers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Peppers misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Babbage throws a shot from downtown. Peppers moves away and avoids it.
Good shot there by Babbage.
Peppers throws a sloppy head kick and Babbage moves out of range easily.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peppers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babbage.
A solid body kick from Peppers.
Peppers lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babbage throws the left hand but Peppers avoids the punch easily.
Babbage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peppers was well out of range. Poor timing from Babbage.
Babbage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Babbage throws a leg kick
and Peppers counters with an outside leg kick.
Peppers throws an off balance right hand
and Babbage counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Babbage throws a head kick but Peppers moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers doesn't manage to clinch there - Babbage circles away.
Babbage looks to land a right hand but Peppers moved out of range.
Peppers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Peppers tries to clinch but Babbage is having none of it.
Peppers misses with the body kick
and Babbage cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peppers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babbage.
Babbage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Babbage lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Peppers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Peppers moves out of range of the strikes.
Peppers blocks a jab.
Babbage ducks under a wild hook from Peppers.
Peppers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Babbage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babbage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peppers.
Peppers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some wild striking there from Babbage.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babbage was well out of range. Poor timing from Peppers.
Babbage just misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers blocks a low kick nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peppers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babbage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peppers throws a chopping leg kick but Babbage manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers loads up on a big right hand but Babbage slips the punch.
Babbage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babbage stuns Peppers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brian Peppers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Babbage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peppers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Babbage scores with a push kick.
Babbage misses with a hook. Peppers ducked under it nicely.
Babbage tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Peppers - that will leave a mark!
Peppers throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peppers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peppers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babbage.
Babbage lands with a good body shot.
Peppers wants to land a leg kick but Babbage is out of range.
Babbage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Babbage jabs at Peppers's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers tries to clinch but Babbage moves out of range.
Babbage throws a jab when Peppers was well out of range.
Babbage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Peppers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babbage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Babbage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Babbage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peppers has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Babbage walks into a left hand.
Babbage blocks a head kick by Peppers.
Babbage blocks a jab.
Peppers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babbage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Babbage lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Peppers at a distance.
Babbage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peppers circles away quickly and effectively.
Babbage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Babbage.
Peppers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers ducks under a wild hook from Babbage.
Peppers punishes Babbage's body with a nice straight punch.
Peppers throws a nice looking combination but Babbage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Babbage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peppers.
Babbage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Peppers tries to score with a low kick but Babbage moves his leg out of the way.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Peppers checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peppers throws a body punch but Babbage moves out of range.
Peppers moves out of range as Babbage strikes.
Peppers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Babbage throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers is looking to clinch.
Babbage throws out a powerful jab.
Peppers throws the left hand but Babbage avoids the punch easily.
Babbage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Peppers counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Babbage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babbage throws a hook to the side of Peppers's head but Peppers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Peppers checks a low kick from Babbage.
Babbage throws a big shot that misses.
Peppers throws a body punch but Babbage moves out of range.
Babbage throws a big shot that misses.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Babbage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Babbage throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Peppers on the side of the head.
Peppers catches Babbage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers tried to score with a low kick but Babbage checks it.
Babbage misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peppers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Babbage is out of range.
Peppers thumps Babbage with a low kick.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses
and Babbage counters with a nice low kick that buckles Peppers's knee momentarily.
Peppers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Babbage, pushing him back against the cage.
Babbage is trying to push Peppers away but Peppers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Peppers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
Peppers is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babbage lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Babbage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Peppers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Babbage is looking to chop away at Peppers's legs.
Peppers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Babbage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Babbage looks to land a right hand but Peppers moved out of range.
Peppers swings for the body but Babbage moves out of range.
Babbage checks a low kick from Peppers.
Babbage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Peppers thumps Babbage with a low kick.
Babbage throws a wild body kick that Peppers sees coming a mile off.
Peppers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Babbage throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Babbage. That did some damage!
Babbage misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers scores with a kick to the midsection.
Babbage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Peppers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peppers throws a head kick that misses.
Babbage looks to score with a jab to the body but Peppers is just out of range.
Peppers thumps Babbage with a low kick.
Babbage misses with a body shot.
Babbage misses the jab.
Peppers swings widly with a right hand
and Babbage makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Babbage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peppers.
Babbage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peppers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers just misses with a punch to the body.
Babbage throws a body punch but Peppers moves out of range.
Peppers misses with a combination
enabling Babbage to counter with a crisp jab.
Peppers is looking to chop away at Babbage's legs.
Peppers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Babbage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peppers was well out of range. Poor timing from Babbage.
Babbage misses with a wild body shot.
Babbage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Peppers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peppers closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babbage is looking to control Peppers's arms but Peppers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Babbage has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Babbage.
Babbage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peppers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peppers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peppers taking a breather.
Babbage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peppers has a couple of punches blocked by Babbage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peppers.
Babbage blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Peppers to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers tries a body shot but Babbage blocks it.
Babbage fails to pull guard.
Peppers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Babbage struggles to land a body shot inside as Peppers controls his hands.
Babbage has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peppers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Peppers prevents a body shot from Babbage.
Babbage takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Charles Babbage has been cut.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babbage is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babbage is looking to break free of the clinch but Peppers has double underhooks.
Peppers tries a body shot but Babbage blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peppers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Babbage's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Peppers dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Charles Babbage's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Babbage.
Peppers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Babbage.
Peppers takes one to the side of the head.
Peppers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Babbage. That did some damage!
Babbage with a nice cross.
Babbage scores with a spinning back kick!
Peppers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Babbage at a distance.
Peppers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peppers swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Peppers instigates a clinch.
Peppers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Peppers misses with the head strike.
Peppers misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babbage is trying to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Babbage's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Peppers has a couple of punches blocked by Babbage.
Babbage lands with a light punch inside.
Babbage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Babbage has a couple of punches blocked by Peppers.
Peppers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babbage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peppers blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babbage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babbage gets tackled into the cage by Peppers. Peppers maintains the clinch.
Peppers lands with a left to the head.
Charles Babbage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peppers lands an uppercut.
Babbage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babbage throws a low kick but Peppers avoids it.
Peppers tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Babbage is able to avoid easily.
Babbage thows a body shot but no joy.
Peppers tries to clinch but Babbage moves out of range.
Peppers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A good leg kick by Babbage.
Peppers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers avoids the body shot from Babbage.
Babbage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babbage scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Babbage throws the left hand but Peppers avoids the punch easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Peppers.
Babbage looks to land a body kick but Peppers moved away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Babbage checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Babbage swings for the body but Peppers moves out of range.
Babbage blocks a head kick by Peppers.
Babbage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peppers thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Peppers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A chopping leg kick lands by Babbage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Peppers.
Babbage has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peppers has closed the distance and engaged Babbage in a clinch.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babbage is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babbage manages to break the clinch.
Babbage throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peppers attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Babbage avoids the body shot from Peppers.
Babbage misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Peppers.
Babbage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Peppers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Peppers 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Brian Peppers!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Brian Peppers!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Brian Peppers!
Brian Peppers wins by unanimous decision!
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