PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slow Fade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Pegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fade comes into the arena with Terror-Stick Tight blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Slow Fade has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fade
vs
Pegas

198 cm
28
266 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

191 cm
20
247 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slow Fade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Pegas!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pegas is looking to clinch but Fade is avoiding it.
Pegas tries to clinch but Fade moves out of range.

Pegas instigates a clinch.
Pegas has Fade pressed against the ropes, preventing Fade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fade blocks the elbow strike.
Pegas taking a breather.
Pegas looking to stall.
Pegas pressing his opponent against the ropes.

Fade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pegas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fade takes a swing at Pegas's ribcage but misses.
Pegas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pegas tries to clinch up but Fade circles away and keeps his distance.
Fade moves out of range of the strikes.
Fade throws a head kick that misses

and Pegas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pegas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fade avoids a wild elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fade avoids it.
Fade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Fade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pegas walks into a straight right hand from Fade.

It looks like Jon Pegas has been cut.
Fade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fade keeps the fight on the outside.
Fade looks to land a combination but Pegas avoids it well.
Pegas wants to land a leg kick but Fade is out of range.
Fade throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Fade does no damage.
Pegas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fade misses with a wild combination.

Pegas gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fade blocks an elbow strike.
Pegas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Slow Fade has been cut.
Pegas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fade avoids a wild elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas pushes off an throws an elbow but Fade leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pegas has Fade pressed against the ropes, preventing Fade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pegas looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Fade breaks from the clinch.
Fade throws a series of punches but Pegas moves out of range.
Fade throws a series of punches but Pegas avoids them all with ease.
Fade throws a head kick but Pegas moves out of range.
Pegas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fade keeps the fight on the outside.
Fade keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pegas moves into range and clinches up with Fade.
Fade wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Fade manages to break the clinch.
Slow Fade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pegas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fade looks to land a combination but Pegas avoids it well.
Pegas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fade throws a head kick but Pegas moves out of range.
Fade misses with a few strikes there.
Pegas dodges the punch combination from Fade.
Pegas checks the leg kick.
Pegas misses with a two punch combination.
Pegas tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Fade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fade swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch but Fade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pegas throws a front kick aimed at Fade's knee but Fade avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Fade.

Pegas moves into the clinch.
Pegas tries to stall but Fade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pegas has Fade pressed against the ropes, preventing Fade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pegas keeps control of Fade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pegas has Fade pressed against the ropes, preventing Fade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fade lands a nice uppercut.
Pegas misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fade throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pegas throws an elbow but it misses.
Pegas has Fade pressed against the ropes, preventing Fade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fade's defenses.
Pegas scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Pegas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pegas blocks a head kick by Fade.
Fade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pegas tries to clinch but Fade is having none of it.
Pegas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pegas misses with a leg kick.
Pegas tries to clinch up.
Pegas blocks a head kick by Fade.
Pegas wants to clinch
and Fade counters with a big head kick but Pegas shrugs it off.
Fade throws a nice looking combination but Pegas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Slow Fade is winning the standup battle so far.
Pegas checks the leg kick.
Fade misses with a two punch combination.
Pegas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pegas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch but Fade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pegas tries to clinch but Fade is having none of it.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch but Fade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fade takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pegas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fade cracks the inside of Pegas's front leg.
Fade throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pegas on the side of the head.
Fade throws a wild body kick that Pegas sees coming a mile off.
Pegas tries to clinch but Fade is having none of it.
Pegas throws a push kick but Fade slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Fade.
Fade thumps Pegas with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Slow Fade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pegas wants to clinch
and Fade counters with a two punch combo.
Pegas tries to clinch up but Fade circles away and keeps his distance.
Pegas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pegas is looking to clinch but Fade is avoiding it.
Pegas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pegas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fade counters with a stiff right hand.
Pegas thumps Fade with a low kick.
Pegas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fade.
Fade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pegas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fade.
Fade tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Fade.

Pegas rushes Fade and presses him up against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pegas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pegas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pegas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fade's face.

Slow Fade's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Pegas.
Pegas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pegas holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Jon Pegas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Pegas manages to break the clinch.
Pegas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fade's defenses.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fade's defenses.

Slow Fade's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pegas tries to land knees in the clinch but Fade avoids the damage to the body.
Pegas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pegas obliges.
Fade blocks the elbow strike.
Pegas connects with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Slow Fade's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Pegas manages to break the clinch.
Fade misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fade tries to keep at a distance but Pegas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pegas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Pegas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Fade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pegas counters with a big head kick but Fade shrugs it off.
Fade throws a sloppy head kick and Pegas moves out of range easily.
Pegas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pegas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fade is able to avoid easily.
Pegas swings for the body but Fade moves out of range.
Pegas tries to clinch up but Fade circles away and keeps his distance.

Pegas moves into the clinch successfully.

Pegas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pegas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fade throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Fade misses.
Pegas tries to clinch but Fade moves out of range.
Fade keeps the fight on the outside.
Pegas is looking to clinch.

Pegas moves into the clinch.
Fade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pegas has him pressed against the ropes.
Fade is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pegas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fade avoids the elbow strike from Pegas, against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pegas lands a nice elbow.
Fade is trying to break free.
Fade pushes Pegas back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pegas lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Slow Fade's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jon Pegas!