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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Markakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Markakis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Pepper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pepper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pepper throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pepper misses with a straight left.
Pepper scores with a hook.
Pepper works over Markakis's head and body with a nice combination.
Markakis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pepper!
Markakis throwing strikes here but Pepper is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Markakis tries to control but Pepper wriggling away.
Markakis throws some wild stikes that Pepper manages to avoid easily.
Markakis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pepper to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pepper shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pepper is looking to improve his position but Markakis isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markakis looking to finish with strikes here!
Markakis with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Markakis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Markakis lands with some strikes.
Markakis is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pepper is surviving well by controlling Markakis's body position as best he can.
Markakis jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Pepper is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Pepper and Markakis has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markakis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pepper is trying to get back to half guard.
Pepper tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Markakis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markakis seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Pepper is holding on tight.
Pepper is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pepper really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
BOOM! Markakis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Markakis thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Markakis tries to control but Pepper wriggling away.
Markakis throws some wild stikes that Pepper manages to avoid easily.
Markakis get's back to his feet.
Pepper throws a wild body kick that Markakis sees coming a mile off.
Markakis tries to move into range but Pepper moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Pepper does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pepper is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Markakis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pepper pinned against the cage. Pepper gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pepper lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Markakis backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pepper misses with a wild combination.
Pepper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Markakis counters with a single leg into guard. Pepper didn't expect that.
Markakis trying to control the position from guard on top but Pepper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pepper looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Markakis gets to his feet. Pepper looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Markakis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Markakis slips a jab and a cross from Pepper.
A left and a right from Pepper both land. Nice combination.
Pepper forces Markakis back against the cage and clinches.
Markakis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Markakis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Markakis is working for a kimura but Pepper is defending it quite comfortably.
Markakis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pepper sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markakis is working for a kimura but Pepper is defending it quite comfortably.
Markakis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pepper keeps working.
Markakis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Markakis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pepper sees it coming and defends easily.
Markakis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Markakis is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Pepper reverses the position - he's now on top in Markakis's guard.
Pepper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Markakis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper wants to get up but he can't break Markakis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Markakis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pepper wants to pass the guard but Markakis is keeping the position.
Markakis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markakis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Markakis has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pepper can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Markakis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pepper must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pepper stands up and waves to Markakis to follow him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pepper stuffs the takedown attempt from Markakis. Markakis gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Markakis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pepper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pepper throws a head kick that misses.
Markakis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pepper.
Pepper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Markakis.
Pepper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Markakis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nick Markakis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Markakis moves out of range of the body kick from Pepper.
Pepper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pepper misses with the combination.
Markakis closes the distance and clinches up with Pepper, looking for a takedown. Markakis pushes Pepper against the cage but Pepper circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper feints and as Markakis raises his hands in defense, Pepper changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pepper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Markakis throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Markakis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pepper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Markakis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Markakis is looking for a triangle but Pepper pushes his legs off easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markakis working for a triangle but Pepper defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Markakis is proving hard to escape from.
Pepper gets to his feet. Markakis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Markakis.
Peter Pepper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pepper clinches with his opponent.
Pepper has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pepper gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Markakis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Markakis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markakis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pepper lands with a short shot to the head.
Nick Markakis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pepper breaks the clinch.
Markakis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pepper moves into the clinch successfully.
A hook to the body from Pepper.
Markakis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pepper prevents a takedown attempt there.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Markakis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pepper's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markakis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pepper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pepper effectively controlling the action here.
A short body shot lands from Pepper as the two fighters clinch.
Pepper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pepper tries a body shot but Markakis blocks it.
Pepper trying to land knees to the body.
Peter Pepper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pepper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markakis avoids it.
Markakis taking a breather.
Pepper gets through Markakis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pepper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Pepper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Markakis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Markakis!
Nick Markakis took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Kobra Clothing Inc. for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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