PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julius Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Diculous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peppers's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Day N Nite-Kid Cudi. The crowd seem to be enjoying Diculous's choice of entrance music: How you like me now - The Heavy. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Peppers
vs
Diculous

174 cm
29
155 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

176 cm
28
157 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julius Peppers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Diculous!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers missing with a left hand there. Diculous was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peppers connects with a single shot there.
Peppers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Peppers throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Peppers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diculous is out of range and Peppers settles back down.
Peppers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Peppers. Those never looked like landing.
Peppers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diculous throws a wild body kick that Peppers sees coming a mile off.
Peppers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Peppers connects with an inside leg kick.
Peppers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diculous looks to score with a jab to the body but Peppers is just out of range.
Diculous connects with a body shot that sends Peppers's belly button to the back.
Peppers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peppers throws a body punch but Diculous moves out of range.
Peppers throws a shot from downtown. Diculous moves away and avoids it.
Julius Peppers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Diculous misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diculous wants to slow Peppers down by chopping away at his legs.
A cross from Peppers lands.
Peppers lands a nice hook to Diculous's body. Diculous takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Peppers cracks Diculous with a right hand to the side of the head.
Peppers shoots in for a takedown but Diculous shows good takedown defense.
Peppers thuds his right hand into Diculous's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Peppers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peppers slips a jab from Diculous.
Peppers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Peppers dives in and grabs Diculous's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diculous pushes down on Peppers's head and hops out.
Diculous stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peppers.
Diculous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peppers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peppers lands a front kick.
Diculous scores with a jab to the head.
Diculous tries to clinch but Peppers is having none of it.
Peppers chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers tries to bum rush Diculous with a series of wild strikes but Diculous uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diculous misses with an uppercut. Peppers saw that one coming.
Peppers throws a series of punches but Diculous moves out of range.
Peppers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diculous defending well as Peppers loads up on a big left hand.
Peppers tries to move into range but Diculous moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Peppers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rick Diculous is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diculous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peppers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diculous checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diculous thows a left - swing and a miss!

Peppers dives in and scores a takedown into Diculous's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Diculous uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Peppers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diculous lands with an uppercut that bounces Peppers off the cage and back into range.
Diculous needs to keep his hands up - Peppers had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diculous tries to clinch but Peppers moves out of range.
Diculous fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diculous tries to close the distance and clinch but Peppers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peppers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diculous swings widly with a right hand
and Peppers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peppers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diculous is out of range and Peppers settles back down.
Diculous drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Peppers misses with a body shot.
Diculous defending well as Peppers loads up on a big left hand.
Peppers thuds his shin into the meat of Diculous's side.
Diculous tries to clinch but Peppers moves out of range.
Diculous looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diculous throws a head kick that misses.
Diculous takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Peppers loads up on a big right hand but Diculous slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diculous tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good exchange - Peppers coming out on top.
Peppers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diculous at a distance.
Peppers misses with a straight right.
Peppers works Diculous's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diculous moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peppers is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Peppers swings for the body but Diculous moves out of range.
Diculous has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Peppers.

Diculous moves into the clinch successfully.
Diculous tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peppers avoids it.
Peppers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peppers has had enough of the clinch but Diculous keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peppers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peppers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diculous's elbow.
Peppers is looking to break free of the clinch but Diculous has double underhooks.
Diculous can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
Peppers working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Peppers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Peppers slips under a jab.

Diculous gets a clinch.
Peppers can't break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Peppers.
Peppers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Peppers tries a body shot but Diculous blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peppers.
Peppers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peppers tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diculous just stands there and leans against the cage.
Diculous struggles to land a body shot inside as Peppers controls his hands.
Diculous lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peppers misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Peppers fails to land.
Peppers blocks a body shot from Diculous.
Diculous blocking some punches.
Diculous misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peppers.
Diculous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diculous scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers struggles to land a body shot inside as Diculous controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Diculous fails to land.
Peppers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Peppers manages to break the clinch.
Peppers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Peppers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Julius Peppers is winning the standup battle so far.
Peppers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peppers misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Peppers finds it's target.
Diculous throws a series of punches but Peppers avoids them all with ease.
Diculous slips a jab and a cross from Peppers.
Diculous misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diculous looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Peppers avoids the body shot from Diculous.
Diculous wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Peppers dives in and grabs Diculous's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diculous pushes down on Peppers's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diculous misses with a body shot.
Peppers misses with a straight left.
Peppers throws the kick towards the body but Diculous avoids it.
Diculous is looking to clinch.
Diculous throws a sloppy head kick
and Peppers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peppers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julius Peppers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peppers tries a low kick but Diculous avoids it.
Diculous misses with a left hand
and Peppers counters with a thumping low kick.
Peppers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diculous counters with a three punch combo that has Peppers backing up. Peppers nods at Diculous to acknowledge the strikes.
Peppers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diculous.
Diculous on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diculous is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Peppers misses with an uppercut. Diculous saw that one coming.
Peppers throws a leg kick but Diculous checks it.

Diculous instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diculous lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Diculous tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peppers avoids it.

Peppers breaks the clinch.
Peppers throws out a powerful jab.
A punch lands to the side of Diculous 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Peppers takes a swing at Diculous's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Peppers. Those never looked like landing.
Diculous just misses with a punch to the body.
Diculous throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diculous wants to clinch.
Peppers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diculous was well out of range. Poor timing from Peppers.
Diculous swings widly with a right hand
and Peppers counters with a big head kick but Diculous shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diculous checks the leg kick.
Diculous bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Peppers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diculous.
Diculous misses the shot to the body.
Peppers misses with a leg kick.
Peppers lands a slapping body shot.
Peppers throws a hook but Diculous avoids it easily.
Diculous moves out of range as Peppers throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diculous misses with a low kick.
Peppers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Diculous throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers throws a low kick, looking for Diculous's leg but Diculous calmly moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diculous crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Peppers - the referee stops the clock and Diculous gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Peppers. Diculous manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Diculous checks a low kick from Peppers.
Diculous misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Julius Peppers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Diculous moves forwards but Peppers connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diculous shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Peppers eats them both and turns towards Diculous to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Diculous takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Peppers misses with a few strikes there.
Diculous takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diculous moves forwards but Peppers connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diculous's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peppers misses with a low kick as Diculous jumps back.
Diculous connects with a single shot there.
Peppers tried to score with a low kick but Diculous checks it.
Peppers attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Peppers swats away the attempt to clinch by Diculous.
Diculous takes one to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Peppers misses
and Peppers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peppers tests Diculous's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diculous avoids the body shot from Peppers.
The fighters circling - Diculous throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diculous lands with an overhand left.
Diculous takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Peppers tries to score with a low kick but Diculous moves his leg out of the way.
Diculous wants to clinch.
Diculous moves to clinch but Peppers breaks away
and Peppers counters with an outside leg kick.
Diculous stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diculous wants it to stay on the feet.
Peppers misses with a low kick.
Diculous tries to clinch but Peppers moves away
and Peppers counters with a good low kick that Diculous was not able to check.
Diculous misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peppers.
Peppers throws a wild body kick that Diculous sees coming a mile off.
Diculous cracks Peppers with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diculous wants to clinch up but Peppers keeps it at a distance.
Diculous throws a head kick but Peppers moves out of range.
Peppers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Peppers lands with a kick to the ribs.
Peppers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diculous has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Peppers.
Peppers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch combination from Diculous misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diculous, as that shot connected.
Peppers cracks Diculous with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diculous misses the jab.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diculous moves away.
Diculous misses with a lunging right hand
and Peppers makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Peppers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Peppers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diculous throws a hook but Peppers blocks it.
Peppers cracks Diculous with an open hand slap.
Peppers is looking to score with low kicks.
Diculous pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peppers looks for the body kick but Diculous saw that one coming.
Diculous avoids the body shot from Peppers.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diculous goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peppers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diculous has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diculous pushes Peppers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diculous goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Diculous.
Diculous tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peppers's elbow.
Diculous throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julius Peppers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peppers.
Diculous misses with a punch to the body.
Diculous tries to throw a body punch but Peppers avoids it by throwing Diculous back against the cage.
Rick Diculous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diculous misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diculous can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
Peppers tries a body shot but Diculous blocks it.
Peppers presses Diculous against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diculous can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diculous doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers can't find room to land a body shot as Diculous controls the action.
Rick Diculous seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diculous.
Diculous lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rick Diculous.
I think Peppers 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Peppers!
Julius Peppers really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Firebird Designs logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.