PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peanut Butter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by D-12 - Fight Music . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cherry
vs
Butter

175 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

164 cm
23
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peanut Butter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cherry defends it nicely.

Cherry scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cherry will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Cherry thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cherry scores with a couple of short elbows.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Butter has eaten all the pies!

Cherry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Butter has escaped the position, nice work there.
Butter is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cherry's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Nice strikes from Cherry there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Butter defending well though.
Ground and pound from Cherry.
Cherry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Butter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cherry wants to pass the guard but Butter is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Butter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cherry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Butter on the ground.
Cherry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cherry looking to sit in guard and control but Butter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Butter is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry keeping moving, preventing Butter from controlling successfully.
Butter is fighting to break Cherry's control of his arms but Cherry is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cherry striking off his back but it's not causing Butter any problems.
Butter pushing down on Cherry's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butter seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Cherry pushes Butter off and gets back to his feet.
Butter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Butter wants to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Cherry or perhaps it was just good defense by Butter which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cherry circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cherry is defended easily by Butter.
Peanut Butter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Butter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cherry is fending him off so far but Butter persists. Nope, Cherry circles away and we're back to standing.
Cherry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Butter is fending him off so far but Cherry persists. Nope, Butter circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Cherry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Butter tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is trying hard to land a takedown here. Butter sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Butter with a hook.
Cherry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Butter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Butter tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.

Butter gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cherry throws an elbow that misses.

Butter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cherry shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Butter napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Butter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cherry is trying to get back to half guard.
Cherry wants to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Cherry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cherry is trying to work for a sweep but Butter has mounted him!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cherry gets back to half guard.
Cherry wants to control but Butter is keeping busy.
Cherry wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butter tries to stand but can't do so whilst Cherry controls his leg.
Butter passes into side control, despite Cherry's attempt to control the position.
Cherry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Butter wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cherry, who protects the arm well.
Cherry struggling a bit here.
Buster Cherry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butter trying to control the position but Cherry is working away.
Cherry struggling a bit here.
Cherry is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Butter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Buster Cherry wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Butter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cherry gets a takedown into half guard.
Butter taking some punishment here, with Cherry in his half guard.
Cherry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cherry is looking to stall here but Butter recovers full guard.
Cherry landing some decent shots from guard.
Cherry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butter keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
Cherry controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cherry pushing down on Butter's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Butter is trying to stand.
Cherry is stalling here. Butter is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cherry seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Butter has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cherry is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Butter off and has taken his back!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cherry scores with punches to the body.
Cherry is working the ground and pound. Can Butter escape?
Cherry trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Butter doesn't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cherry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Butter looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Cherry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Butter has escaped the position, nice work there.
Butter sneaks back into half guard.
Butter tries to kick Cherry off but Cherry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cherry lands a nice short elbow.
Cherry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Butter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Butter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cherry passes Butter's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry wants to take a breather but Butter is having none of it.
Cherry lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Cherry.
Cherry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cherry is thwarting Butter's attempts to control the position.
Butter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Butter tries to get to full guard but Cherry has control of the leg.
Cherry stalling.
Cherry working Butter over with strikes.
Cherry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry works his way into full mount!
Cherry with shots to the head and body - Butter looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cherry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Butter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cherry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cherry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Butter is bucking up trying to escape but Cherry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cherry working Butter over with strikes here.
Cherry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Butter is rocked!
Cherry postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Butter bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Cherry and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buster Cherry!
After winning the bout, Buster Cherry thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.