PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julius Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peppers's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Day N Nite-Kid Cudi. This should be fireworks!

Peppers
vs
Reese

174 cm
32
155 lbs
20 - 14 - 2

170 cm
26
150 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Julius Peppers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Reese!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Reese checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peppers looks to throw the jab but Reese is out of range.
Reese tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reese throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
Peppers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Reese clinches up with Peppers and pushes him back against the cage.
Reese misses with a punch to the body.
Reese is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Peppers is defending well.
Peppers is leaning against Reese and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reese is looking for a takedown.
Reese misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peppers is trying to break the clinch but Reese has him pressed against the cage.
Peppers blocks a body shot from Reese.
Peppers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Reese.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Peppers is defending well.
Julius Peppers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Reese.
A right hook to the body lands for Peppers.
Reese 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 is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Peppers scores with a shot to the side of Reese's head.
Peppers pushes Reese back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peppers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Peppers prevents a body shot from Reese.
A right hand to the body from Peppers.
Reese drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Peppers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Peppers gets through Reese's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reese lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reese.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reese.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Peppers manages to break the clinch.
Peppers connects with a looping right hand.
Reese throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
Reese turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A lazy left from Peppers finds it's target.
Reese shoots in for a takedown but Peppers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Peppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reese moves away.
Reese looks to land a body kick but Peppers moved away.
A shot to the liver by Peppers. Beautiful body shot.
Reese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peppers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A shot to the body from Peppers misses
and Reese makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Peppers there.
Peppers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reese scores with a leg kick.
Julius Peppers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese avoids the body shot from Peppers.
Reese with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Reese shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Peppers manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Reese throwing strikes from guard but Peppers blocks nicely.

Peppers is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Reese is aware though and is defending well.
Reese throws a strike but Peppers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Reese trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese tries to strike from the bottom.
Peppers throwing strikes but missing.
Peppers wants to control from the top but Reese keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reese is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Julius Peppers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Peppers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Peppers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reese fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Peppers slaps away a takedown attempt from Reese, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Reese on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reese ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Peppers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reese's head backwards.
Reese walks into a straight right hand from Peppers.
Reese lands a nice hook to Peppers's body. Peppers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A leg kick checked by Reese.
Peppers throws a low kick but Reese moves out of range easily.
Reese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peppers.
Peppers throws the kick towards the body but Reese avoids it.
Good shot there by Peppers.
Reese walks into a stiff left hand from Peppers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peppers tried to score with a low kick but Reese checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers throws a big shot that misses.
Peppers throws a chopping leg kick but Reese manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reese throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
Peppers checks a leg kick nicely.
Reese's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Peppers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reese scrambles back to his feet.
Peppers blocks a head kick by Reese.
A shot to the body from Reese misses
and Peppers counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reese's knee momentarily.
Peppers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Peppers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Reese shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Reese trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reese postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Peppers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese cracks Peppers with a solid left hand.
Reese working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reese postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reese loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peppers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reese cracks Peppers with a solid left hand.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reese's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reese postures up in Peppers's guard and throws a big left but Peppers blocks it.
Reese tries to free his leg and advance position but Peppers is retaining full guard.
Reese throws a big right hand that misses.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reese in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Reese postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Peppers wants to sweep here but Reese controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Peppers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Reese has gone for a leg lock! Peppers slips out almost immediately though and dives into Reese's guard.

Reese looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reese's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Reese showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Reese takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Peppers looks to land a left hand but Reese moved out of range nicely.
Reese lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Reese takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Reese darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Reese is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Peppers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reese is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese throws a strike but Peppers avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Peppers looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Reese puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Reese seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Reese is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Peppers has managed to free his arm - good work.
Reese missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Peppers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reese decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Peppers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peppers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reese stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice sprawl there from Peppers as Reese shoots in.
Reese throws a leg kick but Peppers moved away.
Reese walks into a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Peppers misses with a hook
and Reese counters with a nice low kick that buckles Peppers's knee momentarily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Reese is defended easily by Peppers.
Peppers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reese on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Peppers.
Julius Peppers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reese just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reese shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Reese postures up in Peppers's guard and throws a big left but Peppers blocks it.
Reese has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Peppers is proving hard to escape from.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Peppers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Reese is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Peppers is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Peppers has escaped and now he's on top!
Reese trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reese doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers won't allow Reese to sweep him here.

Reese looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Peppers passes into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Reese comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reese has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Reese!