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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Dettman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Peppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dettman's entrance music is Nazareth - Hair of the Dog. A fine choice. Brian Peppers told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Dettman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Peppers!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peppers lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Peppers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dettman misses with a looping right.
Peppers misses with a body kick.
Peppers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dettman's sensitive parts.
Bobby Dettman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peppers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peppers misses with a looping right.
Peppers missing with a left hand there. Dettman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peppers throws a looping overhand right but Dettman ducks down to avoid it.
Peppers slips a straight right by Dettman.
Peppers throws a hook but Dettman blocks it.
Peppers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dettman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peppers swinging wildly here.
Dettman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dettman thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman thuds a left hand into Peppers's body.
Dettman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Peppers misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dettman clobbers Peppers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Peppers throws an overhand right that lands on Dettman's shoulder, as Dettman tries to avoid the shot.
Peppers tries to land a leg kick but Dettman saw it coming and moves away.
Dettman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peppers misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dettman counters with a body kick that stops Peppers in his tracks momentarily.
Good work by Dettman as he checks the leg kick.
Peppers moves out of range of the leg kick from Dettman.
Dettman throws a push kick but Peppers slaps the foot to one side.
Peppers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
No joy there for Dettman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Peppers throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Peppers checks a leg kick nicely.
Dettman blocks a low kick nicely.
Dettman defending well as Peppers loads up on a big left hand.
Dettman stalks Peppers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Peppers's face. Peppers staggers backwards, shaken.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch but Peppers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dettman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dettman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dettman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman lands a nice hook to Peppers's body. Peppers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dettman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Peppers misses its intended target.
Peppers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Peppers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peppers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dettman throws a lazy head kick
and Peppers counters with an inside leg kick.
Peppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Peppers misses the target.
Dettman is looking to chop away at Peppers's legs.
Dettman has Peppers up against the cage in a clinch.
Dettman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peppers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peppers managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Peppers avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but Peppers blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peppers avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
Peppers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dettman has a couple of punches blocked by Peppers.
Dettman misses with a body punch.
Dettman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peppers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dettman blocks an uppercut.
Dettman lands a good knee to the midsection. Peppers won't want to take too many of those.
Dettman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Dettman.
Peppers landing knees to the body.
Dettman lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peppers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Peppers managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dettman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peppers looking to throw knees to the head but Dettman is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peppers.
Dettman lands a nice uppercut.
Peppers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dettman avoiding damage as Peppers throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers lands an elbow inside.
Peppers missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dettman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peppers manages to avoid it.
Dettman moves into the clinch successfully.
Dettman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peppers blocks an uppercut.
Dettman pushes off an throws an elbow but Peppers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peppers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bobby Dettman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but Peppers blocks with his arms.
Dettman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dettman misses with an elbow strike.
Dettman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peppers backwards.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dettman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dettman struggles to land a body shot inside as Peppers controls his hands.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dettman lands with a short shot to the head.
Peppers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dettman is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peppers.
A short right from Peppers on the inside.
It looks like Bobby Dettman has been cut.
Peppers lands an elbow inside that Dettman shrugs off.
Peppers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dettman throws an elbow but it misses.
Dettman misses with an elbow strike.
Peppers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peppers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dettman misses with the head strike.
Dettman misses with some punches.
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dettman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peppers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peppers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dettman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peppers avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Peppers.
Peppers swings wildly with an uppercut but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peppers.
Peppers tries to throw a body punch but Dettman avoids it by throwing Peppers back against the cage.
Peppers lands with a left to the head.
Peppers takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Brian Peppers has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peppers.
Dettman avoiding damage as Peppers throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman tries to throw a body punch but Peppers avoids it by throwing Dettman back against the cage.
Dettman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peppers avoids the elbow strike from Dettman, against the cage.
Peppers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peppers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dettman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short body shot lands from Dettman as the two fighters clinch.
Dettman struggles to land a body shot inside as Peppers controls his hands.
Peppers managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Peppers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dettman tries to work over Peppers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peppers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dettman.
Dettman blocks the elbow strike.
Peppers can't find room to land a body shot as Dettman controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peppers blocks an elbow strike.
Peppers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dettman's elbow.
Dettman throws an elbow but it misses.
Dettman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Peppers's defenses.
Dettman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dettman misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Peppers fails to land.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peppers.
Dettman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pepperss head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Peppers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dettman can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Peppers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peppers feints a jab promting Dettman to slip. Peppers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dettman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Peppers throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big right from Dettman misses.
Dettman instigates a clinch.
Dettman misses with some punches.
Dettman blocks an uppercut.
Dettman throws an elbow that misses.
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Peppers avoids the damage to the body.
Dettman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dettman lands a good knee to the midsection. Peppers won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Dettman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers lands a hook that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
Dettman misses with some punches.
Peppers scores with a shot to the side of Dettman's head.
Peppers tries to throw a body punch but Dettman avoids it by throwing Peppers back against the cage.
Peppers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Peppers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Peppers lands a right hand.
Dettman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peppers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Peppers dodges an elbow strike from Dettman.
Peppers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dettman or not.
Peppers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dettman blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Dettman.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peppers avoids it.
Peppers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dettmans head.
Dettman pushes off an throws an elbow but Peppers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Dettman.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peppers is defending well for now.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dettman tries to work over Peppers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peppers takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Peppers fails to land.
Dettman has a couple of punches blocked by Peppers.
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Dettman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman can't find room to land a body shot as Peppers controls the action.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peppers blocks a body shot from Dettman.
Peppers misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Peppers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dettman throws a head punch that misses.
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dettman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Peppers on the inside.
Peppers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peppers scores with a shot to the side of Dettman's head.
Dettman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peppers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dettman.
Dettman keeps control of Peppers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Peppers avoids the damage to the body.
Peppers blocks an elbow strike.
Peppers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dettman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Dettman.
Dettman gets through Peppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dettman blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dettman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peppers's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dettman blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Peppers throws a series of punches but Dettman avoids them all with ease.
Dettman throws a sloppy head kick and Peppers moves out of range easily.
Dettman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Dettman.
Dettman misses with a series of wild punches.
Dettman misses with a wild combination.
Peppers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peppers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Peppers cracks the inside of Dettman's front leg.
Dettman just misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers misses with a few strikes there.
Peppers misses with a hook. Dettman ducked under it nicely.
Good work by Dettman as he checks the leg kick.
Dettman jabs at Peppers's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dettman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dettman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dettman thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peppers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dettman is looking to wear down Peppers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Peppers throws a chopping leg kick but Dettman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dettman doesn't manage to clinch there - Peppers circles away.
Dettman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Peppers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dettman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peppers avoids the body shot from Dettman.
Peppers thows a body shot but no joy.
Dettman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bobby Dettman is winning the standup battle so far.
Dettman misses with a few strikes there.
Dettman has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Peppers.
Dettman doesn't manage to clinch there - Peppers circles away.
Dettman closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Dettman.
Peppers dodges an elbow strike from Dettman.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Peppers.
Peppers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peppers blocks a body shot from Dettman.
Peppers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peppers lands a nice shot to the body.
Peppers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dettman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dettman lands a good knee to the midsection. Peppers won't want to take too many of those.
Peppers managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Dettman pushes off an throws an elbow but Peppers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Peppers.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dettman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dettman digs a right hand into Peppers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peppers's gas tank.
Dettman misses with a knee to the head.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
Dettman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dettman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dettman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
Peppers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Peppers checks it well.
Peppers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dettman looks to land a right hand but Peppers moved out of range.
Dettman tried to score with a low kick but Peppers checks it.
Peppers misses with a double jab.
Peppers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dettman manages to avoid it.
Peppers is looking to score with low kicks.
Peppers throws out a leg kick but Dettman moves out of range and Peppers only half commits.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peppers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dettman.
Dettman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dettman misses with a low kick.
Peppers dips to his left and cracks Dettman with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Dettman.
Dettman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab lands there for Dettman.
Dettman misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Dettman had his way with Brian Peppers in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Peppers.
Peppers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dettman.
Peppers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dettman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dettman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dettman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peppers.
Dettman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dettman misses with a body kick.
Peppers misses with a wild body shot.
Peppers keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice defenses there by Peppers.
Peppers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dettman throws a series of punches but Peppers moves out of range.
Peppers motions for Dettman to come forward. Peppers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Peppers fails to land with a series of punches.
Dettman looks to score with a jab to the body but Peppers is just out of range.
Peppers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dettman is out of range.
A big right from Dettman misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dettman.
Peppers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peppers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dettman just misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers connects with a high kick.
Dettman thows a leg kick but Peppers checks it
enabling Peppers to counter with a crisp jab.
Peppers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Peppers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dettman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Peppers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dettman throws a nice looking combination but Peppers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dettman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dettman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dettman misses with a body shot.
Peppers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dettman eats them both and turns towards Peppers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Peppers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppers 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.
Peppers tries to keep at a distance but Dettman has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dettman working Peppers over with knees to the body.
Peppers is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Dettman pushes off an throws an elbow but Peppers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peppers managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Dettman working Peppers over with knees to the body.
Dettman throws an elbow that misses.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peppers is defending well for now.
Peppers avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Peppers.
Peppers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peppers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peppers misses with a punch to the body.
Dettman pushes off an throws an elbow but Peppers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dettman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peppers avoids the elbow strike from Dettman, against the cage.
Dettman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dettman blocks an uppercut.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peppers.
Peppers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peppers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peppers avoids it.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bobby Dettman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dettman lands a nice uppercut.
Brian Peppers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peppers lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peppers.
Peppers misses with a punch to the body.
Peppers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peppers misses with a punch on the inside.
Peppers avoids the elbow strike from Dettman, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Dettman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dettman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Dettman!
Bobby Dettman retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Dettman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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