PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrus Laane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peoples kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Party People by Nelly Featuring Fergie. Laane has chosen Akon - Never Gonna Get It as his entrance music. Andrus Laane will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Peoples
vs
Laane

180 cm
31
180 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

193 cm
27
177 lbs
8 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrus Laane!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Peoples stalling in the clinch.
Laane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Laane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Peoples - just one landing.
Peoples tries to clinch up but Laane circles away and keeps his distance.
Peoples falls off balance throwing a combination
and Laane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laane throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Peoples dodges the punch combination from Laane.
Laane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peoples.
Laane throws a lazy right hand but Peoples sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Laane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Laane manages to break the clinch.
Peoples throws a sloppy head kick and Laane moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peoples closes the distance and clinches.
Peoples misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laane.
Laane pressing his opponent against the cage.
Laane told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Laane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peoples lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laane backwards.
Peoples wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laane looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Laane throws an elbow but misses.
Laane wants to get back to striking at distance but Peoples won't allow it.
Peoples wants to get back to striking at distance but Laane won't allow it.
Laane prevents a body shot from Peoples.
Peoples throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laanes head.
Peoples letting Laane take a breather here.

Laane breaks from the clinch.

Peoples tries to keep at a distance but Laane has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laane taking a breather.

Peoples's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peoples avoids the head kick by Laane.
Peoples thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peoples manages to avoid it.
A big right from Peoples misses.
Laane misses with a body shot.

Peoples has managed to clinch.
Laane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Laane is trying to break the clinch but Peoples has him pressed against the cage.
Peoples wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laane has him pressed against the cage.
Laane has a couple of punches blocked by Peoples.
Peoples takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laane misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laane tries to land a knee to the head but Peoples blocks with his arms.
Laane tries to work over Peoples's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laane lands an elbow that stopped Peoples in his tracks for a moment.
Peoples controlling the action here for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Peoples tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laane avoids it.
Peoples avoiding damage as Laane throws knees to the body.
Peoples lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laane backwards.
Laane tries to circle away but Peoples has him pinned against the cage.

Peoples breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Peoples is predictable there
and Peoples takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peoples throws an overhand right that lands on Laane's shoulder, as Laane tries to avoid the shot.
Peoples throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peoples goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Peoples checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peoples throws a leg kick
and Laane counters with a left and a right that stings Peoples.
Laane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peoples missing with a left hand there. Laane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peoples throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Peoples tries to clinch there but Laane circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laane jabs at Peoples's body.
Laane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peoples.
Peoples needs to keep his hands up - Laane had a free shot at his head there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Laane moves into the clinch.

Peoples escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laane throws an off balance right hand
and Laane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Peoples gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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 Cecil Peoples will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Peoples showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laane.

Peoples gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Laane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peoples avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cecil Peoples is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peoples takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laane misses with a hook. Peoples ducked under it nicely.
Laane throws a hook to the side of Peoples's head but Peoples sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Peoples connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laane's hands.
Laane scoring well with a low kick there.
Peoples looks for the body kick but Laane saw that one coming.
Laane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peoples.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laane. Peoples does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been told by Peoples's head coaches at Millions Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Peoples takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Laane drives through and clinches with Peoples against the cage.

Peoples's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid body kick from Peoples.

Laane has closed the distance and engaged Peoples in a clinch.
Peoples goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peoples is trying to stall.

Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Laane instigates a clinch.
Andrus Laane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Peoples breaks the clinch.
Peoples throws a one two combo.

Laane is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Laane looks up at the clock. Bad move! Peoples lands a right hand from hell, dropping Laane. Peoples pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cecil Peoples!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Cecil Peoples waved his t-shirt featuring Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q's logo in front of the cameras.