PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harley Peck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raistlin Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Peck
vs
Lovelair

223 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harley Peck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raistlin Lovelair!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovelair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peck shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Lovelair moves into the clinch.
Lovelair misses with a punch to the body.
Peck jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lovelair walks away with a smile on his face. Peck gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lovelair misses with an uppercut

and Peck counters with a takedown into side control.
Lovelair is trying to get back to half guard.
Peck connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lovelair some visible discomfort.
Lovelair is holding Peck down, trying to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lovelair is trying to get back to half guard.
Lovelair has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lovelair is trying to get back to full guard.
Peck not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Peck lands a nice short elbow.
Peck winds up and cracks Lovelair with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lovelair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peck throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Peck thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Peck perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Peck will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lovelair blocking the ground and pound attempt from Peck.
Peck sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lovelair defending well though.
Peck scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Peck landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Peck lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair trying to control but Peck postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peck throwing shots but Lovelair is blocking nicely.
Lovelair has hold of Peck's hands but Peck slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lovelair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peck scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lovelair blocking the ground and pound attempt from Peck.
Lovelair on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lovelair avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Peck.
Peck has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lovelair wants to improve his position but Peck is controlling well.
Peck missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peck connects with a nice short shot to Lovelair's temple.
Peck not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Peck throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lovelair is trying to get back to full guard.
Lovelair looks winded!
Lovelair works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Peck connects with a couple of short punches.
Lovelair wants to sweep here but Peck controlling him for the moment.
Peck scoring with some ground and pound.
Peck landing some decent shots from guard.
Peck works over Lovelair with some ground and pound from guard.
Peck lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Peck lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lovelair looking to control.
Peck throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peck scoring with some ground and pound.
Peck chips away with some ground and pound.
Lovelair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Peck is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Peck accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Peck stopping the sweep attempt from Lovelair.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peck with a nice head shot there.
Peck stands up over Lovelair, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Peck scoring with some ground and pound.
Peck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lovelair can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lovelair is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lovelair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lovelair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Peck postures up in Lovelair's guard and throws a big left but Lovelair blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harley Peck dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lovelair misses with a body punch

and Peck counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Peck keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lovelair's head.
Lovelair looking to control.
Peck lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Peck lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Peck stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Peck with a poor takedown
and Lovelair counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Raistlin Lovelair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Peck shoots in and bounces Lovelair off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peck is looking to work some ground and pound but Lovelair has wrist control.
Lovelair is breathing heavily.
Peck is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Peck really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Peck would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peck throwing strikes from guard but Lovelair blocks nicely.
Lovelair 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.
Peck content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Peck postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Peck throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lovelair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peck with a nice head shot there.
Lovelair preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Peck working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Peck lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Peck working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Peck throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peck postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lovelair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Peck throwing strikes from guard but Lovelair blocks nicely.
Peck throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peck would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Peck postures up in Lovelair's guard and throws a big left but Lovelair blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovelair trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Peck postures up and lands a big shot to Lovelair's brow.
Peck won't allow Lovelair to get back to his feet.
Lovelair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peck.
Peck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peck wants to stand but Lovelair has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Peck working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Peck throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lovelair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peck stops Lovelair from standing up.
Lovelair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lovelair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lovelair preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Peck working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Peck chips away with some ground and pound.
Peck distracts Lovelair with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Peck with a flurry of punches that miss.
Peck with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Peck is fighting to break Lovelair's control of his arms but Lovelair is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lovelair wants to sweep here but Peck controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Peck throwing strikes from guard but Lovelair blocks nicely.
Peck working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lovelair's head.
Peck missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harley Peck overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lovelair wants to get back to his feet but Peck is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lovelair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Peck's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lovelair wants to stand and escape but Peck is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peck lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Peck with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lovelair trying to keep a closed guard but Peck is proving a slippery customer.
Peck scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harley Peck dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Peck shoots in but Lovelair avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lovelair misses with a two punch combination.

Peck has closed the distance and engaged Lovelair in a clinch.
Lovelair prevents the takedown attempt.

Lovelair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peck lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lovelair backs up against the cage.
Lovelair misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair misses with a lunging right hand

and Peck counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lovelair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peck missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peck connects with a nice short shot to Lovelair's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Peck lands a nice short elbow.
Lovelair on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Peck missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Peck is nestled in close to Lovelair, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Peck thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lovelair's head.
Lovelair wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Peck there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peck missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lovelair has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Peck is working away from the top position though.
Peck not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peck working Lovelair over with strikes.
Peck lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peck connects with a nice short shot to Lovelair's temple.
Peck working over Lovelair with some ground and pound. Lovelair looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Peck throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Lovelair to regain full guard.
Peck landing some decent shots from guard.
Peck is in close to Lovelair's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Peck throws an elbow that misses. Lovelair uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Peck's guard. Nice move by Lovelair!
Lovelair preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peck is on top in guard.
Peck scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peck with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lovelair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Peck is one step ahead there.
Peck distracts Lovelair with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lovelair wants to stand but Peck is controlling the position.
Lovelair doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Peck trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Peck works over Lovelair with some ground and pound from guard.
Peck throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peck postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Peck working some strikes from top position.
Peck with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Raistlin Lovelair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peck is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lovelair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peck.
Peck stops Lovelair from standing up.
Peck working some strikes from top position.
Lovelair looking for a sweep. Not yet Lovelair, not yet.
Peck content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peck chips away with some ground and pound.
Peck cracks Lovelair with a solid left hand.
Peck is in close to Lovelair's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lovelair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lovelair throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peck is looking to stand up but Lovelair won't let him.
Peck is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Harley Peck is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peck is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Peck cracks Lovelair with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harley Peck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peck, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harley Peck!