PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Peacock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Farrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peacock comes to the cage accompanied by Bring The Noise by Public Enemy & Anthrax. Owen Farrell acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Peacock
vs
Farrell

189 cm
23
221 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
222 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drew Peacock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Owen Farrell!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peacock misses with a looping right.
Farrell only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Farrell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Farrell takes the fight into the clinch.
Farrell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peacock swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Farrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farrell staying out of range there.
Peacock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Peacock misses the target.
We've been told by Peacock's head coaches at Den of Tears (22 coaches, $425 fee) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock throws a body punch but Farrell moves out of range.
Peacock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Farrell moves into range and clinches up with Peacock.
Peacock lands a body shot in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Farrell is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peacock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrell's elbow.
Peacock blocks an uppercut.
Farrell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farrell is trying to force a seperation but Peacock has the dominant position.
Farrell lands a right hand.
Peacock is struggling to control the position.
Peacock tries a body shot but Farrell blocks it.
Farrell tries to stall but Peacock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Peacock tries to work over Farrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Farrell scores with a shoulder strike.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.

Farrell manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peacock tries a low kick but Farrell avoids it.
Farrell wants to counter the offense by Peacock and move into the clinch position.
Drew Peacock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peacock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Farrell blocks the body kick.
Drew Peacock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peacock with a jab.

Peacock closes the distance and clinches.
Farrell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peacock.
Farrell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peacock misses with the head strike.
Peacock prevents a body shot from Farrell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrell is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Farrell lands with a left to the head.

It looks like Drew Peacock has been cut.
Knees to the body from Farrell.
Peacock stalling in the clinch but Farrell improves position.
Peacock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peacock lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Farrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peacock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Farrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Peacock.
Farrell tries to clinch up but Peacock circles away and keeps his distance.
Farrell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peacock throws a low kick but Farrell avoids it.
Jab by Peacock.

It looks like Owen Farrell has been cut.
Peacock 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.
Peacock lands a jab.

Farrell drives through and clinches with Peacock against the cage.
Peacock trying to stall but Farrell improves his position.
Peacock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrell wants a takedown but no success here.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Peacock's defenses.
Peacock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peacock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Farrell scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peacock digs a right hand into Farrell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Farrell's gas tank.
Farrell stalling in the clinch but Peacock improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peacock.
Peacock can't break the clinch.

Farrell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Peacock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Farrell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farrell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farrell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peacock throws a punch but it's blocked by Farrell.
Farrell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Owen Farrell will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Peacock's jab looks to have found its range, popping Farrell under the eye.
Farrell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peacock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peacock scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Peacock - just one landing.
Peacock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Peacock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Farrell shapes to counter with a head kick.
Peacock misses with a lunging right hand
and Farrell counters with a low kick, right behind Peacock 's knee.
Peacock takes a swing at Farrell's ribcage but misses.
Peacock checks a leg kick.
Farrell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peacock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Farrell moves into range and clinches up with Peacock.

Farrell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Peacock tries to keep at a distance but Farrell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Peacock tries a body shot but Farrell blocks it.
Owen Farrell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Farrell pressing his opponent against the cage.
Peacock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peacock taking a breather.
Peacock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Farrell drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Peacock is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Peacock misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Farrell goes for a takedown attempt but Peacock pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Peacock misses with a leg kick.
Farrell wants to counter with a clinch but Peacock pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peacock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Peacock closes the distance and pushes Farrell back into the cage.
Farrell blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peacock.
Farrell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Farrell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrell landing knees to the head.

Farrell gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrell seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrell trying to control but Peacock is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Farrell content to stall in guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Peacock looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Farrell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Peacock looks to land a right hand but Farrell moved out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peacock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peacock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot by Peacock.
Peacock throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Farrell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Drew Peacock will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes 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.

Good leg kick by Farrell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Peacock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Farrell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab lands there for Peacock.
Farrell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Farrell ducks under a wild hook from Peacock.
Farrell doesn't manage to clinch there - Peacock circles away.
Peacock is looking to counter punch.
Farrell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peacock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peacock throws a leg kick but Farrell moved away.
Farrell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peacock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peacock scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Farrell can pounce on him.
Peacock lands a nice hook to Farrell's body. Farrell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Farrell closes the distance and clinches.
Farrell has had enough of the clinch but Peacock keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peacock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peacock tries to land a leg kick but Farrell saw it coming and moves away.
Farrell wants to clinch up but Peacock keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Peacock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Farrell moves out of range of the strikes.
Farrell is looking to clinch but Peacock is avoiding it.
Peacock lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Farrell at a distance.
Peacock looks to score with a jab to the body but Farrell is just out of range.
Peacock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Farrell tries to clinch but Peacock is having none of it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Peacock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Farrell forces Peacock back against the cage and clinches.
Peacock tries a body shot but Farrell blocks it.

Farrell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Farrell tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peacock circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Peacock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
An inside leg kick lands from Farrell.
A head kick from Farrell lands but Peacock takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peacock throws a predictable looking body shot
and Farrell counters with a nice body kick.
Farrell is looking to score with low kicks.
Peacock looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Farrell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peacock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Farrell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peacock tries to land a leg kick but Farrell saw it coming and moves away.
Farrell defending well as Peacock loads up on a big left hand.
Peacock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Farrell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Peacock throws a shot from downtown. Farrell moves away and avoids it.
Farrell doesn't manage to clinch there - Peacock circles away.
Peacock takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Drew Peacock's cut is getting worse.
Farrell tries to clinch up
and Peacock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock misses with an uppercut.
Farrell moves out of range of the leg kick from Peacock.

Farrell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock misses with a body punch.
Farrell scores with a knee to the head.

Farrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peacock throws a hook but Farrell avoids it easily.
Peacock catches Farrell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Drew Peacock is winning the standup battle so far.
Farrell looks to clinch
and Peacock counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Farrell is defended easily by Peacock.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Peacock.
Farrell slips a straight right by Peacock.
Peacock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Farrell's sensitive parts.
Peacock connects with a body shot.
Peacock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peacock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Farrell has closed the distance and engaged Peacock in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Farrell throws an elbow but misses.
Peacock dodges an elbow strike from Farrell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peacock.
Farrell throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Drew Peacock.
I think Peacock has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Peacock!
After winning the bout, Drew Peacock thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.