PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Potter might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cherry Pie by Warrant. James comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Love the Cocaine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Potter
vs
James

184 cm
28
180 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

180 cm
28
184 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Heavy handed

Sydney Fight Gear

King of Clothes

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Peter Potter has been cut.
James's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Potter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! James scrambles back to his feet.
Potter misses with an uppercut
and James counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
James cracks a nice hook into Potter's ribs.
Potter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Potter - just one landing.
James clobbers Potter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Potter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from James.
James thuds his right hand into Potter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Potter is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James misses the shot to the body.

Potter moves into range and clinches up with James.
James is working Potter over against the cage.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James throws a head punch that misses.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
James blocks a body shot from Potter.
James lands an elbow that stopped Potter in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter misses with some punches.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for James.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from James.
James working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
James comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
James tries to throw a body punch but Potter avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
James lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.

Peter Potter's cut is getting worse.
Potter prevents a body shot from James.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Potter controls his hands.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Peter Potter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
James works Potter's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook but Potter blocks it.
Potter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
James walks into a left hand.
Potter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Potter ducks under a wild hook from James.
Peter Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James throws out a loose jab but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
James moves out of range as Potter throws a body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from James misses.
Potter throws a sloppy head kick
enabling James to counter with a crisp jab.
James misses with a left hand
and Potter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook to the side of Potter's head but Potter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Potter misses with an uppercut. James saw that one coming.
James scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Potter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
James misses with a right hand
and Potter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Potter misses with a jab to the body
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Jeez, Peter Potter's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
James jabs Potter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
James throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from James misses.
Potter appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
James lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Potter takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
Potter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Potter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from James! But no joy.
Potter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James moves out of range as Potter strikes.
Potter misses with the combination.
Potter tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Potter slips under a jab from James.
Potter cracks James with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Potter misses with a hook

and James counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by James.
Potter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Potter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Potter's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Potter.
Potter misses with a right hand

and James moves into the clinch.
James lands an elbow that stopped Potter in his tracks for a moment.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Potter.
James misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Peter Potter's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rick James!
Rick James decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.