PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khakim Khadzhimurad (ranked 1473 p4p, 177 weight class) and Manny Perez (ranked 1213 p4p, 146 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khadzhimurad
vs
Perez

186 cm
26
157 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
150 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Khakim Khadzhimurad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Perez!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Manny Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khadzhimurad.
Perez throws a series of punches but Khadzhimurad avoids them all with ease.
Perez missing with a left hand there. Khadzhimurad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khadzhimurad swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Perez misses with a looping right.
Khadzhimurad really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jab, jab by Perez - just one landing.
Perez missing with a left hand there. Khadzhimurad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khadzhimurad closes the distance looking to clinch
and Perez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perez misses with a hook. Khadzhimurad ducked under it nicely.
Perez throws out a loose jab but Khadzhimurad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khadzhimurad is looking to counter punch.
Khadzhimurad wants to clinch.
Perez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khadzhimurad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez throws a jab but it's blocked by Khadzhimurad.
Perez works the jab nicely.
Perez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perez throws a right hand that misses
and Khadzhimurad counters with a nice leg kick.
Perez scores with a hook to the body. Khadzhimurad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Perez misses.
Perez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Perez connects with the punch.
Khadzhimurad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perez.
Perez lands a lovely overhand right.
Khadzhimurad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.

Khadzhimurad has closed the distance and engaged Perez in a clinch.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Perez blocks a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
Perez is trying to force a seperation but Khadzhimurad has the dominant position.
A right hand to the body from Khadzhimurad.
Perez blocks a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez is trying to break the clinch but Khadzhimurad is controlling him.
Perez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.

Khadzhimurad has Perez up against the cage in a clinch.

Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Khadzhimurad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khadzhimurad had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Perez throws a nice looking combination but Khadzhimurad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little feinted left hand from Khadzhimurad on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Perez looks to land a left hand but Khadzhimurad moved out of range nicely.
Perez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khadzhimurad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khadzhimurad fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khadzhimurad connects with a jab.
Khadzhimurad staying out of range there.
Khadzhimurad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khadzhimurad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Perez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez misses with a hook.

Perez tries to keep at a distance but Khadzhimurad has taken the fight into the clinch.
Khadzhimurad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khadzhimurad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Khadzhimurad fails to land.
Khadzhimurad lands a left hand.
Khadzhimurad struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
Perez is trying to force a seperation but Khadzhimurad has the dominant position.
Khadzhimurad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Khadzhimurad as the two fighters clinch.
Perez is trying to break free.
Khadzhimurad lands with a right to the head.
Perez is trying to push Khadzhimurad away but Khadzhimurad has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Perez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khadzhimurad has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Perez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khadzhimurad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Khadzhimurad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khadzhimurad is trying to pull guard but Perez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Perez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khadzhimurad tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Perez misses.
Khadzhimurad slips under a jab from Perez.
Khadzhimurad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Khadzhimurad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Khadzhimurad wants to clinch up but Perez keeps it at a distance.
Perez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Perez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Perez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Perez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Perez circles away from the clinch attempt.

Khadzhimurad clinches up with Perez and pushes him back against the cage.

Perez breaks the clinch.
Perez throws a nice looking combination but Khadzhimurad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khadzhimurad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Perez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Khadzhimurad is just out of range.
Khadzhimurad on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khadzhimurad wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez throws a series of punches but Khadzhimurad avoids them all with ease.
Manny Perez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khadzhimurad moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez lands a glancing blow to the side of Khadzhimurad's head.
Perez lands a head shot.
Khadzhimurad fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez looks to land a right hand but Khadzhimurad moved out of range.
Perez misses with a shot to the body
and Khadzhimurad counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Perez cracks Khadzhimurad with a good jab.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch there but Perez circles away.
It seemed like Perez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khadzhimurad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Perez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Perez throws a big shot that misses.
Khadzhimurad slips a jab from Perez.
Perez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danga de danga de dang - Perez scores with a four punch combination!
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!
Khadzhimurad slips a straight right by Perez.
Perez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad wants to clinch up but Perez keeps it at a distance.
Khadzhimurad moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.
Perez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Perez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khadzhimurad wants to clinch.
Khadzhimurad defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Perez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Perez misses.
Khadzhimurad moves in looking to clinch but Perez pushes him off.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Khadzhimurad was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Perez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A countering left hand to the body from Perez misses.
Khadzhimurad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Perez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez throws a shot from downtown. Khadzhimurad moves away and avoids it.
Khadzhimurad tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khadzhimurad tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Khadzhimurad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch up.
Perez misses with a straight left.
Perez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khadzhimurad counters with a nice body shot.
Khadzhimurad takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khadzhimurad doesn't manage to clinch there - Perez circles away.

Khadzhimurad moves into range and clinches up with Perez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perez.

Perez breaks the clinch.
Nice cross by Perez.
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Khadzhimurad.
A little jabbing left from Perez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez misses with a straight left.
A cross from Perez lands.
A jab from Perez misses.
Khadzhimurad is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Perez swinging wildly here.
Perez throws a lazy right hand but Khadzhimurad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khadzhimurad is looking to counter punch.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Khadzhimurad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khadzhimurad closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Khadzhimurad is out of range.
Perez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khadzhimurad moves out of range of the strikes.
Perez misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Perez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Khadzhimurad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perez.

Khadzhimurad takes the fight into the clinch.
Khadzhimurad has Perez pressed against the cage, preventing Perez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khadzhimurad lands a left hand.
Perez is trying to break free.
Khadzhimurad jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Perez walks away with a smile on his face. Khadzhimurad gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Perez swings widly with a right hand
and Khadzhimurad counters with a nice uppercut.
Perez misses with a hook. Khadzhimurad ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Perez.
Khadzhimurad moves in looking to clinch but Perez pushes him off.
Perez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khadzhimurad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khadzhimurad looks to clinch
and Perez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perez scores with a hook to the body. Khadzhimurad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Khadzhimurad moves forwards but Perez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Perez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad slips a straight right by Perez.
Khadzhimurad defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Perez throws the left hand but Khadzhimurad avoids the punch easily.
Perez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khadzhimurad lands a jab to the head.
Khadzhimurad looks to score with a jab to the body but Perez is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Perez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch up
and Perez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Perez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khadzhimurad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perez misses with a two punch combination.
Perez throws a jab when Khadzhimurad was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Khadzhimurad misses the target.
Khakim Khadzhimurad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad darts in trying to clinch
and Perez counters with a straight right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perez.
Perez misses with a hook
letting Khadzhimurad counter with a right hand.
Perez digs a good body shot into Khadzhimurad's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khadzhimurad darts in trying to clinch
and Perez counters with a straight right hand.
Perez with a jab.
Khadzhimurad is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Perez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Khadzhimurad clinches up against the cage.
Perez tries to break the clinch but Khadzhimurad is controlling the position.

Perez manages to break the clinch.
Perez throws an off balance right hand

and Khadzhimurad counters with a series of strikes that sends Perez to the canvas! Khadzhimurad follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Perez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez looking to control.

Perez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Khadzhimurad controlling from the top position.
Khadzhimurad wants to control from the top but Perez keeps moving.
Perez wants to control but Khadzhimurad passes easily into half guard.
Khadzhimurad thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Perez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Perez.

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.
Khadzhimurad trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khadzhimurad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Khadzhimurad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khadzhimurad trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Khadzhimurad postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khadzhimurad throws a big elbow that misses.
Khadzhimurad with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Khadzhimurad keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Perez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Perez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Perez!
A relieved looking Manny Perez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.