PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Perez (ranked 5764 p4p, 5753 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 597 weight class). Perez comes into the arena with Gangsta's Paradise blaring out of the sound system. Perez has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Perez
vs
Balboa

175 cm
18
185
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
191
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Prefers standup

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cesar Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Perez is looking to counter the offense by Balboa and move into the clinch.

Balboa rushes Perez and presses him up against the cage.
Perez goes for a takedown attempt but Balboa pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Balboa clinches with his opponent.
Perez takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Cesar Perez has been cut.

Perez has clasped his hands together around Balboa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Perez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Perez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Perez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez is breathing heavily.

Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Balboa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez trying to control the position but Balboa is working away.

Perez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Balboa has escaped the position, nice work there.

Perez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Perez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Balboa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Perez trying to control the position but Balboa is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Perez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Balboa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Balboa is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Perez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Balboa, who protects the arm well.

Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Balboa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Perez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Balboa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is trying to get back to his feet.
Balboa is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Perez is trying to get an arm triangle but Balboa is defending well.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet but Perez drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Perez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Balboa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Balboa is pushing Perez's head away, looking to escape. Perez manages to hold on to the position though.

Perez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Perez tries for a kimura but Balboa is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Balboa jabs at Perez's body.
Perez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Balboa moves into range and clinches up with Perez.

Balboa breaks the clinch.

Balboa has closed the distance and engaged Perez in a clinch.
Balboa lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Balboa.

Balboa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Balboa clinches up with Perez and pushes him back against the cage.
We've been informed that Balboa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nice body punch from Balboa - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Balboa.
Nice body punch from Balboa.
Balboa lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa pushes Perez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Balboa breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Balboa finds it's way through Perez's defenses.
Balboa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perez tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Balboa manages to circle out of the way.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Balboa lands a body punch.
Rocky Balboa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Balboa manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Balboa digs a right hand into Perez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Perez's gas tank.
Balboa pushes Perez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Balboa presses Perez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Balboa breaks from the clinch.
Balboa lands a lovely overhand right.

Perez is rocked!

Balboa darts in and clinches Perez up against the cage.
Oh Perez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balboa lands a big right hand that drops Perez! The killer instinct kicks in and Balboa finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Balboa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Balboa!
Cesar Perez spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm not a kickboxer so I'm going to lose to a kickboxer. I'm not a wrestler, my wrestling sucks, so I'm going to lose to a wrestler'.