PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michel Pereira (ranked 2608 p4p, 3106 weight class) and Kyle Kuzma (ranked 375 p4p, 431 weight class). Kuzma has chosen Tarararara as his entrance music. Kyle Kuzma acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pereira
vs
Kuzma

185 cm
34
195
21 - 13 - 0

195 cm
39
202
19 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michel Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Kuzma!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kuzma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kuzma is looking to break free of the clinch but Pereira has double underhooks.
Pereira lands a right hand.
Pereira scores with a shot to the side of Kuzma's head.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Kuzma is blocking nicely.
Kuzma blocks an uppercut.

Kuzma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pereira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuzma.
A lazy body kick from Pereira
letting Kuzma counter with a right hand.
Kuzma has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pereira.
Pereira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kuzma to score with a decent uppercut.
Pereira wants to clinch.

Pereira moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kuzma breaks the clinch.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuzma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kuzma lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kuzma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pereira tries to clinch but Kuzma is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kuzma misses with a wild combination.
Pereira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Pereira darts in and clinches Kuzma up against the cage.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
Kuzma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Pereira throws a head punch that misses.
Pereira keeps control of Kuzma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Kuzma's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kuzma wants to break free but Pereira has control.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Kuzma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Kuzma does no damage.
Pereira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kuzma.
Pereira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kuzma avoids the head kick by Pereira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma connects with a leg kick.
Kuzma lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pereira forces Kuzma back against the cage and clinches.
Kuzma blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pereira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pereira misses with a knee to the head.

Kuzma manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Kuzma. Those never looked like landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Kuzma breaks from the clinch.
Kuzma looks to score with a jab to the body but Pereira is just out of range.
Kuzma looks to score with a jab to the body but Pereira is just out of range.
Pereira is looking to counter the offense by Kuzma and move into the clinch.

Pereira clinches.
Kuzma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pereira.
Kuzma wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pereira lands a shot to the body.
Pereira with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kyle Kuzma has been cut.
Pereira crunches a lovely knee into Kuzma's ribcage.
Kuzma managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
Pereira has Kuzma pressed against the cage, preventing Kuzma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Kuzma blocks with his arms.
Kuzma tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.
Pereira scores with a knee to the head.

Kuzma breaks the clinch.
A jab from Pereira misses.
Pereira is looking to clinch.
Kuzma scores with a jab.
Kuzma circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kuzma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pereira, pushing him back against the cage.
Pereira tries to work over Kuzma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pereira has Kuzma pressed against the cage, preventing Kuzma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pereira presses Kuzma against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pereira with a knee to the head.

Kuzma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pereira is looking to clinch.
Pereira doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuzma circles away.
Kyle Kuzma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuzma just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Pereira tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuzma.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Kuzma keeps it at a distance.
Kuzma keeps the fight on the outside.

Pereira rushes Kuzma and presses him up against the cage.
Pereira prevents a body shot from Kuzma.
Pereira lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuzma is trying to force a seperation but Pereira has the dominant position.
Pereira digs a right hand underneath Kuzma's ribcage. Kuzma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kuzma blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Kuzma controls the action.
Pereira missing with knees to the body.
Pereira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michel Pereira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kuzma's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pereira tries to clinch up.
Kuzma connects with a leg kick.
Pereira defending well as Kuzma loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick from Kuzma, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pereira takes the fight into the clinch.
Pereira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kuzma backwards.
Pereira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but Kuzma blocks it.
Pereira has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kuzma is trying to force a seperation but Pereira has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuzma looking to stall.
Pereira works on Kuzma's body with a couple of short punches.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Kuzma controls the action.
Michel Pereira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kuzma avoids it.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pereira.
Pereira trying to land knees to the body.
Pereira prevents Kuzma from breaking the clinch.
Kuzma misses with some punches.
Pereira tries to work over Kuzma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kuzma avoids it.
Pereira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuzma has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Kuzma manages to break the clinch.
Kuzma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pereira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kuzma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pereira moves in looking to clinch but Kuzma pushes him off.
Kuzma misses with a hook.
Kuzma throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pereira throws out a powerful jab.
Michel Pereira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kuzma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pereira.
Kuzma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuzma misses with a double jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pereira rushes Kuzma and presses him up against the cage.
Pereira prevents Kuzma from breaking the clinch.

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

Pereira moves into the clinch.
Kuzma wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kuzma tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.

Kuzma manages to break the clinch.
Pereira wants to clinch.
Kuzma counters with a body kick.
Kuzma throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pereira on the side of the head.

Kuzma moves into the clinch.

Kuzma breaks from the clinch.
Kyle Kuzma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kuzma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pereira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma wants to stay close but Pereira steps back to make room for something. Kuzma seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Pereira and Kuzma drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michel Pereira!
Michel Pereira decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Kyle Kuzma stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will back stronger'.