PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Perkele (ranked 337 p4p, 800 weight class) and Klaus Von Alkum (ranked 49 p4p, 114 weight class). Ispa Perkele is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Perkele
vs
Von Alkum

178 cm
26
165
18 - 4 - 0

181 cm
25
160
7 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Klaus Von Alkum!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Alkum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Von Alkum moves away and avoids it.
Von Alkum was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Perkele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perkele scores with a hook to the body. Von Alkum takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Von Alkum connects with a jab.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Von Alkum looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perkele tries to move into range but Von Alkum moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Perkele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele lands with an uppercut that bounces Von Alkum off the cage and back into range.
Perkele wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele tries to clinch up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perkele, as that shot connected.
Von Alkum tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Perkele rushes Von Alkum and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Perkele lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perkele.
Von Alkum misses with the head strike.
Perkele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Von Alkum backwards.
Perkele throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Von Alkum taking a breather.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Alkum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Alkum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Perkele fails to land.
Von Alkum lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Perkele.
Perkele lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Perkele lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Perkele misses with the head strike.
Von Alkum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Alkum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Von Alkum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Von Alkum wants to stall.
Von Alkum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Von Alkum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perkele scores with a shoulder strike.
Perkele throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Von Alkum.
Von Alkum misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Von Alkum lands a nice shot to the body.

Von Alkum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Von Alkum takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Perkele jabs at Von Alkum's body.
Von Alkum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perkele tries to clinch but Von Alkum moves away
and Von Alkum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele takes a swing at Von Alkum's ribcage but misses.
Von Alkum raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Von Alkum buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
It looks like Perkele has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A low kick lands for Perkele.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Von Alkum.
Perkele lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Alkum's sensitive parts.
A jab from Perkele misses.
Von Alkum jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch but Von Alkum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perkele wants to clinch up but Von Alkum keeps it at a distance.
Perkele connects with a good right hand that stumbles Von Alkum. Von Alkum circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Von Alkum counters with a straight right hand.

Perkele gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Perkele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perkele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Von Alkum lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Von Alkum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perkele lands with an uppercut that bounces Von Alkum off the cage and back into range.
Perkele lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Von Alkum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele works the jab nicely.
Von Alkum throws a leg kick but Perkele moved away.
Von Alkum connects with a single shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Perkele dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Von Alkum has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkele finds it's way round the side to connect with Von Alkum's head.
Perkele connects with a looping right hand.
Perkele fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Von Alkum.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Von Alkum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Alkum moves forwards but Perkele connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Von Alkum takes one on the button.
Perkele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Von Alkum can do to turn this around?
The fight stays on the outside here - Perkele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Von Alkum blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele thuds a left hand into Von Alkum's body.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Von Alkum moved away.
Von Alkum throws a body punch but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a body punch but Von Alkum moves out of range.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Von Alkum ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Von Alkum swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Perkele clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Von Alkum.
A short right from Perkele on the inside.
Von Alkum stalling in the clinch but Perkele improves position.
A short right from Perkele.

Von Alkum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perkele scores with a nice right hand.
Von Alkum slips under a jab from Perkele.
Perkele scores with a hook.
Von Alkum slips under a jab from Perkele.
Von Alkum throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele lands with a straight right. Von Alkum didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries to score with a low kick but Von Alkum moves his leg out of the way.
Perkele backing away here, and Von Alkum unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Von Alkum throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele delivers a nice body kick.
Perkele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Perkele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Von Alkum flicks out a counter leg kick but Perkele steps away.
Perkele lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Von Alkum counters with a stiff right hand.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Alkum has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Von Alkum moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele moves in looking to clinch but Von Alkum pushes him off.
A low kick from Von Alkum misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Von Alkum takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Von Alkum takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Von Alkum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Von Alkum.
Perkele wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Von Alkum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Alkum! But no joy.
Von Alkum blocks a jab.
Von Alkum does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A swing and a miss from Von Alkum.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A punch combination from Von Alkum misses.
Von Alkum misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Von Alkum's head but Von Alkum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele digs a good body shot into Von Alkum's ribs.
Perkele throws a jab when Von Alkum was well out of range.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Von Alkum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele avoids the head kick by Von Alkum.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Alkum slips a jab from Perkele.
It seemed like Von Alkum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Von Alkum walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Von Alkum counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perkele thinking.
Perkele throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Von Alkum was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Perkele dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Perkele takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Von Alkum checks a leg kick nicely.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Von Alkum misses.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Von Alkum moves out of range easily.
Von Alkum throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Alkum was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Ispa Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but Von Alkum slips the punch.
Perkele getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Von Alkum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perkele closes the distance but Von Alkum moves to the side
and Von Alkum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele with the inside leg kick.
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Von Alkum.
It seemed like Von Alkum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Perkele smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Von Alkum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perkele throws out the jab.
Von Alkum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Von Alkum circles away from the clinch attempt.
It seemed like Von Alkum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Perkele scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Von Alkum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Von Alkum blocks a jab.
Klaus Von Alkum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Von Alkum.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Von Alkum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perkele throws out the jab.
Von Alkum moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Nice cross by Von Alkum.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Alkum staying out of range there.
Von Alkum raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Von Alkum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Alkum was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Von Alkum now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Perkele misses with a hook
and Von Alkum counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perkele throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Von Alkum lunges at Perkele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Perkele's hand.
Perkele connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Von Alkum on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Von Alkum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele misses with an uppercut.
Von Alkum shapes to counter with a head kick.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
A big right from Perkele misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Alkum! But no joy.
Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Von Alkum throws out a loose jab but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Von Alkum counters with a straight right hand.

Perkele drives through and clinches with Von Alkum against the cage.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by Von Alkum.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Alkum controls his hands.
Ispa Perkele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Von Alkum lands an uppercut.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Alkum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Von Alkum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perkele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Von Alkum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Von Alkum backwards.
Perkele working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Von Alkum scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Alkum working aggressively here.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Perkele tries to work over Von Alkum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

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

Perkele moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ispa Perkele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perkele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Perkele!
Ispa Perkele really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Arcticus University: London logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.