PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaroslav Niemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaroslav Niemi looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Niemi
vs
Perez

190 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

198 cm
19
225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaroslav Niemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zach Perez!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Niemi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Niemi looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Perez looking for a sweep. Not yet Perez, not yet.

Perez scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Perez closes the distance and clinches.

Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Perez clinches with his opponent.
Niemi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Niemi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Perez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niemi throws an overhand right that lands on Perez's shoulder, as Perez tries to avoid the shot.
Niemi tries to clinch

and Perez counters by moving into the clinch.

Perez breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Perez lands with a left to the head.

Perez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Niemi is trying to keep an underhook but Perez manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Perez seems to be looking for submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Perez stands up and beckons Niemi to join him on the feet.

Perez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Niemi!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Perez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Perez breaks from Niemi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Niemi tries to hold on but Perez pushes him away.
Niemi is looking to improve his position but Perez isn't that keen on the idea.
Perez with the ground and pound from mount.
Perez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Niemi is in a horrible position here. Perez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Niemi tries to hold on but Perez pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Niemi looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez breaks from Niemi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Perez landing strikes from the mount.
Perez with the ground and pound from mount.
Niemi taking shots to the head.
Perez with shots to the head and body - Niemi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Perez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Niemi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Perez raining down shots from the mount!
Perez lands a nice shot to the head.
Niemi regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Perez lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Niemi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Niemi wants to improve his position but Perez is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Perez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Perez decides to return to a standing position.

Perez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Perez.
Perez with a couple of short strikes.
Perez breaks from Niemi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Perez raining down shots from the mount!

Niemi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Niemi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Perez lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Jaroslav Niemi has been cut.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Perez is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niemi is in a horrible position here. Perez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Perez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Perez with good strikes from the mount here!
Perez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Perez landing strikes from the mount and Niemi is in trouble!

Perez has isolated one of Niemi's arms. Niemi looking to fight him off but Perez twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zach Perez!