PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pekko Persvako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asuma Dizazio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Persvako kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is In Flames - Crawl through knives. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Persvako
vs
Dizazio

170 cm
25
181 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pekko Persvako!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Asuma Dizazio!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dizazio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Persvako circles away quickly and effectively.
Persvako with a nice cross.
Dizazio throws a lazy right hand but Persvako sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Persvako shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dizazio manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dizazio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Persvako distracts Dizazio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dizazio doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dizazio wants to improve his position but instead Persvako has moved into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Persvako lands a nice short elbow.
Persvako looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Persvako has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Persvako prevents Dizazio from improving his position.
Persvako is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dizazio!
Dizazio is in a horrible position here. Persvako smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Dizazio is rocked!

It looks like Asuma Dizazio has been cut.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Persvako with a couple of short strikes.
Dizazio is still in real trouble! Can Persvako finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persvako drops a big elbow. That's hurt Dizazio! More shots from Persvako and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekko Persvako!
Pekko Persvako retains his welterweight title!