PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and karva perse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Pearson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pearson
vs
perse

195 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
24
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, karva perse!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson looks to land a right hand but perse moved out of range.
Horrible takedown by perse or perhaps it was just good defense by Pearson which made him look bad.
Pearson throws a nice looking combination but perse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
perse is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pearson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
perse throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Pearson to counter with a crisp jab.
Pearson looks to throw the jab but perse is out of range.

perse shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pearson is trying to defend but perse finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
perse perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pearson wants to get back to his feet.
perse missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

perse wants to work for an arm triangle but Pearson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pearson is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
perse uses his free foot to push down on Pearson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pearson.
Pearson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
perse lands a big elbow.
perse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
perse wants to control the pace but Pearson is squirming around nicely.
Pearson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
perse controlling the position easily from mount.
Pearson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
perse landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pearson trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
perse dominating with strikes here.
perse controlling the position easily from mount.
Pearson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
perse controlling the pace for now.

Pearson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from perse.
perse looks gassed!
perse wants to control the pace but Pearson is squirming around nicely.
Pearson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
perse lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, perse cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pearson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pearson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pearson tries to get out of the position.
perse tries to control but Pearson wriggling away.
Pearson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
perse tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
perse trying to control but Pearson is having none of it.
perse connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
perse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pearson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

perse working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Pearson looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by perse! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). karva perse!