PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Perosche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Antunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perosche's entrance music is Rohff - Dirty Hous'. A fine choice. Antunes has chosen Surfista Calhorda by Replicantes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Eduardo Antunes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perosche
vs
Antunes

170 cm
23
153 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

167 cm
20
151 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Perosche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eduardo Antunes!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perosche fails to land with a series of punches.
Perosche works over Antunes's head and body with a nice combination.
Perosche throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Antunes on the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Perosche.
Antunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Perosche closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Antunes feints and as Perosche raises his hands in defense, Antunes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Antunes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Perosche keeping moving, preventing Antunes from controlling successfully.
Antunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Perosche is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Antunes stands up over Perosche, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Antunes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes tries to free his leg and advance position but Perosche is retaining full guard.
Antunes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Antunes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Antunes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perosche is keeping the position for now.
Antunes wants to control from the top but Perosche keeps moving.
Perosche looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Perosche controls Antunes momentarily but Antunes frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Antunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perosche was well out of range. Poor timing from Antunes.
Antunes swinging wildly here.
Antunes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two 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.
Perosche throws a left and a right that both miss

and Antunes counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Antunes trying to control the action but Perosche is working from the bottom.

Antunes working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Antunes looks gassed!
Antunes is working Perosche over with some ground and pound from side control.

Antunes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Perosche knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Perosche struggling a bit here.
Perosche is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Antunes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Antunes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Perosche regains half guard.

Antunes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Perosche defends it well.
Perosche holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Perosche trying to control here.

Antunes is trying to work for a kimura but Perosche is defending well.

Perosche makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Antunes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Antunes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Antunes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Antunes misses with a body shot
and Perosche counters with a nice body shot.
Antunes slips a jab and a cross from Perosche.
Perosche connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Antunes momentarily.
Antunes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perosche.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right-left combo lands from Perosche.
Perosche swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Antunes counters by moving into the clinch.
Perosche is trying to break the clinch but Antunes is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mark Perosche will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

No joy there for Perosche, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A left and a right from Perosche both land. Nice combination.
Perosche throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perosche misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perosche scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Perosche bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Perosche with a hook.
Perosche slaps away a takedown attempt from Antunes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Antunes misses with an uppercut. Perosche saw that one coming.
Antunes is breathing heavily.
Perosche is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Antunes shoots in for a double leg but Perosche sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Perosche lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Antunes circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Antunes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mark Perosche is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perosche cracks Antunes with an open hand slap.
Perosche scores with a one two! Antunes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Perosche swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Perosche scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Perosche wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Perosche will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Perosche throws a series of strikes that have Antunes backpedaling.
Perosche lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Antunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Perosche's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Perosche duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perosche cracks Antunes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Perosche lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Perosche blocks a leg kick.
Antunes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Danga de danga de dang - Perosche scores with a four punch combination!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Perosche!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perosche misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perosche misses with a two punch combination.
Perosche throws a right hand that Antunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Antunes also avoids with ease.
Perosche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perosche paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Perosche.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perosche throws a series of punches but Antunes avoids them all with ease.
Perosche scores with a three punch combo!
Perosche moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some wild striking there from Perosche.
Antunes misses with a body punch
and Perosche counters with a two punch combo.
Mark Perosche is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perosche misses with the combination.
Perosche misses with the combination.
Antunes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Antunes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perosche lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perosche lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Perosche.
Perosche is working the combinations to good effect here.
Perosche lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Antunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Antunes throws a leg kick but Perosche sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perosche digs a good hook to Antunes's body.
Perosche works the jab nicely.
Perosche moves into range and connects with a jab.
Perosche lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Antunes backs up against the cage.
Perosche scores with a jab to the head.
Antunes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perosche looks to land a combination. Antunes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perosche displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Perosche throws a series of punches but Antunes avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Perosche dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Perosche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perosche throws a one two combo.
Antunes misses with a double jab
and Perosche counters with a stiff right hand.
Perosche swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Antunes.
Antunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Antunes ducks right into an uppercut from Perosche.
Perosche defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Antunes.
Antunes shoots for a double leg takedown but Perosche sprawls well. He's pushed Antunes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice combination there by Perosche.
Nice body punch from Perosche.
Antunes takes one to the side of the head.
Antunes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perosche lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perosche lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Perosche's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Perosche duly obliges.
Perosche connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Antunes's hands.
A right-left combo lands from Perosche.

Antunes is rocked!
Perosche lands with a big left! Antunes is wobbled badly! Perosche comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Antunes to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mark Perosche!