PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Peruna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaston Chevarie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Peruna
vs
Chevarie

195 cm
24
213 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
208 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pekka Peruna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaston Chevarie!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chevarie throws the left hand but Peruna avoids the punch easily.
Peruna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chevarie.
Chevarie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chevarie.

Peruna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Peruna breaks the clinch.
Peruna staying out of range there.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chevarie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peruna defending well as Chevarie loads up on a big left hand.
Peruna tries to clinch but Chevarie is having none of it.
Peruna fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peruna wants to clinch up but Chevarie keeps it at a distance.
Peruna tries to clinch up.
Chevarie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Peruna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Peruna doesn't manage to clinch there - Chevarie circles away.
Chevarie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Peruna in his tracks.
Peruna moves in looking to clinch but Chevarie pushes him off.
Peruna is looking to clinch but Chevarie is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Chevarie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Peruna doesn't seem phased though.
Chevarie throws a hook to the side of Peruna's head but Peruna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chevarie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peruna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chevarie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Peruna forces Chevarie back against the cage and clinches.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Gaston Chevarie has been cut.
Peruna putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chevarie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peruna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna lands an elbow inside that Chevarie shrugs off.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chevarie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chevarie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna lands a good knee to the midsection. Chevarie won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chevarie blocks the elbow strike.
Chevarie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peruna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peruna comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peruna missing with knees to the body.
Chevarie misses with some punches.
Peruna connects with a knee to the head.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peruna.
Chevarie throws a punch but it's blocked by Peruna.
Peruna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chevarie's face.
Peruna missing with knees to the body.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peruna is breathing heavily.
Peruna working Chevarie over with knees to the body.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chevarie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Peruna - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peruna.
Chevarie misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peruna just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chevarie's brow.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.
Peruna crunches a lovely knee into Chevarie's ribcage.
Peruna connects with a knee to the head.
Chevarie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chevarie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Peruna looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chevarie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chevarie swings wildly with an uppercut but Peruna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peruna utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Peruna to work.
Peruna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chevarie.
Peruna creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chevarie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna stalls.
Peruna gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Peruna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chevarie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Peruna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gaston Chevarie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Peruna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peruna ducks under a wild hook from Chevarie.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chevarie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna tries to score a body lock takedown but Chevarie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Peruna misses with an elbow strike.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Peruna.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chevarie avoids it.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Chevarie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chevarie misses with some punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Chevarie misses with some punches.
Peruna is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chevarie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peruna leaning his opponent against the cage.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Chevarie avoids the damage to the body.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Peruna has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peruna wants a takedown.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chevarie.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peruna.
Pekka Peruna has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chevarie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Chevarie avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chevarie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chevarie swings wildly with an uppercut but Peruna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chevarie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Chevarie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chevarie is defending well for now.
Peruna stalls.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Peruna missing with knees to the body.
Chevarie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Chevarie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chevarie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chevarie avoids the elbow strike from Peruna, against the cage.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peruna wants to break free but Chevarie has control.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Chevarie blocks with his arms.

Peruna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peruna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chevarie.
Peruna slips a jab from Chevarie.
Chevarie keeps the fight on the outside.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chevarie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Chevarie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peruna blocking some punches.
Peruna throws an elbow but it misses.
Peruna creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Chevarie blocks an elbow strike from Peruna.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Chevarie blocks it.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Chevarie avoids the damage to the body.
Chevarie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chevarie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Chevarie avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Peruna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gaston Chevarie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Chevarie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Peruna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chevarie throws out a powerful jab.
Peruna on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chevarie throws an overhand right that lands on Peruna's shoulder, as Peruna tries to avoid the shot.
Chevarie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Peruna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chevarie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Chevarie misses.
Peruna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chevarie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Peruna.
Good standup being displayed there by Chevarie as he connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peruna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peruna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chevarie finds it's way round the side to connect with Peruna's head.
Pekka Peruna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peruna moves out of range as Chevarie strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peruna wants to clinch up but Chevarie keeps it at a distance.
Peruna is looking to clinch.
Peruna is looking to clinch but Chevarie is avoiding it.
A big left from Chevarie misses.
Peruna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chevarie wants to clinch.
Chevarie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peruna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chevarie misses with a straight left.
Peruna moves out of range as Chevarie strikes.

Peruna moves into the clinch successfully.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Chevarie blocks with his arms.
Peruna working Chevarie over with knees to the body.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chevarie.
Chevarie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chevarie throws a punch but it's blocked by Peruna.
Peruna has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Chevarie avoids a wild elbow strike from Peruna.
Chevarie avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna blocking some punches.
Chevarie stops a takedown attempt from Peruna.
Peruna misses with an elbow strike.
Peruna landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chevarie being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peruna.
Peruna blocking some punches.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.

Peruna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chevarie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Chevarie - just one landing.
Peruna fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peruna is looking to clinch but Chevarie is avoiding it.
Chevarie looks to land a right hand but Peruna moved out of range.

Peruna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Peruna pushes off an throws an elbow but Chevarie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peruna throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chevarie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chevarie.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Chevarie avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna stalling against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peruna obliges.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chevarie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peruna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chevarie blocks an elbow strike from Peruna.
Peruna lands a nice elbow.
Peruna stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peruna with a knee to the head.
Peruna connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peruna just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chevarie's brow.
Peruna is looking to break free of the clinch but Chevarie has double underhooks.
Peruna with a knee to the head.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chevarie.
Peruna has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peruna creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chevarie's defenses.
Gaston Chevarie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peruna.
Chevarie misses with a punch on the inside.
Chevarie managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Chevarie blocks it.
Chevarie working aggressively here.
Peruna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Peruna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peruna, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pekka Peruna!