PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Alberto Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis Alberto Perez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kazushi Sakuraba's chin.

Alberto Perez
vs
Sakuraba

185 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Gilop®
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luis Alberto Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez tries to clinch but Sakuraba moves away
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perez looks to clinch
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sakuraba misses with a low kick.
Perez tries to clinch but Sakuraba moves away
and Sakuraba makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sakuraba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perez looks to clinch
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perez looks to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez throws the kick towards the body but Sakuraba avoids it.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sakuraba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perez thinking.
Perez is breathing heavily.
Perez moves to clinch but Sakuraba breaks away
and Perez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sakuraba.
Perez lands with a right hand.
Sakuraba misses with a head kick.
Perez tries to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sakuraba misses with a body shot.
Luis Alberto Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakuraba looks to throw the jab but Perez is out of range.
Perez tries to clinch up
and Sakuraba counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sakuraba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Perez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sakuraba takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Sakuraba throws a hook but Perez avoids it easily.
Perez closes the distance but Sakuraba moves to the side
and Sakuraba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perez moves out of range as Sakuraba throws a body kick.
Sakuraba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sakuraba counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sakuraba misses the target.
Perez tries to clinch up
and Sakuraba counters with a right hand to the body.
Perez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez avoids the head kick by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sakuraba throws a sloppy head kick and Perez moves out of range easily.
Perez wants to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a right hand to the body.
Sakuraba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot
letting Perez counter with a right hand.
Sakuraba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sakuraba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sakuraba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuraba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sakuraba throws a sloppy head kick and Perez moves out of range easily.
Sakuraba misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to clinch up
and Sakuraba counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sakuraba looks for the body kick but Perez saw that one coming.
Perez wants to clinch but Sakuraba slips to the side
and Sakuraba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and Perez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakuraba lands a jab to Perez's midsection.
Sakuraba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perez looks to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sakuraba throws a chopping leg kick but Perez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez wants to clinch but Sakuraba slips to the side
letting Sakuraba counter with a right hand.
Perez moves to clinch but Sakuraba breaks away
and Sakuraba counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perez was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakuraba.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a right hand to the body.
A shot to the body from Sakuraba misses

and Perez moves into the clinch.
Perez tries to land a knee to the head but Sakuraba blocks with his arms.
Perez crunches a lovely knee into Sakuraba's ribcage.
Sakuraba is stalling here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakuraba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Perez is keeping busy.
Sakuraba stalling against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazushi Sakuraba.
Perez tries to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a left to the body.
Sakuraba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sakuraba is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazushi Sakuraba dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Perez staying out of range there.
Sakuraba throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Perez wants to clinch but Sakuraba slips to the side
and Sakuraba counters with a right hand to the body.
Sakuraba misses with a left hand
and Perez counters with a head kick. That will keep Sakuraba thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Perez avoids a kick to the body.
Sakuraba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez tries to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sakuraba misses with a straight left.
Perez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perez wants to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perez tries to clinch but Sakuraba moves away
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sakuraba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sakuraba counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sakuraba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sakuraba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Sakuraba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Sakuraba misses
and Perez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sakuraba attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perez misses with a few strikes there.
Perez wants to clinch but Sakuraba slips to the side
and Perez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakuraba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Perez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba misses with a hook
and Perez counters with a straight right hand.
Sakuraba throws a body kick that misses.
Sakuraba throws a leg kick

and Perez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sakuraba has Perez pushed against the ropes.
Perez tries to land a knee to the head but Sakuraba blocks with his arms.
Sakuraba looking to stall.
Perez scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Perez.

Sakuraba is rocked!

It looks like Kazushi Sakuraba has been cut.
Perez working the clinch nicely. Sakuraba is working for position but Perez cracks him with a big knee to the head! Sakuraba crumples up against the ropes and Perez lands two more shots before the ref can save Sakuraba! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Luis Alberto Perez!