PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele comes into the arena with Danzig - I Don't Mind The Pain blaring out of the sound system. Berry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Perkele
vs
Berry

200 cm
26
214 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

200 cm
24
216 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 - $99 Perfectly Cut
Hades ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Perkele!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele throws a low kick but it's checked well by Berry.
Perkele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Berry takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Berry wants to land a leg kick but Perkele is out of range.
Berry throws a sloppy head kick
and Perkele counters with a leg kick.
Perkele thows a leg kick but Berry checks it
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Berry connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a thumping low kick.
Berry avoids a kick to the body.
Berry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a straight right hand.
Berry throws a nice head kick!
Berry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Perkele lands with an uppercut that bounces Berry off the cage and back into rage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berry slips under a jab from Perkele.
Perkele throws a head kick that half lands.
Berry misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele scores with a head kick.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Berry tries to work over Perkele's front leg with a kick but Perkele checks it.
Berry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Perkele's hands.
Berry connects with an inside leg kick.
Berry blocks a head kick by Perkele.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Berry counters with a body kick.
Perkele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Perkele connects with a single shot there.
Perkele turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Berry scores a takedown into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berry punching from mount but Perkele doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Berry moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Perkele has worked his arm free - good work by Perkele!
Berry tries to advance to mount but Perkele denies him.
Berry throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Berry goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Perkele has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Berry but great work by Perkele.
Berry manages to get back to half guard.
It looks like Perkele is going to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is trying to get back to full guard.
Berry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Berry manages to get to full guard.
Berry looking for a sweep. Not yet Berry, not yet.

Berry is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Perkele is aware though and is defending well.

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.
Perkele stopping the sweep attempt from Berry.
Berry bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Perkele's guard.
Berry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berry forces his way into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Berry is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Berry tries to pass to full mount but Perkele defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry dominated that round.
That's time! Perkele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Perkele keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Berry's calf.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele checks a low kick from Berry.
Nice shot lands for Perkele.
Berry blocks a head kick by Perkele.
Good standup being displayed there by Perkele as he connects with a hook.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
Perkele scores with a nice right hand.
Berry feints and then cracks Perkele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perkele down.
Berry throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pekka Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele cracks Berry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ash Berry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkele clobbers Berry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berry blocks a head kick by Perkele.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berry checks a low kick from Perkele.
Perkele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Berry to score with a decent uppercut.
Perkele cracks the inside of Berry's front leg.
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and Berry counters with a nice uppercut.
Perkele misses with a hook. Berry ducked under it nicely.
Perkele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Berry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Berry takes a kick to the side of the head.
A low kick from Berry is predictable there
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Berry sees coming a mile off.
Berry connects with a solid leg kick.
Perkele thumps Berry with a low kick.
Perkele cracks the inside of Berry's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Berry takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkele.
Perkele misses with a right hand
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a straight right hand.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Berry counters with a leg kick.
Berry swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with an outside leg kick.
Berry is looking to score with low kicks.
Berry throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Perkele counters with a leg kick.
Perkele checks a low kick from Berry.
Perkele throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Berry's head.
Berry misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry tries to work over Perkele's front leg with a kick but Perkele checks it.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Berry scores with a punch to the head.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
Perkele misses with a combination
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
Some bone on bone action there as Perkele checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Berry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Perkele's waist but Perkele gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Berry off to one side.
Perkele throws a lazy head kick
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Berry misses with a head kick.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Perkele is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A low kick from Perkele misses

and Berry counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Berry.
Berry is looking to advance position but Perkele has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Berry is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele avoids the attempt from Berry to control.
Perkele prevents Berry from getting the reversal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berry wants to hold on but Perkele pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perkele trying to control but Berry is having none of it.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Berry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perkele's calf.
Perkele tries a low kick but Berry avoids it.
Perkele throws the kick towards the body but Berry avoids it.
Perkele wants to slow Berry down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice cross by Perkele.
Berry lands a slapping body shot.
Perkele lands with a slapping head kick.
Berry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perkele has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berry blocks a leg kick.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Berry counters with an outside leg kick.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkele.
Perkele throws a head kick that half lands.
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele swings away with a body shot that misses
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Berry throws a lazy head kick
and Perkele counters with a low kick, right behind Berry 's knee.
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Berry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Berry counters with a thumping low kick.
Berry connects with a solid leg kick.
Perkele throws an off balance right hand
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Berry throws a solid leg kick but Perkele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Berry.
Berry lands with a kick to the temple. Perkele shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pekka Perkele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Berry counters with a low kick, right behind Perkele 's knee.
Perkele avoids the head kick by Berry.
Berry scores with a leg kick.
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Berry counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berry with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perkele to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a lazy body kick
and Berry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Perkele wants it to stay on the feet.
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Berry checks the leg kick.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele lands the left hand.
Berry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkele throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Berry.
Perkele throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Perkele checks a low kick from Berry.
Berry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and Berry counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Berry throws a leg kick
and Perkele counters with a low kick, right behind Berry 's knee.
No luck for Berry with that takedown attempt.
Berry looks to throw a body kick
and Perkele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Perkele checks a leg kick.
Perkele lands a head kick!
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Berry throws a head kick but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele misses with a hook
and Berry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perkele keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele wants to slow Berry down by chopping away at his legs.
Berry walks forward, straight into a front kick from Perkele.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Berry is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Perkele's half guard.
Berry is trying to control. Perkele wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Berry trying to mount his opponent but Perkele defends it.
Berry wants to advance to full mount but Perkele doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Perkele takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a head kick. That will keep Perkele thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and Berry counters with a nice leg kick.
Perkele swings away with a body shot that misses
and Berry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Berry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Berry scores with a decent looking hook.
Berry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele throws a lazy head kick
and Berry counters with a big head kick but Perkele shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele pushes Berry away with a front kick.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body
and Berry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Berry misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Berry misses.
Perkele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Perkele!
Perkele cracks Berry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berry throws a sloppy head kick and Perkele moves out of range easily.
Berry connects with a solid leg kick.
Berry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkele scoring well with a low kick there.
Berry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Berry counters with a nice leg kick.
Berry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry avoids the head kick by Perkele.
Perkele checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berry.
Perkele thows a leg kick but Berry checks it
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perkele looks to throw a body kick
and Berry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perkele thinking.
Berry feints and then cracks Perkele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perkele down.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses.
Perkele scores with a jab to the jaw.
Berry changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Perkele tries to avoid it but Berry manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Perkele to the ground. Perkele escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Perkele tries to land a body kick

and Berry counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele stops Berry from passing to mount.
Berry is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry prevents Perkele from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Berry goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Perkele rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Berry's guard! Nice work there by Perkele!
Berry looking for a sweep. Not yet Berry, not yet.

That's four 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.

Berry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ash Berry has got the better of the ground game so far.

Berry isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Perkele stacks Berry on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Perkele!

Perkele stands up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Perkele slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Berry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Berry's head.
Perkele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele cracks Berry with an open hand slap.
Berry connects with a crisp jab.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
Berry misses with a body kick.
Perkele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Berry swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Berry blocks a head kick by Perkele.
Berry walks forward, straight into a front kick from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Berry counters with a head kick. That will keep Perkele thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Berry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick by Perkele misses
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
Berry has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Berry blocks a head kick by Perkele.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Berry connects with an inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a body kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Perkele misses.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick
and Berry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A lazy left from Berry finds it's target.
Pekka Perkele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berry.
Perkele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perkele throws a sloppy body shot
and Berry counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Berry counters with a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Berry finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Berry gets a takedown into half guard.
Berry wants to pass the guard but Perkele is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele is in trouble now - Berry has advanced to mount!
Berry moves to the back position.

Berry working for a choke but Perkele reverses nicely into Berry 's guard.
Berry working a defensive guard but Perkele passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Perkele has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Berry looking for a sweep. Not yet Berry, not yet.
Berry working a defensive guard but Perkele passes into half guard.
Berry is looking for a sweep. Perkele is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berry trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berry regains full guard. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ash Berry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Berry has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 45:50
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 45:50
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ash Berry!
Ash Berry is the new light heavyweight champion!