PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Pearsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Sirkesalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pearsen's entrance music is "One Eighty By Summer" - Taking Back Sunday. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pearsen
vs
Sirkesalo

170 cm
21
159 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

165 cm
23
151 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Knockout power

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mitchell Pearsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aki Sirkesalo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirkesalo. Pearsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Sirkesalo. Beautiful body shot.
Pearsen connects with a nice looking jab.
Sirkesalo misses with a straight right.
Sirkesalo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pearsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pearsen dodges the punch combination from Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo misses with a looping left.
Sirkesalo throws a looping overhand right but Pearsen ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkesalo moves away from the strike by Pearsen.

Pearsen rushes Sirkesalo and presses him up against the cage.
Pearsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pearsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pearsen misses with a wild body shot.
Pearsen misses with a jab to the body
and Sirkesalo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pearsen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sirkesalo avoids the body shot from Pearsen.
Pearsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirkesalo manages to avoid it.
Sirkesalo lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pearsen throws a right hand that misses
and Sirkesalo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pearsen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sirkesalo tries to bum rush Pearsen with a series of wild strikes but Pearsen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pearsen is looking to wear down Sirkesalo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sirkesalo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pearsen takes one to the side of the head.
Pearsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sirkesalo scores with a shot to the body.
Sirkesalo connects with a single shot there.
Pearsen tries to clinch up but Sirkesalo circles away and keeps his distance.
Sirkesalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearsen manages to avoid it.
Pearsen tries to clinch there but Sirkesalo circles away.
Pearsen punishes Sirkesalo's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirkesalo takes a swing at Pearsen's ribcage but misses.
Pearsen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sirkesalo at a distance.
Pearsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirkesalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mitchell Pearsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Sirkesalo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pearsen doesn't seem phased though.
Sirkesalo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sirkesalo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pearsen.
Sirkesalo scores with a sloppy right hand. Pearsen should have avoided that one.
Pearsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirkesalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearsen.
Pearsen misses with a jab to the body
and Pearsen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sirkesalo lands a glancing blow to the side of Pearsen's head.

Pearsen is rocked!
Pearsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirkesalo manages to avoid it.
Pearsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pearsen scores with a jab to the body.
Pearsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pearsen.
Sirkesalo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirkesalo misses with a straight right.

Pearsen darts in and clinches Sirkesalo up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pearsen misses with a body punch.

Sirkesalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sirkesalo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pearsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pearsen misses with a body shot.
Sirkesalo throws an off balance right hand
enabling Pearsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Pearsen misses with a body shot.
Sirkesalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sirkesalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sirkesalo misses with a series of wild punches.
Sirkesalo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pearsen throws an overhand right that lands on Sirkesalo's shoulder, as Sirkesalo tries to avoid the shot.
Pearsen throws a body punch but Sirkesalo moves out of range.
Pearsen scores with a jab. Sirkesalo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo avoids the body shot from Pearsen.
Pearsen misses with a body shot.
Pearsen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirkesalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sirkesalo lands with a shot to the body.
Pearsen is breathing heavily.
Sirkesalo throws a shot from downtown. Pearsen moves away and avoids it.
Pearsen walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sirkesalo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sirkesalo throws a lazy right hand but Pearsen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sirkesalo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sirkesalo lands a jab.
Pearsen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sirkesalo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pearsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sirkesalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Pearsen.
Pearsen fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pearsen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sirkesalo on the side of the head.
Sirkesalo misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Pearsen.
A big right from Sirkesalo misses.
Pearsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirkesalo moves away.
Pearsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo cracks Pearsen with an open hand slap.
Pearsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sirkesalo is just out of range.
Sirkesalo connects with a single shot there.
Sirkesalo looks to throw the jab but Pearsen is out of range.
Pearsen misses with a straight right.
Sirkesalo looks to land a right hand but Pearsen moved out of range.
Pearsen tries to bum rush Sirkesalo with a series of wild strikes but Sirkesalo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sirkesalo throws a hook but Pearsen blocks it.
Sirkesalo throws a hook to the side of Pearsen's head but Pearsen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sirkesalo scores with a jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oh Pearsen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pearsen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pearsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pearsen misses with a body shot
and Sirkesalo counters with a nice body shot.
Sirkesalo steps in with a hook that catches Pearsen right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sirkesalo follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Pearsen looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aki Sirkesalo!