PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iso Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele comes to the cage accompanied by Danzig - I Don't Mind The Pain . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Perkele
vs
Susi

200 cm
27
214 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

190 cm
26
220 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Susi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Susi saw that one coming.
Perkele thumps Susi with a low kick.
Perkele throws a jab but it's blocked by Susi.
Perkele misses with a right hand
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Susi moves away from the strike by Perkele.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Susi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Susi counters with a slapping leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Susi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perkele lunges at Susi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Susi's hand.
Perkele throws a low kick but Susi avoids it.
Nice shot by Perkele.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Susi saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Susi.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perkele, as that shot connected.
Perkele avoids the head kick by Susi.
Susi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Pekka Perkele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Susi moved out of range.
Pekka Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Perkele there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkele lands a high kick!
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Perkele.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Perkele.
Perkele feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Susi's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Susi walks into a jab.
Perkele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Susi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perkele uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Susi has time to react.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele looks to land a left hand but Susi moved out of range nicely.
Susi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Susi staying out of range there.
Perkele with a hook.
Susi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Susi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Susi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Susi's head but Susi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi slips under a jab.
Susi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A swing and a miss from Perkele.
Susi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Perkele.
Perkele cracks Susi with a good jab.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Susi's front leg but catches the back leg as Susi tries to avoid it.
Perkele looks to land a combination. Susi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Perkele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Susi.
Perkele throws a front kick aimed at Susi's knee but Susi avoids it well.
Perkele connects with a looping right hand.
Susi ducks right into an uppercut from Perkele.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele throws a lazy right hand but Susi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Susi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Perkele lands a glancing blow to the side of Susi's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele misses with an uppercut.
Perkele connects with a high kick.
Perkele is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Susi's head but Susi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Susi moves out of range of the leg kick from Perkele.
Perkele displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Susi throws out the jab.
Perkele dips to his left and cracks Susi with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Perkele dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Susi takes one to the chin there.
Perkele connects with an inside leg kick.
Susi tries to move into range but Perkele moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Perkele throws a head kick but Susi moves out of range.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Susi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Susi. That did some damage!
Susi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perkele lands with an overhand left.
Jab by Perkele.
Perkele buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Susi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Susi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Perkele - the referee stops the clock and Susi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Perkele. Susi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Susi.
Perkele sizes up Susi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Perkele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Susi can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele throws the left hand but Susi avoids the punch easily.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Susi tries a head kick but it misses.
Susi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Susi.
Susi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Susi saw that one coming.
Perkele cracks Susi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good leg kick by Perkele there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Susi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Perkele rather than just go for the knockout.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Susi moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands a high kick!
Susi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses.
Susi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perkele looks to throw the jab but Susi is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Susi. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele throws a jab when Susi was well out of range.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Susi moved out of range.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Susi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Susi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Perkele has got the better of the exchanges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Perkele misses.
Susi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Perkele scores with a decent looking hook.
Perkele misses with a looping left.
Perkele listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pekka Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Perkele misses its intended target.
Perkele lands a head shot.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Susi slips a straight right by Perkele.
Perkele slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Susi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
Susi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele scores with a hook.
Susi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Susi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Susi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Susi ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele thuds a left hand into Susi's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Perkele there.
Susi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Perkele tries to avoid it but Susi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Perkele to the ground. Perkele escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Susi is breathing heavily.
Perkele scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Perkele dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Susi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Susi lands a head kick. Perkele smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Susi moves out of range of the strikes.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Susi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkele throws a good cross that connects.
Susi moves out of range of the strikes.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perkele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkele lands with an overhand left.
Perkele will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Susi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Susi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele scores with a jab to the jaw.
Susi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Perkele scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Susi moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Perkele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A lazy left from Perkele finds it's target.
Perkele throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Perkele's corner calls for a 1-2. Perkele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perkele uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Susi has time to react.
Perkele connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Perkele misses with a looping left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Susi misses with a wild body shot.
Perkele scores with a kick to the midsection.
Susi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Susi checks a leg kick.
Susi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perkele.
Perkele throws a nice head kick!
Perkele scores with a nice head shot.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Susi counters with a low kick, right behind Perkele 's knee.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Susi is defended easily by Perkele.
Susi needs to keep his hands up - Perkele had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele sizes up Susi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Perkele throws a hook but Susi avoids it easily.
Perkele wants to slow Susi down by chopping away at his legs.
Perkele lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Perkele throws an overhand right that lands on Susi's shoulder, as Susi tries to avoid the shot.
Susi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Susi ducks right into an uppercut from Perkele.
Perkele takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perkele throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi moves out of range of the strikes.
Iso Susi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good exchange - Perkele coming out on top.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele lands a high kick!
Susi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perkele connects with a solid leg kick.
A jab from Perkele misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An inside leg kick lands from Perkele.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Susi was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Perkele scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Perkele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perkele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

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