PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marin Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ned Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkovic comes to the cage accompanied by Tyga - Rack City. Marin Perkovic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perkovic
vs
Stanley

180 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

193 cm
25
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marin Perkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ned Stanley!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stanley throws a hook to the side of Perkovic's head but Perkovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkovic misses with a few strikes there.
Stanley lands a jab to the head.
No joy there for Perkovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Perkovic falls off balance throwing a combination

and Stanley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Perkovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stanley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perkovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Perkovic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Stanley.
Perkovic is breathing heavily.
Stanley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Stanley won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Stanley scores with a nice short uppercut.

Stanley breaks the clinch.
Perkovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Marin Perkovic has been cut.
A cross from Stanley lands.
Perkovic throws a combination that misses
and Stanley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Perkovic is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Stanley has cracked Perkovic with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Stanley lands another huge swinging hook and Perkovic tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Perkovic, before Stanley can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ned Stanley!
Ned Stanley decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.