PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clint Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalevi Kierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pereira comes to the cage accompanied by K5 - Lovin' Feelin'. 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.

Pereira
vs
Kierre

182 cm
23
169 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
27
167 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kalevi Kierre!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira keeps the fight on the outside.

Pereira moves into range and clinches up with Kierre.
Pereira missing with knees to the body.
Pereira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Kalevi Kierre has been cut.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kierre.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kierre avoids it.
Pereira gets underhooks to prevent Kierre's takedown attempt.
Pereira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pereira lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kierre gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pereira blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kierre.
Kierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pereira keeps working.
Pereira trying to control but Kierre postures up.
Pereira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kierre.
Pereira wants to control but Kierre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Kierre passes to full mount!
Kierre throwing strikes here but Pereira is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pereira tries to hold on but Kierre postures up.
Kierre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pereira because Kierre loaded up on that one.
Kierre throws some wild stikes that Pereira manages to avoid easily.
Pereira wants to control but Kierre is having none of it.
Pereira avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kierre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to lock up and control but Kierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kierre punching from mount but Pereira doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kierre looking to land elbow strikes but Pereira uses the position to regain half guard.
Kierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pereira's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kierre is looking to take a break and control but Pereira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pereira is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pereira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pereira trying to control but Kierre postures up.
Kierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pereira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kierre.
Kierre drops an elbow to the side of Pereira's head.
Kierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pereira's head.
Kierre moves nicely into side control.
Kierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pereira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kierre on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira prevents Kierre from improving position.
Kierre throws a strike aimed at the side of Pereira's head but Pereira avoids it well.
Kierre creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pereira is looking to reverse the position.
Kierre working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kierre tries to score with some ground and pound. Pereira controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pereira parries the strikes from Kierre easily there. Kierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pereira to escape.
Kierre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kierre looks up at the clock and then as Pereira takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kierre smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kierre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pereira sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kierre throws an elbow but Pereira slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pereira parries the strikes from Kierre easily there. Kierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pereira to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalevi Kierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kalevi Kierre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pereira just misses with a punch to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kierre in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pereira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clint Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kierre tries to keep at a distance but Pereira has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kierre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pereira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kierre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pereira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kierre tries for a takedown but Pereira manages to get underhooks.
Kierre takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pereira prevents it.
Kierre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pereira prevents it.
Clint Pereira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalevi Kierre.
Pereira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kierre fails to land.
Pereira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kierre is looking for a takedown.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kierre is looking for a takedown.
Pereira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kierre fails to land.
Kierre has a couple of punches blocked by Pereira.
Pereira landing knees to the head.
Kierre swings wildly with an uppercut but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kierre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira blocks an uppercut.
Pereira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kierre backwards.
Kierre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kierre keeps control of Pereira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kierre has a couple of punches blocked by Pereira.
Pereira trying to land knees to the body.

Pereira breaks from the clinch.
Kierre darts in trying to clinch
and Pereira counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pereira throws a predictable looking body shot

and Kierre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kierre.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira lands a right hand.
Kierre lands with a short shot to the head.
Pereira blocking some punches.
Pereira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pereira fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pereira.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira clobbers Kierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Pereira closes the distance and clinches.
Pereira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pereira lands a nice elbow.
Kierre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pereira backwards.
Kierre has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pereira after a bit of a struggle.
Pereira trying to control the position but instead, Kierre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pereira into the cage.
Kierre goes for a takedown attempt but Pereira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kierre keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pereira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pereira drives through and clinches with Kierre against the cage.
Pereira has had enough of the clinch but Kierre keeps him there for the moment.
Kierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira tries a body shot but Kierre blocks it.
Kierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kierre looking for a takedown.
A bit of stalling here from Pereira.
Kierre can't get the takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pereira.
Kierre misses with the head strike.
Kierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kierre prevents a body shot from Pereira.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pereira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kierre.
Pereira blocking some punches.
Clint Pereira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pereira lands an elbow just above Kierre 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Clint Pereira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kalevi Kierre's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kierre closes the distance but Pereira moves to the side
and Pereira counters with a thumping low kick.
Kierre tries to clinch but Pereira moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Pereira has closed the distance and engaged Kierre in a clinch.
Pereira lands a nice uppercut.
Kierre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pereira backwards.
Pereira slowing the pace effectively.
Pereira is trying to push Kierre away but Kierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kierre throws a head punch that misses.
Kierre wants a takedown.
Pereira pushes Kierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pereira lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kierre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pereira backwards.
Pereira prevents the takedown attempt.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kierre managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
Kierre misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kierre fails to land.
Nice body punch from Pereira.
Nice elbow from Pereira.

That has opened up Kalevi Kierre's cut even more.

Pereira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pereira connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kierre momentarily.

Kierre is rocked!
Kierre gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Clint Pereira!
Clint Pereira thanked the fans post fight for their support.