PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Peto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Peto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sabaton - Talvisota . Hideki has chosen I've Just Seen a Face as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Peto
vs
Hideki

180 cm
31
181 lbs
28 - 14 - 0

172 cm
30
178 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Peto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Masaru Hideki!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki blocks a low kick nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peto.
Peto tries to clinch up.
Peto stuns Hideki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick misses from Peto.
Hideki throws a head kick that misses.
Hideki throws a wild body kick that Peto sees coming a mile off.
Hideki avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Hideki finds it's way through Peto's defenses.
Peto tries to score with a low kick but Hideki moves his leg out of the way.
Hideki feints and then cracks Peto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Peto down.
Hideki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Masaru Hideki has been cut.
Peto misses with a straight right.
Peto takes one to the chin there.
Peto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hideki connects with a right hand. Peto shakes it off.
Hideki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Peto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hideki as he avoids it easily.
Hideki misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki lands a leg kick that knocks Peto off balance momentarily.
Peto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hideki is fending him off so far but Peto persists. Nope, Hideki circles away and we're back to standing.
Hideki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Peto looks to land a left hand but Hideki moved out of range nicely.
Hideki misses the shot to the body.
Hideki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hideki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hideki manages to avoid it.
Hideki throws a wild body kick that Peto sees coming a mile off.
Peto throws a leg kick but Hideki checks it.
Hideki cracks the inside of Peto's front leg.
Hideki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Peto. That did some damage!
Peto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hideki swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pertti Peto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bone on bone clash there as Hideki blocks the leg kick.
Hideki throws a head kick that misses.
Peto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hideki.
A good leg kick by Peto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hideki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hideki swings for the body but Peto moves out of range.
Hideki tries to score with a low kick but Peto moves his leg out of the way.
Hideki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peto throws a head kick that misses.
Hideki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Peto shoots in looking for a takedown. Hideki tries to sprawl out of it but Peto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hideki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Peto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hideki pinned against the cage. Hideki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A shot to the liver by Hideki. Beautiful body shot.
Hideki scores with a body shot.
Peto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peto gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hideki keeps Peto at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peto throws a body kick that misses.
Peto throws a solid leg kick but Hideki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Peto.
Hideki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peto tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Hideki blocks the leg kick.
Peto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hideki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Peto throws a sloppy head kick and Hideki moves out of range easily.
Hideki blocks a low kick nicely.
Peto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hideki staying out of range there.
Peto throws a series of punches but Hideki moves out of range.
Hideki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hideki.
Peto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hideki.
Peto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hideki but Hideki pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Peto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Peto is breathing heavily.
Hideki lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Hideki.
Hideki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hideki lands a jab to the nose.
Peto misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hideki.
Hideki avoids the body shot from Peto.
Peto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hideki is out of range.
Hideki throws a sloppy head kick and Peto moves out of range easily.
Hideki scores with a jab.
Hideki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hideki swats away the attempt to clinch by Peto.

Peto gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Peto is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Good standup being displayed there by Hideki as he connects with a hook.
Hideki tests Peto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hideki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Peto throws out a leg kick but Hideki moves out of range and Peto only half commits.
Hideki throws a big shot that misses.
Masaru Hideki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peto throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hideki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hideki checks a leg kick.
Peto throws a chopping leg kick but Hideki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Peto scores with a leg kick.
Hideki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by Hideki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hideki throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Peto misses.
Hideki missing with a left hand there. Peto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hideki throws a chopping leg kick but Peto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Peto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peto misses with a low kick.
Hideki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Peto is predictable there
and Hideki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hideki scores with a nice strike.
Peto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peto misses with a straight left.
Hideki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peto avoids the body shot from Hideki.
Hideki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hideki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hideki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hideki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peto.
Peto tries for a takedown but Hideki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hideki checks a low kick from Peto.
Hideki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masaru Hideki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hideki scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hideki. Peto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peto wants to clinch up but Hideki keeps it at a distance.
Peto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Peto tries to land a front kick but Hideki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hideki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hideki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peto wants to land a leg kick but Hideki is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Peto 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Peto.
Hideki with a nice cross.
A head kick misses from Hideki.
Peto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hideki manages to avoid it.

Hideki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hideki's brow.
Peto avoiding damage as Hideki throws knees to the body.
Hideki looking to stall.
Peto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hideki avoids it.
Peto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peto has Hideki pressed against the cage, preventing Hideki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Peto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pertti Peto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hideki tries a knee to the head but Peto blocks it.
Peto stalling in the clinch but Hideki improves position.
Hideki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peto blocks it with crossed arms.
Hideki tries to circle away but Peto has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peto throws an elbow that misses.

Hideki breaks the clinch.
Peto throws a body punch but Hideki moves out of range.
Peto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Peto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Peto feints and as Hideki raises his hands in defense, Peto changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hideki holds on and takes a little breather.
Peto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hideki has control of Peto's left arm, preventing Peto from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hideki is on top in guard.
Peto pulls Hideki in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Hideki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Masaru Hideki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hideki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Peto tried to score with a low kick but Hideki checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hideki.
Hideki works the jab nicely.
Hideki lands a nice shot that snaps Peto's head back.
Hideki thuds a left hand into Peto's body.
Hideki is looking to chop away at Peto's legs.
Peto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peto walks into a jab.
Hideki scores with a hook.
Peto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Peto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pertti Peto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Peto clinches with his opponent.
Hideki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peto working aggressively here.

Hideki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peto throws a low kick but Hideki moves out of range easily.
Hideki chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peto takes one to the chin there.
Hideki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Hideki.
Hideki misses with a few strikes there.
Peto misses with a leg kick
and Hideki counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Peto drops his hands momentarily and Hideki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Hideki.
Peto throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hideki.
Peto takes a swing at Hideki's ribcage but misses.
Peto thumps Hideki with a low kick.
Hideki throws a leg kick that misses.
Hideki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Peto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hideki on the side of the head.
Hideki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hideki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Peto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hideki looks to land a body kick but Peto moved away.
Pertti Peto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Peto doesn't seem bothered though.
Hideki jabs Peto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hideki clobbers Peto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Peto shoots in for a takedown but Hideki shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Peto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hideki checks a low kick from Peto.
Peto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Hideki misses.
Hideki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Peto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Peto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Hideki has Peto up against the cage in a clinch.

Hideki manages to break the clinch.
Peto throws a sloppy head kick and Hideki moves out of range easily.
Hideki connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hideki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hideki throws a hook but Peto blocks it.
Hideki catches Peto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hideki looks to land a body kick but Peto moved away.
Peto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A swing and a miss from Peto.
Hideki feints a jab promting Peto to slip. Hideki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Peto slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Peto misses with a low kick.
Masaru Hideki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Peto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hideki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pertti Peto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hideki.
Peto misses with a head kick.
Peto sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hideki jabs Peto right on the nose. Peto blinks but takes it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hideki, as that shot connected.
Hideki scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hideki closes the distance and clinches.
Peto tries to score a body lock takedown but Hideki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hideki letting Peto take a breather here.
Peto tries to circle away but Hideki has him pinned against the cage.
Hideki blocks a body shot from Peto.
Hideki dodges an elbow strike from Peto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hideki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hideki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masaru Hideki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hideki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masaru Hideki!
During a confident post fight interview, Masaru Hideki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.