PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekka Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele has chosen Danzig - I Don't Mind The Pain as his entrance music. Pekka Perkele has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Balboa
vs
Perkele

185 cm
29
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

200 cm
33
214 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa misses with a combination
and Perkele counters with a stiff right hand.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balboa, as that shot connected.
Balboa misses with an uppercut.
Balboa scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele swings for the body but Balboa moves out of range.
Perkele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Perkele slips a straight right by Balboa.
Balboa scores with the left hand. Perkele knows he should have avoided that one.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Balboa.
Balboa moves out of range of the strikes.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Balboa.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Balboa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Balboa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perkele misses with a low kick as Balboa jumps back.
Pekka Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa tests Perkele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Perkele fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balboa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele swings for the body but Balboa moves out of range.
Perkele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balboa.
Perkele moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Perkele cracks Balboa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Balboa lands a nice shot to the body.

Perkele clinches up with Balboa and pushes him back against the cage.
Perkele lands an uppercut.

Balboa breaks the clinch.
Balboa throws a right hand that Perkele ducks under and follows up with a left that Perkele also avoids with ease.
Balboa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balboa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Perkele showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.
Perkele gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Balboa just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Nice body punch from Balboa.
Balboa works over Perkele's head and body with a nice combination.
Balboa misses with a left hand
and Perkele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa works Perkele's body with a nice hook.
Perkele looks winded!
Balboa throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Balboa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Balboa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Balboa.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Balboa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Balboa clinches up with Perkele and pushes him back against the cage.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele is trying to break free.
Balboa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Perkele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Perkele fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Balboa.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balboa.
A short right from Balboa.

Perkele is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Balboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkele is still on wobbly legs! Can Balboa finish him?
Perkele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Balboa lands a nice hook to Perkele's body. Perkele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balboa punishes Perkele's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Perkele glances at the clock... BAM! Balboa nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Perkele crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Perkele is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocky Balboa!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rocky Balboa waved his t-shirt featuring Adrenaline's logo in front of the cameras.