PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Measure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Perciwall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johan Perciwall will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Measure
vs
Perciwall

180 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
28
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Measure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johan Perciwall!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perciwall ducks under a wild hook from Measure.

Measure closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Perciwall quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Perciwall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Measure.
Measure is controlling the pace.
Measure's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Measure thows a huge punch but Perciwall dodges it nicely.
Measure scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Measure wants to take a breather but Perciwall is having none of it.
Perciwall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Measure. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Measure throwing shots but Perciwall is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Measure throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Measure takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Measure sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Measure throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Measure working over Perciwall with some ground and pound. Perciwall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Perciwall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Measure.
Measure works his foot free and advances to mount.
Measure punishing his opponent with strikes.

Perciwall is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Measure loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Perciwall scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Measure land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Measure stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Measure!