PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele has chosen Perkele as his entrance music. 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.

Drake
vs
Perkele

198 cm
24
270 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
241 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

DJs Locker
Reaper Combatwear

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Perkele lands a front kick.
Perkele tries a low kick but Drake avoids it.
Perkele throws a leg kick that misses.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkele. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perkele lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perkele.
Perkele throws a jab when Drake was well out of range.
Drake throws a series of punches but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Drake manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Perkele has taken the fight to the clinch.
Perkele holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Drake just leaning against Perkele, taking a breather.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Drake takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Perkele as Drake tries to tie him up.
Perkele prevents a body shot from Drake.
Perkele throws an elbow but it misses.
Drake lands with a short shot to the head.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Drake - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Drake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Perkele avoids the damage to the body.
Perkele avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.
Perkele is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Perkele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Perkele.
Drake scores with a shot to the side of Perkele's head.
Drake leaning against his opponent.
Perkele tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Drake just stands there and leans against the cage.
Perkele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Perkele successfully pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Perkele working for a triangle but Drake defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Perkele is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Drake is aware though and is defending well.
Drake preventing the sweep.

Drake got a little sloppy there for a moment and Perkele has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Drake has managed to get both his arms back between Perkele's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake won't allow Perkele to sweep him here.

Perkele looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Perkele trying to control the position.

Perkele working for a triangle but Drake defends it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perkele is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pyry Perkele dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Perkele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Drake has Perkele up against the cage in a clinch.
Perkele blocks an elbow strike.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perkele.
With the fighters up against the cage, Perkele throws an elbow but misses.
Perkele missing with knees to the body.
Perkele has Drake pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele lands a left hand.
Drake scores with a hook to the body.
Perkele stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele tries to pull guard but Drake holds him up against the cage and eventually Perkele drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Drake throws an elbow but misses.
Perkele is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Drake misses with an elbow strike.
Drake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Perkele is trying to pull guard but Drake turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
David Drake has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drake tries to work over Perkele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Drake holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Perkele blocks a body shot from Drake.
With the fighters up against the cage, Perkele throws an elbow but misses.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkele.
Drake pushes Perkele back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkele stalling.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele wants to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Perkele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perkele looking to slow down the pace here.
Perkele is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Drake to keep the fight standing.
David Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pyry Perkele.
Perkele stalling the fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drake.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pyry Perkele.
Perkele throws a hook but Drake blocks it.
Drake checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Drake checks a leg kick nicely.
Perkele swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a series of strikes that have Perkele backpedaling.
Perkele wants to slow Drake down by chopping away at his legs.

Drake closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele displaying some good clinch control by pressing Drake up against the cage.
Perkele is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.
Perkele's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Drake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Perkele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perkele taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Perkele trying to control the position but instead, Drake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perkele into the cage.
Drake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perkele avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perkele's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drake blocks an elbow strike.
Perkele pressing his opponent against the cage.
Drake throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Drake dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Perkele.
Drake connects with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Drake, right into the meat.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perkele swats away the attempt to clinch by Drake.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perkele.
Drake stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A solid leg kick lands there for Drake.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.
Perkele looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Perkele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Drake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake avoids the body shot from Perkele.
Drake throws a body punch but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Drake checks it well.
Drake throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Perkele shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkele can pounce on him.
Perkele scores with a decent looking hook.
Perkele throws a solid leg kick but Drake takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perkele.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perkele. Perkele obviously looking to wear him down.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Drake checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Drake staying out of range there.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
A clash of legs there as Drake blocks the low kick.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake clobbers Perkele with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele lands a jab to the head.
Drake throws a good cross that connects.
Perkele scores with a jab to the head.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
A head kick from Drake lands but Perkele takes it in his stride.
Drake is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice uppercut lands for Drake. That snapped Perkele's head back.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perkele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perkele throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Drake lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a low kick but Drake moves out of range easily.
Drake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perkele circles away quickly and effectively.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drake.
An inside leg kick from Perkele misses.
Drake throws a one two combo.

Perkele is rocked!
Nice shot lands for Drake.
Perkele is still on wobbly legs! Can Drake finish him?
Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Drake is able to avoid easily.
Perkele throws a head kick but Drake moves out of range.
Drake cracks Perkele with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Perkele falls to his knees and Drake doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Drake!
David Drake seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.