PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Aldrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldrin has chosen Next Episode - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog e Nate Dogg as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Perez
vs
Aldrin

183 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Aldrin!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldrin throws a big shot that misses.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Aldrin is out of range.
Aldrin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Perez.
A combination from Aldrin does no damage.
Aldrin fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aldrin looks to land a combination but Perez avoids it well.
Perez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Aldrin misses.
Aldrin misses with a double jab.
Aldrin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aldrin misses the shot to the body.
Perez dodges the punch combination from Aldrin.
Aldrin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aldrin.
Aldrin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Perez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aldrin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perez dodges the punch combination from Aldrin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldrin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aldrin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Perez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Aldrin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Perez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aldrin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Perez finds it's way through Aldrin's defenses.
Perez misses with a double jab.
Aldrin misses with a two punch combination.
Aldrin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Perez counters with a stiff right hand.
Perez misses with a double jab.
Perez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Perez moves out of range of the strikes.
Aldrin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldrin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Perez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perez missing with a left hand there. Aldrin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perez scores with a jab.
Aldrin moves forwards but Perez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aldrin is looking to land body kicks.
Aldrin throws a hook but Perez avoids it easily.
No joy there for Aldrin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aldrin slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Aldrin throws a series of punches but Perez moves out of range.
Aldrin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perez.
Aldrin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richard Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Perez blocks a low kick nicely.
Perez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aldrin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez thuds a left hand into Aldrin's body.
Aldrin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Perez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Perez throws a shot to the body.
Perez lands with an uppercut that bounces Aldrin off the cage and back into range.
A combination from Aldrin does no damage.
Perez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aldrin momentarily.
Aldrin misses with a two punch combination.
Aldrin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aldrin throws a right and a left that Perez avoids nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perez checks a leg kick.
Aldrin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez lands with a shot to the body.
Aldrin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aldrin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aldrin tries to bum rush Perez with a series of wild strikes but Perez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aldrin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Perezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldrin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Perez counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Perez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Perez looks to land a combination. Aldrin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aldrin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Perez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aldrin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perez manages to avoid it.
Perez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aldrin on the side of the head.
Aldrin misses the shot to the body.
Aldrin tries a head kick but it misses.
Perez throws a one two combo.
Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Perez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Perez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aldrin throws a leg kick that misses.
Aldrin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aldrin throws a combination that misses
and Perez counters with a stiff right hand.
Perez lands with a nice combination. Aldrin backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Richard Perez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Perez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aldrin.
Aldrin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Perez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aldrin doesn't seem bothered though.
Aldrin slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Perez checks the leg kick.
Richard Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
Perez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Perez throws an overhand right that lands on Aldrin's shoulder, as Aldrin tries to avoid the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perez checks a leg kick.
Perez lunges at Aldrin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Aldrin's hand.
Aldrin slips under a jab from Perez.
Aldrin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Perez thows a body shot but no joy.
Aldrin misses with a looping right.
Aldrin lands an overhand right.
Perez moves out of range as Aldrin throws a body kick.
Aldrin slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Richard Perez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Aldrin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A combination from Perez does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldrin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Perez missing with a left hand there. Aldrin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Perez misses.
Aldrin misses with a straight right.
A combination from Aldrin does no damage.
Aldrin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perez checks a leg kick.
Perez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Perez.
Perez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Aldrin's hands.
A lazy left from Perez finds it's target.
Aldrin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Aldrin looks to throw the jab but Perez is out of range.
Perez with a nice cross.
Perez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aldrin misses with a low kick.
Aldrin throws a lazy right hand but Perez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looks like Perez has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldrin throws a one two combo.

It looks like Richard Perez has been cut.
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!
Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aldrin manages to avoid it.
Perez throws a body punch but Aldrin moves out of range.
Donk. Perez catches Aldrin right on the button with a cross.
Aldrin misses with a series of wild punches.
Perez connects with a right hand. Aldrin shakes it off.
Aldrin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Perez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aldrin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A lazy left from Perez finds it's target.
Aldrin throws a nice looking combination but Perez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perez lands with a right hand.
Aldrin throws a body punch but Perez moves out of range.
Aldrin throws a right and a left that Perez avoids nicely.
Aldrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldrin is breathing heavily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perez checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Perez duly obliges.
Aldrin tries to move into range but Perez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A cross from Perez lands.
Perez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Aldrin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aldrin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aldrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perez misses with an uppercut.
Perez scores with a shot to the body.
Aldrin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aldrin throws a series of punches but Perez avoids them all with ease.
Perez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Aldrin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Perez misses with an uppercut. Aldrin saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez drops his hands momentarily and Aldrin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Perez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aldrin backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Perez misses the shot to the body.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Aldrin motions for Perez to come forward. Aldrin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aldrin fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Perez misses.
Aldrin scores with a decent looking hook.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aldrin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perez throws a right hand that Aldrin ducks under and follows up with a left that Aldrin also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez lands with a cross.
Aldrin avoids the body shot from Perez.
Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aldrin manages to avoid it.
Perez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aldrin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Perez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Perez's cut.
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!

Aldrin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Aldrin does no damage.
Aldrin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Aldrin throws a series of punches but Perez moves out of range.
Aldrin looks to land a right hand but Perez moved out of range.
Perez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aldrin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Perez lands a really nice looking cross but Aldrin seems unphased.
Perez lands with an uppercut that bounces Aldrin off the cage and back into range.
Nice body punch from Perez.
A jab lands there for Aldrin.
Perez scores with a decent looking hook.
Aldrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aldrin throws a hook to the side of Perez's head but Perez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aldrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez connects with a body shot that sends Aldrin's belly button to the back.
Aldrin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Aldrin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perez.
Nice jab there from Perez.
Perez throws a right and a left that Aldrin avoids nicely.
Perez throws out a loose jab but Aldrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Perez does it's job there.
Perez misses with a few strikes there.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldrin is just out of range.
Perez scores with a one two! Aldrin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Perez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aldrin.
Perez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perez throws a hook but Aldrin blocks it.
Aldrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.
Perez throws a body punch but Aldrin moves out of range.
Perez lands with a nice combination. Aldrin backs away looking to recover.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aldrin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldrin throws a series of punches but Perez moves out of range.
Aldrin lands a jab to the head.
Aldrin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldrin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aldrin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aldrin ducks right into an uppercut from Perez.
Aldrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perez digs a good body shot into Aldrin's ribs.
Aldrin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aldrin misses with a head kick.
Aldrin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Aldrin throws an overhand right that lands on Perez's shoulder, as Perez tries to avoid the shot.
Perez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aldrin under the eye.
Perez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aldrin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aldrin tries to bum rush Perez with a series of wild strikes but Perez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Perez blocks a head kick by Aldrin.
Perez throws a shot to the body.
Aldrin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aldrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aldrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perez lands a lovely overhand right.
Aldrin looks to land a body kick but Perez moved away.
Perez lands a nice looking body shot.
Perez lands with an uppercut that bounces Aldrin off the cage and back into range.
Aldrin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Perez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aldrin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aldrin scrambles back to his feet.
Aldrin slips under a jab from Perez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldrin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Perez moves out of range as Aldrin throws a body kick.
Good work by Perez as he checks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Perez. That snapped Aldrin's head back.
Aldrin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
Perez lands a right hook to the body.
Aldrin walks into a straight right hand from Perez.
Aldrin just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Perez finds it's way through Aldrin's defenses.
Aldrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez slips a jab and a cross from Aldrin.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aldrin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldrin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A combination from Aldrin does no damage.
Robert Aldrin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aldrin in his tracks.
Perez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Perez!
After the fight, Richard Perez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.