PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You. Perkele has chosen Perkele as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Meyer
vs
Perkele

204 cm
36
270 lbs
32 - 15 - 0

188 cm
26
241 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele needs to keep his hands up - Meyer had a free shot at his head there.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perkele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pyry Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer looks to land a left hand but Perkele moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meyer. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Perkele lands with a kick to the ribs.
No joy there for Perkele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Perkele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perkele looks for the body kick but Meyer saw that one coming.
Meyer misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Perkele coming out on top.

It looks like Kurt Meyer has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Meyer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perkele thinking.
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Meyer throws a sloppy head kick and Perkele moves out of range easily.
We've been informed that Perkele has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The fighters circling - Meyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meyer misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Meyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele thumps Meyer with a low kick.
Meyer tried to score with a low kick but Perkele checks it.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meyer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good leg kick by Perkele there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkele throws a front kick aimed at Meyer's knee but Meyer avoids it well.
Perkele throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Meyer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Meyer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perkele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meyer avoids the head kick by Perkele.
A chopping leg kick lands by Meyer.
Some bone on bone action there as Perkele checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Perkele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer thows a leg kick but Perkele checks it
and Perkele makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Meyer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Meyer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perkele misses with a hook
and Meyer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Perkele tries to land a leg kick but Meyer saw it coming and moves away.
Meyer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perkele is out of range.
Perkele scores with a punch to the head.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Meyer sees coming a mile off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Meyer checks a leg kick.
Perkele looks for the body kick but Meyer saw that one coming.

Perkele clinches.
Meyer managing to block the knees to the body from Perkele.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land.
Perkele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Perkele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meyer.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meyer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkele looking to stall.
Perkele lands a damaging elbow.

Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perkele looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Meyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Meyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkele.
Meyer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perkele throws a head kick but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer throws a low kick but Perkele moves out of range easily.
Meyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Perkele connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Perkele checks it well.
Perkele connects with a solid leg kick.
Meyer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Perkele fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele moves away from the strike by Meyer.
Meyer lands with an uppercut that bounces Perkele off the cage and back into range.
Meyer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perkele throws the kick towards the body but Meyer avoids it.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meyer looks to land a right hand but Perkele moved out of range.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Perkele connects with a leg kick. Meyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meyer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perkele. Perkele obviously looking to wear him down.
Meyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perkele was well out of range. Poor timing from Meyer.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkele lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkele keeps Meyer at a distance using the push kick.
Perkele swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Meyer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pyry Perkele dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Meyer 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.
Perkele fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Meyer is out of range.
Meyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Perkele scores with a jab. Meyer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Meyer blocks a leg kick.
Meyer throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Meyer throws out a loose jab but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele tries to clinch but Meyer moves out of range.
Perkele digs a good body shot into Meyer's ribs.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyer.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meyer throws a shot to the body.

Perkele drives through and clinches with Meyer against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Meyer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Meyer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Perkele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perkele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Meyer blocks a leg kick.
Perkele swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Perkele - just one landing.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perkele takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Meyer misses with an attempted mid kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Perkele.
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!
Meyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by Meyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer blocks a head kick by Perkele.
Good shot there by Meyer.
Meyer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Meyer throws out a leg kick but Perkele moves out of range and Meyer only half commits.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meyer. That did some damage!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perkele.
Meyer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Meyer moves out of range of the body kick from Perkele.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele lands the left hand.
Pyry Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perkele.
Meyer misses with a leg kick

and Perkele moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to break free but Perkele pushes him back against the cage.
Meyer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Perkele throws an elbow that misses.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Perkele has double underhooks.
Perkele looking to stall.
Meyer just leaning against Perkele, taking a breather.

Meyer breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perkele.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perkele. That's going to slow Meyer down.
Meyer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meyer checks a low kick from Perkele.
Nice shot lands for Perkele.
Meyer misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Perkele darts in and clinches Meyer up against the cage.
Good body shot from Meyer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer blocks the elbow strike.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.

Meyer breaks the clinch.
Meyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Meyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Meyer misses with a looping left.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Meyer blocks a leg kick.
Meyer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perkele.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkele looks to throw the jab but Meyer is out of range.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pyry Perkele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer's cut.
That's time! Meyer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Meyer throws a head kick that misses.
Perkele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perkele slips a jab from Meyer.
Some bone on bone action there as Meyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Meyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meyer throws a hook to the side of Perkele's head but Perkele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele checks the leg kick nicely there.
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Meyer moved out of range.
Meyer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Perkele dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perkele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Meyer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perkele.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meyer. That did some damage!
Meyer moves out of range of the leg kick from Perkele.

Perkele clinches.
Perkele misses with an elbow strike.
Meyer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Perkele.
Perkele lands a damaging elbow.

Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Meyer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Meyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Perkele lands a really nice looking cross but Meyer seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele throws a hook but Meyer blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer moves forwards but Perkele connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Perkele throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perkele connects with an inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a leg kick that misses.
Perkele turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
A leg kick checked by Perkele.
Perkele looks to land a body kick but Meyer moved away.
Perkele lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That kick from Meyer tenderised Perkele's leg. Perkele is trying to keep his angry face on.
A thudding body kick lands there by Perkele!
Meyer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkele.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Meyer saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perkele lands with a hook. Meyer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Meyer throws a leg kick

and Perkele counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Meyer manages to break the clinch.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Meyer blocks a low kick nicely.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perkele lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perkele. That's going to slow Meyer down.
Meyer blocks a leg kick.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meyer blocks a low kick nicely.
Meyer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Perkele.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele connects with a solid leg kick.
Kurt Meyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pyry Perkele is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Meyer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perkele tries to land a front kick but Meyer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice straight punches there by Perkele. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Perkele.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Meyer's front leg but catches the back leg as Meyer tries to avoid it.
Perkele cracks the inside of Meyer's front leg.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Meyer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Perkele lunges at Meyer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Meyer's hand.
Meyer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perkele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Meyer throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Meyer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Perkele.
Meyer tries to bum rush Perkele with a series of wild strikes but Perkele uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meyer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Perkele is looking to slow Meyer down with leg kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pyry Perkele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Perkele has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pyry Perkele!
A very excited looking Pyry Perkele made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.