PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Pereira has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pereira
vs
Junior

165 cm
27
159 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

175 cm
20
159 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Junior!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
Junior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
A jab from Pereira misses.
Pereira misses the shot to the body.
Junior displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pereira throws out the jab.
Pereira lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pereira connects with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Pereira.
Pereira tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a straight right.
Pereira swings widly with a right hand
and Junior counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pereira's knee momentarily.
Pereira tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira tries to clinch
and Junior counters with a good low kick that Pereira was not able to check.
Pereira wants to clinch but Junior slips to the side
and Junior counters with an outside leg kick.
Junior staying out of range there.
Pereira dips to his left and cracks Junior with an uppercut!
Pereira misses with a hook. Junior ducked under it nicely.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pereira rushes Junior and presses him up against the cage.
Junior has Pereira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pereira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Junior.
Pereira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pereira slows down the pace here.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Junior lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pereira or not.
Pereira lands a left hand.

Junior breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Pereira misses.
Junior ducks under a wild hook from Pereira.
Pereira tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Junior counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junior paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pereira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Junior counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pereira thinking.
Pereira tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
Pereira tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
Junior uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pereira.
Lucas Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pereira has Junior up against the cage in a clinch.
Pereira is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pereira gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Pereira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Junior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Junior has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pereira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pereira.
Pereira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pereira.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Junior.
Junior can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Pereira dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pereira tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
Pereira moves in looking to clinch but Junior pushes him off.
Junior takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pereira tries to clinch
and Pereira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Pereira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pereira throws a poor cross that misses
and Junior counters with a right hand to the body.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Junior uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pereira.

Pereira gets a clinch.
Pereira pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira scores with a shot to the side of Junior's head.
Pereira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Junior's efforts to push away.
Pereira working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Pereira.
Junior looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pereira lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
Junior has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pereira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pereira is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Junior.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pereira.
Pereira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pereira prevents the takedown attempt.
Junior wants to break free but Pereira has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pereira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pereira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pereira leaning against his opponent.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Junior.

Junior breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a lazy right hand but Junior sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pereira looks to score with a jab to the body but Junior is just out of range.
Pereira looks to clinch
and Junior counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Junior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pereira tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
Pereira is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pereira is looking to clinch but Junior is avoiding it.
Pereira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pereira darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pereira lands with an overhand left.
Pereira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Junior.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Pereira darts in and clinches Junior up against the cage.
Pereira wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Pereira pushes Junior back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pereira misses with a straight right.
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!
Pereira lands with an uppercut that bounces Junior off the cage and back into range.
Pereira fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Pereira dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pereira is looking to clinch.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pereira throws out a loose jab but Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pereira moves into range and clinches up with Junior.
Lucas Pereira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Junior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Junior.
Junior can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Junior as Pereira tries to tie him up.

Junior breaks from the clinch.
Pereira swings for the body but Junior moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pereira misses with a straight left.
Junior slips a straight right by Pereira.

Pereira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Junior has Pereira pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pereira manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pereira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Junior counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A swing and a miss from Pereira.
Lucas Pereira is winning the standup battle so far.
Pereira wants to clinch.
Pereira wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Junior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pereira misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Pereira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pereira moves to clinch but Junior breaks away
and Junior makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pereira really felt that one!
Pereira lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pereira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lucas Pereira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pereira tries to clinch but Junior is having none of it.

Pereira closes the distance and pushes Junior back into the cage.
Pereira prevents the takedown attempt.
Pereira prevents the takedown attempt.
Lucas Pereira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rich Junior.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira has Junior pressed against the cage, preventing Junior from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Junior blocking some punches.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Pereira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Junior is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pereira is defending well.
Junior blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Junior.
Junior can't break the clinch.
Junior blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rich Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pereira swings wildly with an uppercut but Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Pereira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pereira 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Pereira!
Lucas Pereira decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.