PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pereira comes to the cage accompanied by Its Time For War. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Pereira
vs
Woods

185 cm
26
181 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

179 cm
25
185 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carl Woods!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira lands a head shot.
Pereira misses with a series of wild punches.
Pereira closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Carl Woods has been cut.
Woods lands a right hook to the body.
Pereira tries a head kick but it misses.
Woods blocks a leg kick.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Woods circles away quickly and effectively.
Pereira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pereira throws a push kick but Woods slaps the foot to one side.
Woods 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.
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 a nice combination. Woods backs away looking to recover.
Woods misses with an uppercut. Pereira saw that one coming.
Pereira scores with a leg kick.
Woods misses with an uppercut.
Pereira connects with an inside leg kick.
Pereira misses with a low kick.
Woods lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pereira slips a straight right by Woods.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Woods with a hook.
Pereira blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Pereira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pereira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Woods lands a nice shot that snaps Pereira's head back.
Pereira tries to work over Woods's front leg with a kick but Woods checks it.
Pereira lands with a slapping head kick.
Pereira slips a jab from Woods.
Woods throws a shot from downtown. Pereira moves away and avoids it.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Woods counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pereira misses with a few strikes there.
Decent striking displayed by Woods there.
Woods misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pereira throws out a leg kick but Woods moves out of range and Pereira only half commits.
Woods misses with a left hand
and Pereira counters with an outside leg kick.
Woods throws a lazy right hand but Pereira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pereira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Woods misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Woods.
Woods lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Woods misses with a hook.
Pereira misses with a few strikes there.
Woods swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pereira.
Woods avoids a punch combination nicely.
Woods avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Woods.
Woods throws an off balance right hand
and Pereira counters with a left and a right that stings Woods.
Pereira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Woods.
Pereira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Pereira is rocked!
Pereira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oh Pereira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Woods throws a big shot that misses.
Pereira misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pereira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Woods misses.
Pereira moves out of range as Woods strikes.
Pereira seems to have got his legs back now.
Danga de danga de dang - Pereira scores with a four punch combination!
Pereira takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Woods misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods throws out a loose jab but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Woods clobbers Pereira with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pereira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pereira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Woods cracks Pereira with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Pereira tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Woods pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Pereira is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Woods!
Carl Woods decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.