PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Itse Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akamai Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hoi's choice of entrance music: Blood Red Sky. Itse Perkele could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Akamai Hoi's chin.

Perkele
vs
Hoi

205 cm
22
258 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

205 cm
21
264 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itse Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akamai Hoi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele scores with a kick to the midsection.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Hoi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hoi tries to clinch but Perkele is having none of it.
Perkele seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Perkele throws a body kick that misses.
Perkele lands a jab to the head.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perkele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hoi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hoi cracks a nice hook into Perkele's ribs.
Hoi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hoi throws a lazy uppercut
and Perkele counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hoi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele checks a low kick from Hoi.
Perkele drops his hands momentarily and Hoi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Perkele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hoi is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but Hoi slips the punch.
Hoi moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Hoi 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.
Hoi throws a leg kick
and Perkele counters with an inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a low kick but Hoi avoids it.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoi.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Hoi moves out of range easily.
Hoi misses the shot to the body.
Hoi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perkele feints and then cracks Hoi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hoi down.
Hoi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoi. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perkele 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hoi throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoi misses with a kick to the body.
Hoi misses with a wild body shot.
Hoi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoi throws a jab but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a looping left.
Perkele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perkele lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hoi throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Hoi moves out of range of the body kick from Perkele.
Hoi lands a nice looking body kick.
Hoi is looking to clinch.
Hoi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hoi is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perkele.
Hoi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perkele circles away quickly and effectively.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Hoi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hoi throws the kick towards the body but Perkele avoids it.
Perkele turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele connects with a leg kick. Hoi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Perkele looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoi throws a lazy right hand but Perkele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hoi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A left lands for Perkele.
Perkele throws a low kick but Hoi avoids it.
Hoi thumps Perkele with a low kick.
Perkele cracks the inside of Hoi's front leg.
A low kick from Perkele misses

and Hoi counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoi.
Perkele tries to work over Hoi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Perkele tries to throw a body punch but Hoi avoids it by throwing Perkele back against the cage.
Hoi throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoi throws a head punch that misses.
Hoi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Hoi pushes Perkele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Perkele tries to break the clinch but Hoi is controlling the position.
Hoi tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele works on Hoi's body with a couple of short punches.
Perkele lands with a left to the head.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as Hoi controls the action.
Hoi blocks an uppercut.
Hoi misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele prevents a body shot from Hoi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itse Perkele dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hoi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perkele was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoi.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Perkele.
Perkele moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Perkele jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hoi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hoi throws a wild body kick that Perkele sees coming a mile off.
Hoi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hoi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut there from Perkele.
Hoi misses with an uppercut.
Perkele moves out of range of the body kick.
Perkele scores with a nice strike.
Perkele lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoi's sensitive parts.
Perkele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoi can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Hoi sees coming a mile off.
Hoi throws a sloppy body shot
and Perkele counters with a good low kick that Hoi was not able to check.
Hoi walks into a straight right hand from Perkele.
Hoi connects with a body shot that sends Perkele's belly button to the back.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hoi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hoi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Hoi.
A left lands for Perkele.
Hoi lands the left hand.
Perkele 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.
Hoi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Perkele finds it's way through Hoi's defenses.
Itse Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoi doesn't manage to clinch there - Perkele circles away.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hoi. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Perkele finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perkele slips a straight right by Hoi.
Hoi keeps Perkele at a distance using the push kick.
Perkele misses with a low kick as Hoi jumps back.
Hoi throws a leg kick that misses.

Hoi closes the distance and clinches.
Hoi digs a right hand underneath Perkele's ribcage. Perkele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Perkele scores with a shot to the side of Hoi's head.
Hoi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoi lands a shoulder strike.
Hoi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Hoi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perkele tries a body shot but Hoi blocks it.
Hoi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hoi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hoi blocks a body shot from Perkele.
Hoi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hoi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hoi gets through Perkele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perkele lands with a left to the head.
Hoi trying to land knees to the body.
Hoi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perkele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perkele working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perkele blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Perkele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoi backwards.
Hoi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hoi throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoi struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
Perkele lands a shoulder strike.
Perkele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hoi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Hoi scores with a shot to the side of Perkele's head.
Hoi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoi blocks an uppercut.
Hoi prevents a body shot from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoi is defending well for now.
Perkele tries a body shot but Hoi blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Itse Perkele will probably get the nod.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Perkele avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Hoi checks it.
Hoi dodges the punch combination from Perkele.
Perkele throws a leg kick

and Hoi counters by clinching up.
Hoi misses with a punch on the inside.
Hoi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hoi blocks a body shot from Perkele.
Hoi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Hoi swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele tries to work over Hoi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoi is defending well for now.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Hoi struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Perkele.
Hoi lands with a right to the head.
Perkele throws a head punch that misses.
Perkele lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hoi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hoi can't find room to land a body shot as Perkele controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoi.
A short right from Perkele on the inside.
Hoi blocks a body shot from Perkele.
Perkele tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoi avoids the damage to the body.
Perkele misses with the head strike.
Perkele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hoi lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Perkele.
Perkele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Perkele lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Perkele on the inside.
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!
Perkele tries to work over Hoi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akamai Hoi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Perkele manages to break the clinch.
Perkele feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hoi's calf.
Perkele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perkele is looking to land body kicks.
Hoi lands with a shot to the body.
Perkele lands with a slapping head kick.

Perkele clinches up against the cage.
Perkele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perkele tries a body shot but Hoi blocks it.
Hoi can't find room to land a body shot as Perkele controls the action.
Perkele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoi backwards.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with an elbow over the top.
Perkele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hoi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Perkele tries to throw a body punch but Hoi avoids it by throwing Perkele back against the cage.
Hoi lands a shoulder strike.
Hoi blocking some punches.
Hoi 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.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Perkele misses with some punches.
A short left from Perkele.
Perkele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoi swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hoi lands with a left to the head.
Itse Perkele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perkele lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hoi.
Itse Perkele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoi misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a body punch.
Hoi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Hoi misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele misses with a body punch.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as Hoi controls the action.
Perkele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hoi fails to land.
Hoi tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
Hoi misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perkele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hoi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Itse Perkele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perkele 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itse Perkele!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Itse Perkele waved his t-shirt featuring Kemists ↑ 5x160Q's logo in front of the cameras.