PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Nada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Perälä
vs
Nada

182 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Nada!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perälä moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perälä stuns Nada with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nada misses with an uppercut
and Perälä counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nada takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nada loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
Nada misses with the combination.
Perälä takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perälä tries for a takedown but Nada circles away easily
and Nada counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nada avoids the body shot from Perälä.
Nada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Taisto Perälä seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nada on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perälä scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä takes a swing at Nada's ribcage but misses.
Perälä scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Nada is rocked!
Perälä moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nada is still on wobbly legs! Can Perälä finish him?
Perälä cracks Nada with a hook to the temple - Nada is on wobbly legs here! Perälä swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Nada falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Perälä wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Taisto Perälä!
A relieved looking Taisto Perälä thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.