PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinyo Jintao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jintao
vs
Perälä

177 cm
26
177 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

182 cm
23
175 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shinyo Jintao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Jintao does no damage.
Perälä lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jintao misses with a looping right.
Perälä has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jintao is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Jintao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Jintao.
Perälä shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jintao but Jintao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Perälä misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perälä scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jintao lands a leg kick that knocks Perälä off balance momentarily.
Perälä swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä throws the left hand but Jintao avoids the punch easily.
Jintao appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jintao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jintao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perälä.
Perälä tests Jintao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A cross from Perälä lands.
Jintao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pearson Spector Litt in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jintao is looking to clinch but Perälä is avoiding it.
Jintao backing away here, and Perälä unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jintao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Perälä is able to avoid easily.
Shinyo Jintao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perälä throws out a powerful jab.
Jintao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jintao swinging wildly here.
Jintao throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Perälä checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jintao throws a leg kick that misses.
Jintao walks into a straight right hand from Perälä.
Perälä keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Perälä misses.

Perälä lands a big right hand that sends Jintao crashing to the mat! Perälä stays standing though and waves Jintao back to his feet!

Jintao is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jintao lands with a good body shot.
Oh Jintao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jintao misses with an uppercut.
Jintao takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä throws a leg kick which misses Jintao's front leg but catches the back leg as Jintao tries to avoid it.
Jintao seems to have got his legs back now.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Jintao lands with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Perälä checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jintao scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Taisto Perälä has been cut.
Jintao fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perälä is out of range.
Jintao tries to land a body kick
and Perälä counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jintao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perälä can pounce on him.
Perälä lands with a cross.
Jintao misses with a body kick.
Jintao just misses with a punch to the body.
Jintao is looking to wear down Perälä with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jintao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jintao looks to land a left hand but Perälä moved out of range nicely.
Jintao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perälä moves away.
Perälä tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jintao punishes Perälä's body with a nice straight punch.
Jintao throws a body kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Perälä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perälä throws a leg kick
and Jintao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perälä takes one to the side of the head.
Jintao throws a low kick but Perälä avoids it.
Perälä stuns Jintao with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Jintao is looking to score with low kicks.
Perälä checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Perälä misses
and Jintao counters with a straight right hand.
Perälä with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perälä lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perälä has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jintao.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perälä misses with a straight right.
Jintao tries to clinch but Perälä is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä with a hook.
Perälä moves out of range of the body kick.
Perälä lands an overhand right.
Jintao moves in looking to clinch but Perälä pushes him off.
Perälä scores with a head kick. Jintao tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jintao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jintao looks to land a body kick but Perälä moved away.
Jintao throws a leg kick which misses Perälä's front leg but catches the back leg as Perälä tries to avoid it.
Perälä ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jintao moves away.
Perälä chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jintao can pounce on him.
Perälä shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jintao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jintao slips under a jab from Perälä.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jintao looks to throw the jab but Perälä is out of range.
Perälä closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jintao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perälä.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Perälä dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jintao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Perälä ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jintao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perälä looks to land a body kick but Jintao moved away.
Jintao throws a leg kick that misses.
Perälä feints and then cracks Jintao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jintao down.
Jintao throws a leg kick but Perälä moved away.
Perälä swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Perälä lands the left hand.
Jintao misses with the body kick
and Perälä counters with a nice leg kick.
Taisto Perälä seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jintao jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jintao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jintao scores with a jab to the jaw.
Perälä jabs at Jintao's body.
Perälä keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jintao fakes the leg kick and cracks Perälä in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä cracks a nice hook into Jintao's ribs.
Jintao misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Jintao misses

and Perälä counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jintao!
Perälä moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Jintao is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Perälä's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Perälä is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Perälä is trying to control. Jintao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jintao is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jintao is looking to control Perälä's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jintao avoid being mounted?

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Perälä bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jintao's head.
Perälä checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jintao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jintao misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Perälä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perälä cracks the inside of Jintao's front leg.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Jintao.

Jintao clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Perälä swings wildly with an uppercut but Jintao uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perälä.
Jintao stalling the fight.
Jintao looking to slow down the pace here.
Jintao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perälä's elbow.
Jintao tries to throw a body punch but Perälä avoids it by throwing Jintao back against the cage.
Perälä tries for a takedown but Jintao manages to get underhooks.
Perälä misses with a punch to the body.
Jintao prevents a takedown attempt there.
Perälä working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jintao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jintao displaying some good clinch control by pressing Perälä up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jintao tries to throw a body punch but Perälä avoids it by throwing Jintao back against the cage.
Perälä stalling.
Jintao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perälä backwards.
Perälä stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Perälä working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perälä blocking some punches.

Perälä breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perälä throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jintao throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jintao lands a nice looking body shot.
Jintao misses the body punch
and Perälä makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jintao really felt that one!
Jintao tries to clinch
enabling Perälä to counter with a crisp jab.
Perälä lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jintao's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Perälä showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
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!

Perälä blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Jintao misses.
Perälä connects with a crisp jab.
Perälä bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jintao throws a head kick but Perälä moves out of range.
Jintao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jintao throws the left hand but Perälä avoids the punch easily.
Perälä was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Perälä uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jintao.
An inside leg kick from Jintao misses.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crunch! Jintao slams his shin into Perälä's torso.
Jintao throws a predictable looking body shot
and Perälä cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jintao throws a push kick but Perälä slaps the foot to one side.
Perälä doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jintao swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jintao was well out of range. Poor timing from Perälä.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Perälä.
Perälä wants to land a leg kick but Jintao is out of range.
Perälä throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jintao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jintao throws a hook to the side of Perälä's head but Perälä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Jintao misses.
Jintao with a jab.
Perälä misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Perälä as he connects with a hook.
Perälä throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Perälä looks to land a right hand but Jintao moved out of range.
Jintao throws a leg kick which misses Perälä's front leg but catches the back leg as Perälä tries to avoid it.
Perälä uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jintao.
Perälä fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shinyo Jintao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jintao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Perälä waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jintao.
Jintao connects with a leg kick. Perälä looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jintao throws a body kick that misses
and Perälä counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jintao throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
A jab from Jintao misses.
Jintao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perälä is looking to slow Jintao down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perälä.
Perälä's corner calls for a 1-2. Perälä obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Jintao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perälä lands a glancing blow to the side of Jintao's head.
Perälä getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä lands with a nice body punch.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Jintao appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jintao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jintao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perälä throws out a leg kick but Jintao moves out of range and Perälä only half commits.
Perälä lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perälä throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jintao is looking to counter punch.
Perälä scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Perälä.
Perälä blocks a leg kick.
Perälä takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Perälä changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perälä has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jintao lands a nice hook to Perälä's body. Perälä takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Jintao closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jintao can't find room to land a body shot as Perälä controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jintao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perälä misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perälä being controlled against the cage.
Jintao misses with a body punch.
Jintao prevents Perälä from breaking the clinch.
Jintao tries to work over Perälä's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jintao tries to throw a body punch but Perälä avoids it by throwing Jintao back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Perälä.
Perälä throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taisto Perälä seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jintao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jintao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Perälä breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Jintao is predictable there
and Perälä makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taisto Perälä comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Perälä winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taisto Perälä!
A very excited looking Taisto Perälä 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.