PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Itse Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia has chosen Vivaldi's Winter as his entrance music. Itse Perkele could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dante Cross Furia's chin.

Perkele
vs
Cross Furia

205 cm
27
258 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

209 cm
26
276 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Itse Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Cross Furia!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross Furia throws a head kick that misses.
Cross Furia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
Perkele tried to counter with a leg kick but Cross Furia avoided it.
Perkele throws a nice looking combination but Cross Furia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cross Furia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Cross Furia sees coming a mile off.
Cross Furia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A head kick misses from Perkele.
Cross Furia 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.
Perkele thows a body kick. Cross Furia tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cross Furia lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and Cross Furia counters with a nice uppercut.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Perkele.
Cross Furia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross Furia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele misses with the body kick
and Cross Furia counters with a nice body shot.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cross Furia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cross Furia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perkele circles away quickly and effectively.
We've been informed that Cross Furia has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice body kick from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Perkele on the side of the head.

Cross Furia drops Perkele with a beautiful combination! Perkele stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cross Furia is looking for the KO!

It looks like Itse Perkele has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the side of Perkele's head but Perkele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cross Furia.
Perkele is breathing heavily.
Perkele slips a straight right by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia throws a jab when Perkele was well out of range.
Perkele looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Perkele throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cross Furia is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Itse Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cross Furia.
Good exchange - Perkele coming out on top.
Perkele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cross Furia throws a push kick but Perkele slaps the foot to one side.
Perkele throws a head kick but Cross Furia moves out of range.
Cross Furia throws a head kick but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Cross Furia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Perkele crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cross Furia - the referee stops the clock and Perkele gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cross Furia. Perkele manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cross Furia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Cross Furia throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia stuns Perkele with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Perkele slips under a jab.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cross Furia checks a low kick from Perkele.
Cross Furia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cross Furia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cross Furia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Perkele moves out of range of the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perkele.
Cross Furia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Perkele looks to land a body kick but Cross Furia moved away.
Perkele looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Perkele misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands with a nice body punch.
Cross Furia throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Cross Furia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele lunges at Cross Furia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cross Furia's hand.
Cross Furia throws a body punch but Perkele moves out of range.
Cross Furia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Perkele will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Cross Furia lands.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cross Furia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Cross Furia throws a fast counter high kick but Perkele manages to duck under it in time.
Perkele looks to land a body kick but Cross Furia moved away.
Perkele misses with an uppercut.
Cross Furia misses with a left hand
and Perkele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cross Furia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Cross Furia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Itse Perkele'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.

Perkele is looking to land body kicks.
Cross Furia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cross Furia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A combination from Perkele does no damage.
Cross Furia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Perkele misses with an attempted mid kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Perkele might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Perkele thows a body kick. Cross Furia tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Cross Furia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cross Furia throws a head kick but Perkele moves out of range.
Cross Furia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Cross Furia tries to land a front kick but Perkele steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Cross Furia.
Perkele lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cross Furia 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.
Perkele lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a looping right.
A countering left hand to the body from Cross Furia misses.
Cross Furia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Perkele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cross Furia.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
Cross Furia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.

Cross Furia drops Perkele with a beautiful combination! Perkele stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cross Furia is looking for the KO!
Perkele looks to throw the jab but Cross Furia is out of range.
Cross Furia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Perkele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkele gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Cross Furia counters with a crisp right hand that drops Perkele! Cross Furia lets Perkele back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Perkele is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross Furia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Perkele blocks a head kick by Cross Furia.
Perkele tried to counter with a leg kick but Cross Furia avoided it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with the body kick
enabling Cross Furia to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Perkele.
Perkele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and Cross Furia counters with a nice body shot.
A big left from Perkele misses.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkele drops his hands momentarily and Cross Furia needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Perkele just on the top of the head. Perkele drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Perkele - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dante Cross Furia!
A relieved looking Dante Cross Furia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Itse Perkele had this to say: 'Kemist 5x160Q'.