PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dyson Too (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez comes to the cage accompanied by Light It Up. Too has chosen Fivefold – Just Close Your Eyes as his entrance music. Dyson Too will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Perez
vs
Too

167 cm
19
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dyson Too!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Too misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Perez avoids the head kick by Too.
Perez stuffs the takedown.

Perez drives through with a takedown into Too's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez is working Too over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Perez lands a couple of elbows.
Perez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Perez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez preventing the sweep.
Perez chips away with some ground and pound.
Too trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Perez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Too can do anything to dispel that myth.
Perez is pushing down on Too's leg trying to pass to half guard. Too is fighting to maintain full guard but Perez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Perez wants to pass the guard but Too is defending well.
Too wants to improve his position but Perez is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
Well, if Perez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Too on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Perez manages to pass to side control.
Perez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Perez working away.
Perez controlling from side mount.
Perez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Perez trying to control the position but Too is working away.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Perez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Too has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Perez has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Perez lands a heavy elbow.
Perez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perez landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Perez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Too ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And Too tries to counter it with a takedown but Perez pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Perez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Perez lands in his opponent's guard.
Perez forces his way into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Perez blocks the strikes from Too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez moves into full mount! Too won't be happy about that!
Perez working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Too tries to reverse the position but Perez maintains control.
Too in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Perez with good strikes from the mount here!
Jose Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Too is trying to escape the mount.
Too takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Perez lands a nice shot to the head.
Perez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Too is rocked!
Perez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Too is still in real trouble! Can Perez finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez dominating with strikes here.
Too is working to get back to half guard.
Too really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Perez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Too flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Too seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Too tries to lock up and control but Perez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez landing strikes from the mount.
Perez controlling the pace for now.
Too taking shots to the head.
Perez landing shots from mount.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Too can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez with shots to the head and body - Too looks very uncomfortable down there.
Perez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Too?
Perez cracks Too with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Perez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns Too that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Perez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Too looks a forlorn figure.
Too is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Too is bucking up trying to escape but Perez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Perez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez content just to control the position here.
Too is trying desperately to improve position.
Perez controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Perez dominated that second round.
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!

Too defending well as Perez loads up on a big left hand.
Too changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Perez throws a low kick but Too avoids it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Perez.
Perez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Perez scores with punches from side control.
Perez lands some shots froms side control.
Perez taking a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez cracks Too with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Perez working the ground and pound from side control.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
Too is trying to get back to half guard.
Too seems a little lost for a moment, as Perez dominates the positioning.
Perez cracks Too with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too is trying to control Perez's posture but Perez avoids it.
Too is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Too is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Perez scores with punches from side control.
Perez cracks Too with a big elbow.
Perez controlling the position.
Perez working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez controls the position.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
Perez is putting a hurting on Too here, landing some big shots from side control.
Too gets back to half guard.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Perez lands a nice short elbow.
Too tries to roll over but Perez keeps him under control.
Perez trying to control the pace.
Too wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dyson Too has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose Perez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Perez looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Perez!
Jose Perez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.