PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Helio Perrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Perrera
vs
Young

170 cm
29
147 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

166 cm
26
130 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Helio Perrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perrera cracks Young with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young throws a big shot that misses.

Young clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perrera.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Perrera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perrera blocking some punches.
Perrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Perrera blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Young.
Perrera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perreras head.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Perrera's head.
Perrera lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Young as Perrera tries to tie him up.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perrera lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perrera can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Perrera blocking some punches.
Perrera lands an uppercut.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Perrera avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Perrera misses with the head strike.
Perrera tries to score a body lock takedown but Young shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Young misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Young.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Perrera jumps guard.
Young wants to control from the top but Perrera keeps moving.
Perrera working a defensive guard here.
Young stays in close to Perrera's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Perrera looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Perrera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young is looking to work some ground and pound but Perrera has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perrera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Perrera fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Young sprawls well initially but Perrera persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Perrera prevents Young from improving his position.
Young is trying is best to control the position here.
Young is looking for a sweep. Perrera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perrera controlling the action here.
Perrera wants to take a breather but Young is having none of it.
Young is doing well to control the position and prevent Perrera from advancing to side control.
Perrera with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Perrera closes the distance and clinches up with Young, looking for a takedown. Perrera pushes Young against the cage but Young circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Young wants to counter with a clinch but Perrera pushes him away.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
Perrera throws a right hand that misses
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perrera fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daft Young dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice shot lands for Young.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young wants to slow Perrera down by chopping away at his legs.
Perrera throws a poor cross that misses
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young connects with a single shot there.
Perrera takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Young misses with a straight right.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Perrera counters with a right hand to the body.
Perrera scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Perrera closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Helio Perrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perrera looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Young throws out a counter right but Perrera avoids it with no problem.
Perrera misses with a takedown attempt - Young sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perrera throws an off balance right hand
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Perrera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Perrera misses the shot to the body.
Perrera swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Young makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Perrera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young.
Decent striking displayed by Young there.
Young's jab looks to have found its range, popping Perrera under the eye.
A jab from Young misses.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Perrera wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perrera. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perrera misses with a takedown attempt
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helio Perrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young slips under a jab from Perrera.
Young has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Perrera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perrera has been working on his balance at Bruize Brothaz, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Young.
Perrera misses with a wild body shot.
Perrera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Perrera.
Perrera moves away from the strike by Young.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Perrera.
A nice side step and Young releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Perrera moves into range and clinches up with Young.
Perrera is trying to stall.
Perrera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daft Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Perrera tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perrera prevents a body shot from Young.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Perrera.
Perrera has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young tries a body shot but Perrera blocks it.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perrera misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Young.
Perrera tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perrera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young lands an uppercut.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Perrera.
Perrera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Perrera avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Young prevents a body shot from Perrera.
A head punch on the inside from Perrera fails to land.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perrera's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Perrera.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Perrera scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Young cracks Perrera with a nice body shot.
Perrera has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Perrera.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perrera.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Perrera.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Perrera.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
A shot in the inside from Perrera.
Perrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daft Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Young throws a jab when Perrera was well out of range.
Young swings for the body but Perrera moves out of range.
Perrera misses with a hook to the body
and Young counters with a slapping leg kick.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Perrera.
Young wants to counter the offense by Perrera and move into the clinch position.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Perrera's front leg but catches the back leg as Perrera tries to avoid it.
Perrera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perrera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perrera fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Perrera misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perrera is looking for a counter combo.
Perrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perrera moves out of range of the body kick from Young.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perrera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perrera closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Perrera is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perrera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
Perrera tries to clinch up
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Perrera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Young has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perrera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young pushes Perrera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Perrera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
Perrera working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
A short uppercut from Perrera.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perrera.
A head punch on the inside from Perrera fails to land.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Perrera.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Perrera controls his hands.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perrera's elbow.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perreras head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perrera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Young tries to work over Perrera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perrera wants to take the fight to the mat but Young manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helio Perrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young working aggressively here.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perrera blocking some punches.
Young misses with the head strike.
Perrera tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Perrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perrera backwards.
Perrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perrera is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short uppercut from Young.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Perrera is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Helio Perrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perrera misses with a punch on the inside.
Young prevents a body shot from Perrera.
Perrera trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young tries a body shot but Perrera blocks it.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perrera backwards.
Perrera lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perrera tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Perrera tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.
Perrera pushes Young back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Perrera backwards.
Young working aggressively here.
Perrera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daft Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Young 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daft Young!
Daft Young seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.