PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edogawa Conan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Detective Conan Theme. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Perälä
vs
Conan

182 cm
25
175 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

179 cm
34
175 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edogawa Conan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conan connects with a right hand. Perälä shakes it off.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Perälä is just out of range.
Conan moves out of range of the body kick.
Perälä bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perälä lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Conan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Conan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Perälä keeps Conan at a distance using the push kick.
Perälä slips a jab and a cross from Conan.
Conan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perälä takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perälä tries to score with a low kick but Conan moves his leg out of the way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

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

Conan is rocked!

It looks like Edogawa Conan has been cut.
Conan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Conan is still on wobbly legs! Can Perälä finish him?
Perälä takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conan seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Perälä feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Conan.
Perälä throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perälä throws the kick towards the body but Conan avoids it.
Conan throws a combination. Perälä tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Conan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perälä.
Conan shoots in for a takedown but Perälä shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Conan moves away from the strike by Perälä.
Perälä tries to land a front kick but Conan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Perälä is out of range.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Conan blocks a head kick by Perälä.
Perälä stuffs the takedown attempt from Conan. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
Conan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perälä circles away.
Taisto Perälä has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Perälä lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Conan both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conan blocks a jab.
Conan throws a series of punches but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Conan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perälä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Good standup being displayed there by Conan as he connects with a hook.
Conan throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Conan throws a lazy right hand but Perälä sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perälä takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perälä moves away.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Perälä counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Conan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Perälä throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Conan blocks the body kick.
Conan scores with a jab to the head.
Perälä lands a lovely overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Perälä, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan blocks a jab.
Perälä fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conan checks it well.
Conan lands a body shot.
Perälä keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conan lands a nice hook to Perälä's body. Perälä takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good leg kick by Perälä there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perälä on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Conan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Perälä missing with a left hand there. Conan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perälä takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Edogawa Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perälä turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perälä on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Perälä cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conan avoids the head kick by Perälä.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan checks a leg kick nicely.
Perälä fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conan checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan looks for a takedown but Perälä sprawls well.
Conan's corner calls for a 1-2. Conan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perälä lands with a kick to the temple. Conan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Conan lands with a shot to the body.
Conan scores with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perälä.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Conan.
Perälä scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Perälä ducks right into an uppercut from Conan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Conan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Perälä manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Conan trying to control but Perälä is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Taisto Perälä will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Conan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Perälä defends it nicely.
Perälä on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Perälä fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Conan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perälä moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perälä swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Conan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Perälä counters with a series of strikes. Conan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Perälä lands a front kick.
Conan scores with the left hand. Perälä knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Perälä throwing a counter right hand but Conan manages to avoid it.
Conan blocks a head kick by Perälä.
Conan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan moves away from the strike by Perälä.
Conan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Perälä on the side of the head.
Conan takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Taisto Perälä is winning the standup battle so far.
Perälä slips under a jab.
Conan moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Conan misses.
Perälä attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conan throws a right hand that Perälä ducks under and follows up with a left that Perälä also avoids with ease.
Perälä finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perälä shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Perälä misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Conan misses.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan checks it.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä blocks it.
Conan drops his hands momentarily and Perälä takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Conan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perälä misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perälä looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
Perälä attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conan misses with a body punch
and Perälä makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perälä throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Perälä is just out of range.
Conan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conan throws a jab but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Perälä lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Perälä scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Conan.
Perälä quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perälä fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perälä uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Conan lands a slapping body shot.
Conan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Perälä tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conan is able to avoid easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan cracks Perälä with a good jab.
Perälä takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Conan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conan avoids the body shot from Perälä.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Conan blocks the leg kick.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perälä.
Conan misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä throws a push kick but Conan slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on Perälä's shoulder, as Perälä tries to avoid the shot.
Perälä scores with a one two! Conan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perälä.
Nice uppercut there from Perälä.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Perälä swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perälä misses with a low kick as Conan jumps back.

Conan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Conan throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Perälä's head.
Conan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perälä is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Edogawa Conan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan'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.

Perälä is looking to score with low kicks.
Perälä looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Conan! But no joy.
Conan throws a jab when Perälä was well out of range.
Perälä swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perälä motions for Conan to come forward. Perälä throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perälä avoids a punch combination nicely.
Perälä lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Perälä misses with a hook
and Conan counters with a straight right hand.
Perälä throws a head kick but Conan moves out of range.
Conan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Perälä throws a leg kick which misses Conan's front leg but catches the back leg as Conan tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Conan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Conan as he connects with a hook.
Perälä is looking to slow Conan down with leg kicks.
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Conan.
Perälä looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Perälä moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perälä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perälä circles away.
Perälä plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perälä misses with a kick to the body.
Conan throws a series of punches but Perälä avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perälä swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perälä was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä misses with a body shot.
Perälä slips a straight right by Conan.
Conan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perälä.
Conan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perälä lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perälä looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conan lands with an uppercut that bounces Perälä off the cage and back into range.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perälä jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Conan misses with a shot to the body
and Perälä counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan misses with a double jab.
Conan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Conan throws a good cross that connects.
Conan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Conan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Perälä as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perälä ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Perälä misses.
Perälä thumps Conan with a low kick.
Conan checks a leg kick.
Conan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Conan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Conan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Perälä with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conan to score with a decent uppercut.

Perälä lands a big head kick that sends Conan tumbling to the mat! Perälä takes a step backwards and waves Conan back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä tries to land a body kick
letting Conan counter with a right hand.
Perälä fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Conan is out of range.
Perälä thumps Conan with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Perälä, right into the meat.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Conan blocks the body kick.
Conan swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä lands a leg kick that knocks Conan off balance momentarily.
Conan swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä lands a front kick.
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä tried to counter with a leg kick but Conan avoided it.
Perälä scores with a punch to the head.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Perälä lands a nice looking kick to the body. Conan takes a step back to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Perälä clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Conan loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
Perälä throws a solid leg kick but Conan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perälä.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Perälä throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conan misses with a hook. Perälä ducked under it nicely.
Conan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perälä sprawls well. Perälä wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
Perälä blocks a jab.
Conan checks a low kick from Perälä.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan checks a leg kick.
Conan throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Conans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Conan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Perälä as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conan misses with a hook.
Conan scores with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Conan both land. Nice combination.
Conan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perälä dodges the punch combination from Conan.
Perälä is looking to land body kicks.
Perälä swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
Perälä pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Conan. Beautiful body shot.
Conan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Perälä saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Perälä dodges the punch combination from Conan.
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!
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.
Perälä blocks a jab.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perälä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan moved away.
Conan checks a low kick from Perälä.
Perälä cracks Conan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Conan fails with the takedown.
Taisto Perälä has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Conan takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Perälä lands a nice hook to Conan's body. Conan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perälä throws a lazy right hand but Conan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perälä misses with a wild body shot.
Perälä keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perälä, as that shot connected.
That kick from Perälä tenderised Conan's leg. Conan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Perälä dips to his left and cracks Conan with an uppercut!
Perälä scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perälä was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conan lands a really nice looking cross but Perälä seems unphased.
Conan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.

Perälä lands a big uppercut and Conan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Conan looks OK. Perälä waves Conan back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Conan. Those never looked like landing.
Perälä lands with a cross.
Perälä with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perälä closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Conan! Perälä dives in looking to finish! Conan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Perälä!
Taisto Perälä is the new welterweight champion!
Taisto Perälä thanked the fans post fight for their support.