PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Cardenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cardenas
vs
Perez

160 cm
19
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikel Cardenas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Perez!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cardenas shoots in and bounces Perez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Perez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cardenas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cardenas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cardenas scoring with punches to the head and body.
Perez trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cardenas works over Perez with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cardenas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cardenas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cardenas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cardenas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cardenas lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cardenas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cardenas lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cardenas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cardenas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardenas 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 thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cardenas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardenas lands a couple of digs.
Cardenas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Perez's head.
Cardenas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cardenas landing with the ground and pound.

Perez is rocked!
Cardenas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Perez is still in real trouble! Can Cardenas finish him?
Cardenas is working Perez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cardenas landing some decent shots from guard.
Cardenas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardenas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cardenas cracks Perez with a solid left hand.
Cardenas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cardenas landing with the ground and pound.
Cardenas distracts Perez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez has momentary wrist control but Cardenas slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez has momentary wrist control but Cardenas slips an elbow through the middle.
Perez trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cardenas distracts Perez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cardenas arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Perez's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mikel Cardenas!