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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stasius Venom (ranked 354 p4p, 54 weight class) and Pekka Pera (ranked 505 p4p, 73 weight class). Venom comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. 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.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pera!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom throws a hook but Pera avoids it easily.
Stasius Venom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pera throws a leg kick which misses Venom's front leg but catches the back leg as Venom tries to avoid it.
Venom throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pera.
Pera has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pera pushes Venom back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Pera.
Pera tries to throw a body punch but Venom avoids it by throwing Pera back against the cage.
Pera trying to control the position but instead, Venom has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pera into the cage.
Venom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Venom.
Venom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Venom tries to break free but Pera pushes him back against the cage.
Venom manages to break the clinch.
Good work by Venom as he checks the leg kick.
Pera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pera slips under a jab from Venom.
Venom tries to keep at a distance but Pera has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom lands a hook that snaps the head of Pera backwards.
Venom misses with the head strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pera has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Venom tries to work over Pera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Venom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pera's elbow.
Pera prevents Venom from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pera.
Venom definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Venom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Venom throws a hook to the side of Pera's head but Pera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pera checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab from Venom misses.
Pera closes the distance and pushes Venom back into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pera.
Pera taking a breather.
Pera is working Venom over against the cage.
Pera lands an uppercut.
Venom lands a shoulder strike.
Pera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pera leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pera.
Venom lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venom misses with a punch to the body.
Pera throws a head punch that misses.
Pera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Venom wants to break the clinch but can't.
Venom throws a punch but it's blocked by Pera.
Venom tries a body shot but Pera blocks it.
Pera throws a head punch that misses.
Pera works on Venom's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Pera on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Venom.
Pera has Venom pressed against the cage, preventing Venom from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pera digs a right hand underneath Venom's ribcage. Venom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pera lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Venom or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Venom.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pera.
Pera presses Venom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pera pushes Venom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Venom can't break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pera effectively controlling the action here.
Pera receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Venom backwards.
Pera misses with some punches.
Venom scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Venom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pera's elbow.
Pera lands a body punch.
Pera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pera works on Venom's body with a couple of short punches.
Venom is trying to force a seperation but Pera has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Venom as Pera tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pera misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pera.
Pera lands a body punch.
Pera slows down the pace here.
Venom prevents a body shot from Pera.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pera.
Pera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Venom is trying to force a seperation but Pera has the dominant position.
Pera misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pera.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pera trying to control the position but instead, Venom has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pera into the cage.
Venom throws a punch but it's blocked by Pera.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pera dominated that round.
That's time! Venom's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Venom checks a leg kick nicely.
Venom misses with a hook
and Pera counters with an inside leg kick.
Pera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Venom has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pera.
Venom throws a sloppy body shot
and Pera counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Venom tries to sprawl but Pera drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Pera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Venom looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pera throwing shots but Venom is blocking nicely.
Pera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pera thows a huge punch but Venom dodges it nicely.
Venom tries to kick Pera off but Pera keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pera controlling the action here.
Pera thows a huge punch but Venom dodges it nicely.
Venom is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Venom manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Stasius Venom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big right from Venom misses.
Pera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Venom throws out the jab.
Venom slips under a jab from Pera.
Venom slips under a jab.
Pera walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Venom checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Venom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pera counters with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pera checks a leg kick.
Pera looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Venom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pera.
Pera drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Venom defends it well.
Venom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pera's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pera misses with an uppercut. Venom saw that one coming.
Pera cracks a nice hook into Venom's ribs.
Pera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Venom momentarily.
Venom takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stasius Venom is winning the standup battle so far.
Pera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Venom.
Pera appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Venom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pera misses with a wild body shot.
Pera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pera throws a big shot that misses.
Pera takes a swing at Venom's ribcage but misses.
Venom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Venom is looking to score with low kicks.
Venom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pera's hands.
Pera will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pera throws out a loose jab but Venom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venom throws a hook but Pera blocks it.
Pera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Venom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pera.
Pera scores with a sloppy right hand. Venom should have avoided that one.
Pera lands a jab to Venom's midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Venom.
Pera throws a leg kick but Venom sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pera lands with a cross.
Crunch! Pera slams his shin into Venom's torso.
Venom is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Venom throws a lazy right hand but Pera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Venom missing with a left hand there. Pera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Venom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pera counters with a left to the body.
Pera avoids the body shot from Venom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Venom misses with a left hand
and Pera counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venom thumps Pera with a low kick.
Pera moves out of range of the strikes.
Pera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Venom.
Pera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Venom. That did some damage!
Pera thumps Venom with a low kick.
Venom walks into a jab.
Venom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pera throws a low kick, looking for Venom's leg but Venom calmly moves out of range.
Venom stalks Pera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pera's face. Pera staggers backwards, shaken.
Venom misses with a hook.
Venom jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pera throws a lazy right hand but Venom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pera.
Nice body kick from Pera.
Venom is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Venom throws a front kick aimed at Pera's knee but Pera avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Venom ducks under a wild hook from Pera.
Pera checks a leg kick nicely.
Pera moves away from the strike by Venom.
A little jabbing left from Pera on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Venom misses with a low kick.
Venom throws out a loose jab but Pera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Venom throws a sloppy head kick and Pera moves out of range easily.
Venom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pera.
An attempted straight right counter from Venom misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pera.
Pera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pera is looking to slow Venom down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pera throws a jab but it's blocked by Venom.
Pera just misses with a punch to the body.
Venom throws a lazy right hand but Pera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Venom checks a leg kick nicely.
Pera throws a head kick but Venom moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pera connects with a body shot that sends Venom's belly button to the back.
Pera takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pera tries to close the distance and clinch but Venom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Venom there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Venom misses its intended target.
Pera tries a quick counter leg kick but Venom is wise to it.
Venom fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pera looks to score with a jab to the body but Venom is just out of range.
Venom blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Venom 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 Pera has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pera and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pera's jab looks to have found its range, popping Venom under the eye.
Venom throws a front kick aimed at Pera's knee but Pera avoids it well.
Venom wants to land a leg kick but Pera is out of range.
Pera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pera cracks Venom with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Venom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stasius Venom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Pera.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pera misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Venom on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pera connects with a leg kick. Venom looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Venom throws a quick inside leg kick.
Venom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pera counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pera throws a low kick, looking for Venom's leg but Venom calmly moves out of range.
Pera avoids the body shot from Venom.
Pera slips a straight right by Venom.
Venom throws a poor cross that misses
and Pera counters with a stiff right hand.
Pera connects with an inside leg kick.
Venom stuns Pera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Venom misses with an uppercut.
Pera throws a leg kick which misses Venom's front leg but catches the back leg as Venom tries to avoid it.
Pera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venom.
Pera closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Venom throws Pera to one side and escapes!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venom misses with a right hand
and Pera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Venom misses with a straight left.
Pera looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Venom misses with a double jab
and Pera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pera throws a body punch but Venom moves out of range.
Venom throws a lazy right hand but Pera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Venom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pera works Venom's body with a nice hook.
A big right from Venom misses.
Venom 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.
Venom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Venom throws the left hand but Pera avoids the punch easily.
Pera let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Venom wants to slow Pera down by chopping away at his legs.
Pera is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Venom throws a jab when Pera was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Venom pushes Pera off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pera defending well as Venom loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Venom misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Venom. That's going to slow Pera down.
Venom needs to keep his hands up - Pera had a free shot at his head there.
Pera drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Venom is being controlled here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venom throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Venom throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Venom sneaks out the side door and pushes Pera away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stasius Venom.
I think Pera has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pekka Pera!
A victorious Pekka Pera thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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