PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cole Orion (ranked 238 p4p, 34 weight class) and Lauri Pekkarinen (ranked 725 p4p, 107 weight class). Pekkarinen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orion
vs
Pekkarinen

184 cm
31
185 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

188 cm
31
193 lbs
18 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Orion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lauri Pekkarinen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Pekkarinen.
Orion misses with a low kick as Pekkarinen jumps back.
Nice shot by Orion.
Pekkarinen scores with the left hand. Orion knows he should have avoided that one.
Pekkarinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pekkarinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pekkarinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Orion looks to land a body kick but Pekkarinen moved away.
Pekkarinen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Orion takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pekkarinen cracks Orion with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Orion walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Orion fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pekkarinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pekkarinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pekkarinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Orion.
Orion slips under a jab from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Orion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Orion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Orion has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pekkarinen finds it's way round the side to connect with Orion's head.
The crowd cheers as Pekkarinen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Orion doesn't seem phased though.
Orion scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion delivers a nice body kick.
Pekkarinen throws a hook but Orion avoids it easily.
Pekkarinen throws a low kick but Orion avoids it.
Pekkarinen swings for the body but Orion moves out of range.
Orion with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orion slips a jab from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Orion steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Orion.
Orion looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Orion moves out of range of the strikes.
Pekkarinen throws a looping overhand right but Orion ducks down to avoid it.
Orion throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Orion cracks Pekkarinen with a good jab.
Orion checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Orion fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Orion lunges at Pekkarinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pekkarinen's hand.
Pekkarinen throws a head kick that misses.
Orion uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen throws a hook to the side of Orion's head but Orion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pekkarinen moves out of range of the body kick from Orion.
Orion lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion clobbers Pekkarinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pekkarinen misses the shot to the body.
Pekkarinen lands an overhand right.
Pekkarinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Orion had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Orion loads up on a big right hand but Pekkarinen slips the punch.
Orion takes a kick to the side of the head.
Orion lands with a thumping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orion.
Orion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pekkarinen.
Orion is looking to slow Pekkarinen down with leg kicks.
Donk. Orion catches Pekkarinen right on the button with a cross.
Pekkarinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Orion is out of range.
Orion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pekkarinen throws the kick towards the body but Orion avoids it.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild combination.
Orion tries to move into range but Pekkarinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pekkarinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Orion.
Pekkarinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Orion. Orion obviously looking to wear him down.
Pekkarinen misses with a combination
and Orion counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion lands a jab to Pekkarinen's midsection.
Pekkarinen looks to throw the jab but Orion is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Orion on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pekkarinen needs to keep his hands up - Orion had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Pekkarinen finds it's way through Orion's defenses.
Pekkarinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pekkarinen throws an overhand right that lands on Orion's shoulder, as Orion tries to avoid the shot.
Pekkarinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab, jab by Pekkarinen - just one landing.
Orion misses with an attempted mid kick.
Orion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Orion.
Pekkarinen looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A jab lands there for Pekkarinen.
A good leg kick by Pekkarinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pekkarinen throws a shot from downtown. Orion moves away and avoids it.
Pekkarinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orion ducks under a wild hook from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pekkarinen throws a lazy right hand but Orion sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pekkarinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Orion bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Orion misses with a two punch combination.
Pekkarinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Pekkarinen does it's job there.
Pekkarinen pushes Orion away with a front kick.
Orion lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Orion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pekkarinen throws out the jab.
Pekkarinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pekkarinen connects with a right hand. Orion shakes it off.
Pekkarinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pekkarinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pekkarinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pekkarinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pekkarinen misses with a straight left.
Pekkarinen missing with a left hand there. Orion was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orion takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Orion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pekkarinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Pekkarinen misses with a hook
and Pekkarinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lauri Pekkarinen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Orion has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Orion there as he acknowledges the shot.
Orion takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pekkarinen throws a hook to the side of Orion's head but Orion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orion blocks a low kick nicely.
Pekkarinen ducks right into an uppercut from Orion.
Orion fakes the leg kick and cracks Pekkarinen in the body.
Pekkarinen misses with a straight right.
Orion connects with a solid leg kick.
Good exchange - Pekkarinen coming out on top.
Pekkarinen slips under a jab from Orion.
Orion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pekkarinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Orion.
A telegraphed right hand from Pekkarinen misses the target.
Pekkarinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Orion scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orion on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pekkarinen misses with a leg kick.
Orion swings for the body but Pekkarinen moves out of range.
A cross from Orion lands.
A jab from Pekkarinen finds it's way through Orion's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkarinen wants to land a leg kick but Orion is out of range.
Orion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pekkarinen.
Orion throws an overhand right that lands on Pekkarinen's shoulder, as Pekkarinen tries to avoid the shot.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Orion on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Orion throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orion lands the left hand.
Donk. Pekkarinen catches Orion right on the button with a cross.
Orion misses with a wild body shot.
Pekkarinen throws a hook to the side of Orion's head but Orion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pekkarinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Orion counters with a nice body kick.
Pekkarinen lands a head kick. Orion smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Orion fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pekkarinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pekkarinen looks to land a left hand but Orion moved out of range nicely.
Orion stuns Pekkarinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pekkarinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orion misses the shot to the body.
Orion misses the jab.
Orion takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Orion.
Orion takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion dips to his left and cracks Pekkarinen with an uppercut!
Orion throws a low kick but Pekkarinen moves out of range easily.
Pekkarinen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Orion defends it well.
Pekkarinen misses with a head kick.
Orion throws an overhand right that lands on Pekkarinen's shoulder, as Pekkarinen tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Pekkarinen misses.
Orion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pekkarinen checks a leg kick.
Pekkarinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Orion. Orion obviously looking to wear him down.
Orion lands a jab to Pekkarinen's midsection.
Orion uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pekkarinen.
Orion throws a good cross that connects.
Orion tries to work over Pekkarinen's front leg with a kick but Pekkarinen checks it.
Pekkarinen throws a counter combo.
Orion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pekkarinen lands with a hook. Orion tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Orion looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Orion swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Orion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pekkarinen manages to avoid it.
Orion scores with a leg kick.
Pekkarinen tries a low kick but Orion avoids it.
Pekkarinen misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Orion.
Orion slips under a jab from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Pekkarinen lands an overhand right.
Orion throws a body shot but no joy.
Pekkarinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Orion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pekkarinen throws out the jab.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Orion looks to score with a jab to the body but Pekkarinen is just out of range.
Pekkarinen throws an overhand right that lands on Orion's shoulder, as Orion tries to avoid the shot.
Orion misses with a hook.
Orion uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pekkarinen.
Orion looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Orion lands a front kick.
Orion swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pekkarinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Pekkarinen misses.
Orion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pekkarinen throws a body punch but Orion moves out of range.
Orion tries to land a front kick but Pekkarinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen moves out of range of the body kick from Orion.
Pekkarinen punishes Orion's body with a nice straight punch.
Pekkarinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Orion throws a low kick, looking for Pekkarinen's leg but Pekkarinen calmly moves out of range.
Pekkarinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Pekkarinen scores with a jab to the body.
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pekkarinen connects with a right hand. Orion shakes it off.
Orion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pekkarinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pekkarinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Orion on the side of the head.
Orion lands a jab to Pekkarinen's midsection.
Pekkarinen connects with a body shot that sends Orion's belly button to the back.
Pekkarinen tries to score with a low kick but Orion moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekkarinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Orion.
Orion scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orion checks a low kick from Pekkarinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cole Orion will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Orion throws a low kick but Pekkarinen avoids it.
Orion wants to slow Pekkarinen down by chopping away at his legs.
Orion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Orion wants to slow Pekkarinen down by chopping away at his legs.
Pekkarinen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pekkarinen throws a series of punches but Orion avoids them all with ease.
Orion looks to throw the jab but Pekkarinen is out of range.
Orion lunges at Pekkarinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pekkarinen's hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orion.
Pekkarinen connects with a single shot there.
Orion misses with a low kick as Pekkarinen jumps back.
Orion throws a body punch but Pekkarinen moves out of range.
Orion throws a low kick but Pekkarinen moves out of range easily.
Pekkarinen lands with a hook. Orion tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orion takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Orion throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pekkarinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Pekkarinen throws the left hand but Orion avoids the punch easily.
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!
Orion scores with a nice body kick.
Orion connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion misses with a body kick.
Orion throws a solid leg kick but Pekkarinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Orion.
Orion misses with a straight right.
Orion fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pekkarinen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Orion.
Pekkarinen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pekkarinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Orion counters with a stiff right hand.
Orion bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Pekkarinen misses its intended target.
Orion fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pekkarinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pekkarinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orion.
Pekkarinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Orion at a distance.
Pekkarinen misses with a body shot.
Orion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pekkarinen throws out a counter right but Orion avoids it with no problem.
Orion feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pekkarinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Orion throws a leg kick but Pekkarinen moved away.
Pekkarinen throws a big shot that misses.
Orion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Orion doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orion slips a straight right by Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen wants to land a leg kick but Orion is out of range.
Orion cracks the inside of Pekkarinen's front leg.
Pekkarinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orion avoids the body shot from Pekkarinen.
Orion works Pekkarinen's body with a nice hook.
Orion tries to move into range but Pekkarinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big left from Orion misses.
Pekkarinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Orion cracks Pekkarinen with a good jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Orion darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pekkarinen moves out of range of the body kick from Orion.
Cole Orion is winning the standup battle so far.
Pekkarinen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Orion backs up against the cage.
Pekkarinen scores with a shot to the body.
Pekkarinen throws a hook but Orion blocks it.
Orion lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pekkarinen misses the jab.
Pekkarinen misses with a hook. Orion ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion connects with a leg kick. Pekkarinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Orion looks to land a body kick but Pekkarinen moved away.
Orion avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Orion misses with a looping left.
Pekkarinen misses with a low kick.
Pekkarinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Orion.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Orion scores with a kick to the body.
Pekkarinen lands with a straight right. Orion didn't see that one coming.
Pekkarinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orion clobbers Pekkarinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pekkarinen looks to throw the jab but Orion is out of range.
Pekkarinen cracks Orion with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pekkarinen slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Pekkarinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Orion.
Pekkarinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Pekkarinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orion slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pekkarinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Orion.
Pekkarinen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Orion.
Pekkarinen throws a lazy right hand but Orion sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pekkarinen misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Orion.
Pekkarinen connects with a single shot there.
Pekkarinen cracks Orion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Orion sizes up Pekkarinen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pekkarinen throws a looping overhand right but Orion ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Orion misses.
Pekkarinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Orion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Orion swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Orion uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pekkarinen.
Orion is looking to counter punch.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekkarinen throws a head kick that misses.
Pekkarinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pekkarinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pekkarinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Orion tries to land a leg kick but Pekkarinen saw it coming and moves away.

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 Cole Orion.
I think Orion has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Cole Orion!
A very excited looking Cole Orion made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.