PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Perseu (ranked 3404 p4p, 6151 weight class) and Saul The Sprawl (ranked 412 p4p, 612 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Darius Perseu has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Darius Perseu seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Perseu
vs
The Sprawl

180 cm
25
170
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
160
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

MKFC

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darius Perseu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saul The Sprawl!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Sprawl lands with a nice combination. Perseu backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Darius Perseu has been cut.

Perseu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The Sprawl looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The Sprawl is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Perseu is putting a hurting on The Sprawl here, landing some big shots from side control.
Perseu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but The Sprawl sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Perseu working the ground and pound.
Perseu working the ground and pound.
Perseu in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perseu scores with punches from side control.
Perseu taking a breather here.
Perseu lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Sprawl is trying to get back to his feet.
The Sprawl takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Perseu 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.
Perseu just content to control the position.
The Sprawl is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The Sprawl really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Perseu. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Sprawl taking a bit of punishment here - Perseu scoring with strikes.
The Sprawl pushes Perseu away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Perseu gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Perseu scores with punches from side control.
Perseu working the head with strikes.
Perseu lands a nice forearm strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perseu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Perseu controlling from side mount.
Perseu is chipping away with strikes.
The Sprawl takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The Sprawl taking punishment in the form of punches.
The Sprawl takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Perseu in side control lands a decent elbow.
Perseu is working The Sprawl over with some ground and pound from side control.
The Sprawl takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perseu connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused The Sprawl some visible discomfort.
The Sprawl is being controlled here.
Perseu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Perseu grinds an elbow into The Sprawl's temple.
The Sprawl bucks up and tries to throw Perseu off but instead Perseu has got his back!
Perseu scores with punches from the back.
Perseu scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. The Sprawl is looking for a way out.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perseu lands a shot to the head.
The Sprawl is trapped and Perseu is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The Sprawl is trapped and Perseu is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The Sprawl is trying to stand back up.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
The Sprawl is trying to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Perseu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Perseu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice takedown defense from The Sprawl. No joy for Perseu on that attempt.
Perseu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Darius Perseu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Perseu closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Perseu lands in his opponent's guard.
Perseu slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Perseu connects with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perseu stays in close to The Sprawl's body and controls the position.
Perseu scoring with punches to the head and body.
Perseu scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perseu is stalling in the full guard.
Perseu scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perseu distracts The Sprawl with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Perseu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perseu engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Perseu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The Sprawl is looking to stand up but Perseu isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Perseu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Perseu postures up and lands a big shot to The Sprawl's brow.
The Sprawl wants to get back to his feet but Perseu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Perseu is working The Sprawl over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Perseu controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Perseu landing with the ground and pound.
Perseu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Perseu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Perseu lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perseu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Sprawl has momentary wrist control but Perseu slips an elbow through the middle.
Perseu landing some decent shots from guard.
Perseu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Sprawl wants to get back to his feet but Perseu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Perseu chips away with some ground and pound.
The Sprawl wants to stand and escape but Perseu is having none of it.
Perseu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Perseu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Perseu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perseu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perseu is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Perseu with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Perseu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Perseu slips nicely into half guard.
Darius Perseu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perseu seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perseu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Perseu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darius Perseu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Sprawl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Perseu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for The Sprawl!
The Sprawl wants to get back to his feet but Perseu drags him back down.
Perseu slows the pace down.
Perseu grinds an elbow into The Sprawl's temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Sprawl wants to get back to his feet but Perseu drags him back down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perseu in side control lands a decent elbow.
Perseu is working The Sprawl over with some ground and pound from side control.
Perseu working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perseu taking a breather here.
Check out the look on Perseu's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Perseu working the ground and pound.
Perseu is staying tight to The Sprawl's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Check out the look on Perseu's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Perseu in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Perseu looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A lull in the action here as Perseu stalls from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perseu landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Perseu landing a few strikes.
Perseu lands a few punches from side control.
Perseu landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The Sprawl is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perseu scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at The Sprawl to see if he's OK.
Perseu cracks The Sprawl with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Perseu lands a few punches from side control.
The Sprawl is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Perseu is controlling him well.
Perseu scores with punches from side control.
The Sprawl trying to remain calm as Perseu controls from the top position.
The Sprawl takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The Sprawl takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Perseu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Sprawl can do to turn this around?
Perseu is working The Sprawl over with some ground and pound from side control.
Darius Perseu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Perseu landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perseu is putting a hurting on The Sprawl here, landing some big shots from side control.
The Sprawl is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Perseu in side control lands a decent elbow.
Perseu is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down The Sprawl's shoulder. That is not cool.
Perseu lands a few punches from side control.
Perseu tries to advance to mount but can't.
Perseu moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perseu's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darius Perseu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Perseu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Darius Perseu!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Darius Perseu!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Darius Perseu!

Darius Perseu wins by unanimous decision!
Darius Perseu made sure to mention his sponsor, MKFC in his post fight interview.