PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garik Andonian (ranked 482 p4p, 225 weight class) and Ispa Perkele (ranked 69 p4p, 38 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andonian
vs
Perkele

187 cm
42
176
18 - 13 - 0

178 cm
25
170
15 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garik Andonian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andonian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Andonian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Andonian blocks a jab.
Andonian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andonian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Andonian walks into a left hand.

Andonian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andonian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Andonian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perkele is defending well for now.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by Andonian.
Perkele avoids the elbow strike from Andonian, against the cage.
Perkele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Perkele blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele avoids the elbow strike from Andonian, against the cage.
Perkele pushes Andonian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Andonian scores with a shot to the side of Perkele's head.
Perkele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Andonian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andonian misses with the head strike.
Andonian misses with a punch to the body.

Perkele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andonian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkele can pounce on him.
Perkele looks to score with a jab to the body but Andonian is just out of range.
Andonian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perkele wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andonian takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Andonian counters with a left and a right that stings Perkele.
Perkele slips under a jab.
Perkele throws an overhand right that lands on Andonian's shoulder, as Andonian tries to avoid the shot.
Perkele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Andonian is rocked!
Perkele circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Andonian tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Perkele wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ispa Perkele!
Ispa Perkele managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Arcticus University: London, into his post fight interview.