PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maskar Flugamine (ranked 3045 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Slim Perkins (ranked 368 p4p, 418 weight class). Slim Perkins acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Flugamine
vs
Perkins

188 cm
27
199
6 - 6 - 0

184 cm
21
195
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY

Conviction
Conquer

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maskar Flugamine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slim Perkins!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flugamine.
And Perkins tries to counter it with a takedown but Flugamine pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Perkins misses with a takedown attempt
and Flugamine counters with a good low kick that Perkins was not able to check.
Flugamine throws a right hand that Perkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Perkins also avoids with ease.
Flugamine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Flugamine misses.
Perkins is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Flugamine slaps away a takedown attempt from Perkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flugamine tries to bum rush Perkins with a series of wild strikes but Perkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Perkins is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A combination from Flugamine does no damage.
Perkins feints the counter takedown.
Flugamine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Perkins drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Flugamine defends it well.
Flugamine misses with a double jab

and Perkins counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Flugamine!
Perkins trying to control the position but Flugamine is working away.
Flugamine is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flugamine struggling a bit here.
Flugamine looks to move to half guard but instead Perkins has passed into mount! Damn!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perkins breaks from Flugamine's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Perkins with the ground and pound from mount.
Perkins landing punches.
Flugamine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Perkins on the ground.
Perkins scoring with strikes but Flugamine is staying in there.

Flugamine is rocked!
Perkins lands a big elbow - Flugamine is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Flugamine is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Slim Perkins!
An out of breath Slim Perkins thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.