PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Muurahainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregores St peirreles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying St peirreles's choice of entrance music: Slipknot-Wait and bleed. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Muurahainen
vs
St peirreles

184 cm
18
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikko Muurahainen!
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, Gregores St peirreles!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muurahainen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St peirreles scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
St peirreles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St peirreles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A jab-cross combination lands for St peirreles and sends Muurahainen crashing to the mat! St peirreles follows him down to the mat - Muurahainen regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Muurahainen is rocked!
Muurahainen tries to get to full guard but St peirreles has control of the leg.
Oh Muurahainen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

St peirreles decides to stand up.
Muurahainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muurahainen seems to have got his legs back now.
St peirreles stuffs the takedown attempt from Muurahainen. Muurahainen gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for St peirreles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St peirreles scoring well with a low kick there.
Muurahainen is breathing heavily.
Muurahainen closes this distance looking for a takedown but St peirreles circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikko Muurahainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St peirreles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St peirreles throws a nice outside leg kick.
A combination from St peirreles does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muurahainen slips a jab and a cross from St peirreles.
Muurahainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but St peirreles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St peirreles lands a nice looking body kick.
St peirreles throws a sloppy head kick and Muurahainen moves out of range easily.
Muurahainen closes the distance and clinches up with St peirreles, looking for a takedown. Muurahainen pushes St peirreles against the cage but St peirreles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from St peirreles.
Muurahainen fails with the takedown.
St peirreles swats away the attempt to clinch by Muurahainen.
Muurahainen throws a sloppy head kick and St peirreles moves out of range easily.
No luck for Muurahainen with that takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

St peirreles breaks the clinch.
Muurahainen shoots in and drives through. St peirreles sprawls well.
St peirreles throws a right hand that Muurahainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Muurahainen also avoids with ease.
Muurahainen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St peirreles tries to avoid it but Muurahainen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St peirreles to the ground. St peirreles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
St peirreles misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muurahainen shoots in for a double leg but St peirreles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Muurahainen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muurahainen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muurahainen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Muurahainen looks for a takedown but St peirreles sprawls well.
Muurahainen closes the distance and clinches up with St peirreles, looking for a takedown. Muurahainen pushes St peirreles against the cage but St peirreles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Muurahainen shoots in looking for a takedown. St peirreles tries to sprawl out of it but Muurahainen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. St peirreles manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
St peirreles scores with a nice body kick.
Muurahainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and St peirreles counters with a three punch combo that has Muurahainen backing up. Muurahainen nods at St peirreles to acknowledge the strikes.
Muurahainen tries to clinch

and St peirreles counters with a single leg into guard. Muurahainen didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muurahainen trying to keep a closed guard but St peirreles is proving a slippery customer.

Muurahainen kicks St peirreles off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muurahainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says St peirreles as he avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Muurahainen misses.
St peirreles lands with a kick to the temple. Muurahainen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Muurahainen shoots and misses
and St peirreles counters with a one-two to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Muurahainen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Muurahainen misses with a head kick.
Muurahainen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from St peirreles. No joy for Muurahainen on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from St peirreles as Muurahainen shoots in.
Danga de danga de dang - St peirreles scores with a four punch combination!
St peirreles throws a right and a left that Muurahainen avoids nicely.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Muurahainen. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A combination from Muurahainen does no damage.
Muurahainen looks for a takedown but St peirreles sprawls well.

Muurahainen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Muurahainen fails to pull guard.
Muurahainen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Muurahainen can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St peirreles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Muurahainen manages to break the clinch.

St peirreles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Muurahainen trying to control but St peirreles is working from the bottom.
Muurahainen stands and throws St peirreles's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Muurahainen looks up at the clock and then as St peirreles takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Muurahainen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Muurahainen has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Muurahainen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nice sprawl there from St peirreles as Muurahainen shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregores St peirreles dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

St peirreles throws a head kick that half lands.
Muurahainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muurahainen wants to clinch up but St peirreles keeps it at a distance.

St peirreles scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

St peirreles stands up and we're back to a striking position.
St peirreles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muurahainen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a body kick that stops Muurahainen in his tracks momentarily.
St peirreles lands with a kick to the temple. Muurahainen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Muurahainen throws a looping overhand right but St peirreles ducks down to avoid it.
Muurahainen 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.
Muurahainen fails with the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a nice body shot.
Muurahainen fails with the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikko Muurahainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muurahainen has his takedown stuffed
and St peirreles counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muurahainen tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and St peirreles counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by St peirreles.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St peirreles gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Muurahainen regains guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Muurahainen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
St peirreles scoring with some ground and pound.
St peirreles is looking to stand up but Muurahainen won't let him.
Muurahainen is trying to control the position but St peirreles postures up.
St peirreles stays in close to Muurahainen's body and controls the position.
St peirreles throwing strikes from guard but Muurahainen blocks nicely.
Muurahainen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
St peirreles tries to bum rush Muurahainen with a series of wild strikes but Muurahainen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muurahainen fails with the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Muurahainen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Muurahainen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St peirreles.
Muurahainen slips a jab and a cross from St peirreles.
Muurahainen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and St peirreles counters with a nice kick to the body.
Muurahainen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St peirreles lands a head kick. Muurahainen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
St peirreles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Muurahainen's calf.

St peirreles forces Muurahainen back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

St peirreles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St peirreles throws a nice outside leg kick.
Muurahainen tries to clinch there but St peirreles circles away.
Muurahainen misses with a takedown attempt - St peirreles sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St peirreles throws a right and a left that Muurahainen avoids nicely.
St peirreles circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Muurahainen drops to the canvas, hurt badly! St peirreles follows Muurahainen to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gregores St peirreles!