PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smash Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machine comes to the cage accompanied by In The Morning. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Machine
vs
Perry

191 cm
26
283 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

178 cm
32
260 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Smash Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dwayne Perry!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perry throws a body punch but Machine moves out of range.
Perry moves out of range of the strikes.
Machine walks into a stiff left hand from Perry.
Machine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Machine lands with a nice body punch.
Machine misses with a few strikes there.
Machine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perry moves away.
Perry shoots for a double leg takedown but Machine sprawls well. He's pushed Perry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Machine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perry moves away.
Perry misses the shot to the body.
Dwayne Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perry looks to score with a jab to the body but Machine is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perry. Machine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Machine lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Dwayne Perry has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Machine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perry was well out of range. Poor timing from Machine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine lands a nice looking body shot.
Perry looks gassed!
Perry misses the shot to the body.
Perry thows a body shot but no joy.
Machine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Perry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machine swings for the body but Perry moves out of range.
Machine cracks Perry with a hook to the temple - Perry is on wobbly legs here! Machine swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Perry falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Machine wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Smash Machine!
Smash Machine was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.