PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias El Kapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elias El Kapitan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Perez
vs
El Kapitan

178 cm
19
270 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blake Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elias El Kapitan!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Kapitan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Kapitan lands with a kick to the ribs.
El Kapitan lands a leg kick that knocks Perez off balance momentarily.
El Kapitan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.

Perez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. El Kapitan quickly recovers to half guard.
El Kapitan trying to control but Perez postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez controlling the pace.
El Kapitan is trying to maintain the position but Perez is very close to passing his half guard.
Perez prevents El Kapitan from improving his position.
El Kapitan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Perez is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Kapitan tries to kick Perez off but Perez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Elias El Kapitan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Perez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts El Kapitan as he jumps to the side.
El Kapitan throws a quick inside leg kick.
El Kapitan sizes up Perez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A nice inside leg kick there by El Kapitan. That's going to slow Perez down.
Perez is breathing heavily.
Perez takes a swing at El Kapitan's ribcage but misses.
El Kapitan keeps Perez at a distance using the push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Kapitan cracks Perez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
El Kapitan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Kapitan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Perez if he has to take too many more of those.
Perez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Kapitan throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from El Kapitan.
El Kapitan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Crunch! El Kapitan slams his shin into Perez's torso.
El Kapitan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Perez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from El Kapitan. That one must have hurt.
Elias El Kapitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Kapitan scores with a nice strike.
El Kapitan lands a slapping body shot.
El Kapitan works Perez's body with a nice hook.
El Kapitan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
El Kapitan throws a head kick that Perez semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Kapitan throws a front kick that sends Perez stumbling back into the cage.
Perez really is a fat lump.
Perez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from El Kapitan.
El Kapitan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
El Kapitan scores with a head kick.
Perez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
El Kapitan thows a body kick. Perez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez misses the body punch
and El Kapitan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by El Kapitan. That's going to slow Perez down.
El Kapitan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perez. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by El Kapitan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by El Kapitan. El Kapitan obviously looking to wear him down.
Perez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Kapitan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
El Kapitan connects with a body shot.
Perez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before El Kapitan can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - El Kapitan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Elias El Kapitan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Kapitan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
El Kapitan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from El Kapitan.
El Kapitan is looking to slow Perez down with leg kicks.
Perez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
El Kapitan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Perez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
El Kapitan lands a front kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

El Kapitan tries to sprawl but Perez drives through with a takedown into half guard.
El Kapitan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
El Kapitan has hold of Perez's hands but Perez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if El Kapitan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Perez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Perez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Perez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
El Kapitan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Kapitan wants to get back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Perez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Perez passes into side control, despite El Kapitan's attempt to control the position.
Perez is putting a hurting on El Kapitan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Perez grinds an elbow into El Kapitan's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez is chipping away with strikes.
Perez cracks El Kapitan with a big elbow.
Perez cracks El Kapitan with a big elbow.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
El Kapitan is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Perez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt El Kapitan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
El Kapitan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
El Kapitan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Perez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Perez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear El Kapitan down.
Perez scoring with punches and elbows.
El Kapitan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Well,Perez is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Perez working the body and head with strikes.
El Kapitan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez cracks El Kapitan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Perez is working El Kapitan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Perez 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.
Perez cracks El Kapitan with a big right hand but El Kapitan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Perez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Perez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at El Kapitan to see if he's OK.
Perez scores with a couple of short elbows.
El Kapitan tries to bench press Perez off him but Perez keeps the position.
Perez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Perez taking a breather here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Perez landing strikes.
Perez working the ground and pound from side control.
El Kapitan is looking to reverse the position.
El Kapitan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
El Kapitan tries to bench press Perez off him but Perez keeps the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez cracks El Kapitan with a big elbow.
Perez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused El Kapitan some visible discomfort.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias El Kapitan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think El Kapitan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Elias El Kapitan!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Elias El Kapitan!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Elias El Kapitan!

Elias El Kapitan wins by unanimous decision!
Elias El Kapitan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.