|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele comes into the arena with Perkele blaring out of the sound system. Potter is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: All you need is love. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Harry Potter enters the cage!
 |
|
 |
| 188 cm
28
214 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
|
188 cm
35
217 lbs
26 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele clinches.
Perkele lands a nice elbow.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Perkele.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perkele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Perkele.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but Perkele avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
Perkele tries to stall but Potter uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Potter breaks from the clinch.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Potter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perkele lands with an uppercut that bounces Potter off the cage and back into range.
Potter staying out of range there.
Potter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Potter saw that one coming.
Potter scores with a nice right hand.
Potter ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Perkele finds it's way through Potter's defenses.
Potter scores with a nice strike.
Potter lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Potter misses its intended target.
Potter missing with a left hand there. Perkele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pyry Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Perkele slips under a jab.
Potter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Potter throws a right hand that Perkele ducks under and follows up with a left that Perkele also avoids with ease.
Potter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Potter.
Perkele seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Perkele darts in and clinches Potter up against the cage.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Perkele.
Potter lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Perkele.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Perkele.
Perkele throws a punch but it's blocked by Potter.
A body shot lands from Potter.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkele pushes Potter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Perkele prevents Potter from breaking the clinch.
Perkele tries to throw a body punch but Potter avoids it by throwing Perkele back against the cage.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Perkele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele stalling in the clinch.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perkele throws a shot to the body.
Perkele looks to land a body kick but Potter moved away.
Perkele throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Potter.
Perkele throws a jab when Potter was well out of range.
Perkele gets a clinch.
Perkele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perkele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Potter throws a right hand that Perkele ducks under and follows up with a left that Perkele also avoids with ease.
Potter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perkele drives through and clinches with Potter against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
Perkele prevents a body shot from Potter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potter has had enough of the clinch but Perkele keeps him there for the moment.
Perkele lands an elbow inside that Potter shrugs off.
Potter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Perkele as the two fighters clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Perkele.
Perkele wants to stall.
Perkele displaying some good clinch control by pressing Potter up against the cage.
Perkele blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Perkele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter can't break the clinch.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Perkele controls the action.
A short left from Potter.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Perkele.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pyry Perkele will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Potter misses with a lunging right hand
and Perkele counters with a nice uppercut.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Potter.
Perkele misses with a two punch combination.
Perkele swinging wildly here.
Potter scores with a decent looking hook.
Perkele throws the left hand but Potter avoids the punch easily.
Perkele sizes up Potter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Perkele scores with a jab.
Perkele swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Potter to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Potter might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Perkele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potter avoids the body shot from Perkele.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perkele.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele dips to his left and cracks Potter with an uppercut!
Perkele attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perkele lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Potter moved out of range.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perkele was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
Perkele throws a series of punches but Potter moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Potter misses with a wild body shot.
Potter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele dips to his left and cracks Potter with an uppercut!
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Potter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Potter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Potter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fight stays on the outside here - Potter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Potter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a low kick as Potter jumps back.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Potter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele lands with a hook. Potter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Potter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Potter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perkele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Potter.
Perkele throws a front kick that sends Potter stumbling back into the cage.
Potter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Potter on the side of the head.
Potter misses with an uppercut. Perkele saw that one coming.
Potter misses with a wild body shot.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perkele slips a straight right by Potter.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Perkele scores with a kick to the midsection.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Perkele counters by clinching up.
Perkele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Perkele wants to stall.
Potter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perkele lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perkele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter working aggressively here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perkele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Harry Potter has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.
Potter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Perkele.
Potter is breathing heavily.
Perkele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perkele lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Potter.
Perkele's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Perkele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from Perkele, against the cage.
Perkele lands a nice elbow.
Perkele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perkele misses with an elbow over the top.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyry Perkele dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harry Potter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Perkele looks for the body kick but Potter saw that one coming.
Perkele moves out of range as Potter strikes.
Potter lands a jab to Perkele's midsection.
Potter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Perkele thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Potter if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice uppercut lands for Perkele. That snapped Potter's head back.
Perkele slips a straight right by Potter.
Pyry Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Potter's head but Potter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Potter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkele.
Perkele misses with a looping left.
Perkele staying out of range there.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Potter.
Potter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perkele to score with a decent uppercut.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Potter moved away.
Perkele scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Potter throws a body shot but no joy.
Perkele connects with a body shot that sends Potter's belly button to the back.
Perkele misses with a looping left.
Perkele tests Potter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Potter looks to throw the jab but Perkele is out of range.
Perkele misses with the combination.
Potter blocks the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perkele uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
An inside leg kick from Perkele misses.
Perkele takes one to the side of the head.
Potter throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perkele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Potter to counter with a crisp jab.
Potter moves away from the strike by Perkele.
Potter misses with a looping right.
Perkele lands a jab to the nose.
Perkele has closed the distance and engaged Potter in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Potter.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potter wants to break free but Perkele has control.
Perkele misses with an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Perkele.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele slows down the pace here.
Perkele lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Potter.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Potter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Perkele seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Potter can turn it around.
Perkele lands an elbow inside.
Potter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele keeps control of Potter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Perkele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Perkele obliges.
Potter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Potter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.
Perkele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Perkele crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Perkele pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees to the body from Perkele.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Perkele with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Perkele or not.
Perkele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Perkele dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyry Perkele clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Potter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Perkele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Potter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkele tries to land a leg kick but Potter saw it coming and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele digs a good body shot into Potter's ribs.
Perkele scores with a nice head shot.
Potter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perkele scores with a jab.
Perkele misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perkele was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but Potter slips the punch.
Potter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Perkele on the side of the head.
Perkele fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Potter, pushing him back against the cage.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Perkele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Potter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perkele scores with a shot to the side of Potter's head.
Pyry Perkele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perkele digs a right hand underneath Potter's ribcage. Potter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Potter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potter tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Perkele.
Potter is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Perkele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Perkele lands an elbow inside.
A short left from Perkele.
Harry Potter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.
Potter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Potter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Perkele.
Perkele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Perkele lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perkele looking to stall.
Perkele lands a nice uppercut.
Perkele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Potter can do to turn this around?
Perkele misses with an elbow over the top.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as Potter controls the action.
Knees to the body from Perkele.
Perkele is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but Perkele avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele stalling in the clinch but Potter improves position.
Maybe Perkele would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Perkele lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.
Potter manages to break the clinch.
Perkele's corner calls for a 1-2. Perkele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perkele throws a low kick but Potter moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perkele.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perkele.
Perkele lands a glancing blow to the side of Potter's head.
Perkele pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Potter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Perkele counters with a slapping leg kick.
Potter misses with a hook to the body
and Potter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perkele throws a body punch but Potter moves out of range.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potter was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Pyry Perkele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele punishes Potter's body with a nice straight punch.
Perkele lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele closes the distance and pushes Potter back into the cage.
Potter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Potter.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Potter working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Perkele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Potter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pyry Perkele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perkele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 40:37
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 40:36
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 40:36
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pyry Perkele!
Pyry Perkele managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!), into his post fight interview.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
