PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Peri Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leboj Jedan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Peri Jr
vs
Jedan

200 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
260 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Peri Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leboj Jedan!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jedan cracks Peri Jr with a right hand to the side of the head.
Peri Jr misses with a takedown

and Jedan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Peri Jr's guard.
Jedan stays in close to Peri Jr's body and controls the position.
Jedan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Leboj Jedan.
Peri Jr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jedan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jedan.
Jedan'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.
Still in the clinch, Jedan scores with a nice short uppercut.

Jedan decides to pull guard.
Jedan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Peri Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Jedan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jedan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jedan stays in close to Peri Jr's body and controls the position.
Peri Jr not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Peri Jr had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jedan defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedan postures up and lands a big shot to Peri Jr's brow.
Jedan with a nice head shot there.
Jedan landing some decent shots from guard.
Jedan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Peri Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jedan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jedan scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jedan lands a couple of digs.
Jedan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Peri Jr's guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jedan slips a nice elbow through Peri Jr's hands, connecting with Peri Jr's forehead.
Jedan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in half guard, Jedan seems content to control.
Jedan working the head and body with strikes.
Jedan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Peri Jr trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Peri Jr is looking to improve his position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Leboj Jedan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jedan scores with a jab to the head.
Peri Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jedan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Leboj Jedan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peri Jr shoots and misses

and Jedan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jedan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Peri Jr looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leboj Jedan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Jedan finds it's way through Peri Jr's defenses.
Peri Jr misses with a takedown

and Jedan counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Peri Jr!
Peri Jr struggling a bit here.
Jedan working the ground and pound from side control.
Peri Jr is trying to control Jedan's posture but Jedan avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peri Jr is looking for a sweep.
Jedan landing a few strikes.
Jedan working the ground and pound.
Peri Jr is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedan taking a breather here.
Jedan scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jedan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Peri Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Peri Jr struggling a bit here.
Peri Jr is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jedan connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peri Jr is being controlled here.
Check out the look on Jedan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
You can see the frustration on Peri Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedan lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Peri Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jedan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Jedan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Peri Jr has escaped the position, nice work there.
Peri Jr takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peri Jr being controlled for a moment.
Jedan working away.
Jedan working the ground and pound.
Peri Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jedan lands a nice forearm strike.
Jedan looks up at the clock and then as Peri Jr takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jedan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peri Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
Peri Jr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jedan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jedan controlling from side mount.
Jedan working away.
Jedan lands an elbow.
Peri Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
Jedan landing a few strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peri Jr is looking to reverse the position.
Jedan landing strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leboj Jedan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jedan clinches up against the cage.
Peri Jr tries to circle away but Jedan has him pinned against the cage.

Jedan decides to pull guard.
Peri Jr wants to control from the top but Jedan keeps moving.
Jedan pulls Peri Jr in close to his closed guard and prevents Peri Jr from doing any damage or advancing position.
Peri Jr won't allow Jedan to sweep him here.
Jedan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jedan chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peri Jr working a defensive guard here.
Jedan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jedan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jedan controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Leboj Jedan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Peri Jr has his takedown stuffed

and Jedan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Leboj Jedan has got the better of the ground game so far.
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!

Peri Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peri Jr has hold of Jedan's hands but Jedan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jedan lands strikes from half guard.
Jedan is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Peri Jr!
Jedan controlling from mount.
Jedan landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jedan cracks Peri Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jedan landing strikes from the mount and Peri Jr is in trouble!
Jedan raining down shots from the mount!
Jedan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peri Jr is in a horrible position here. Jedan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Leboj Jedan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jedan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jedan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peri Jr is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Leboj Jedan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Peri Jr shoots and misses
and Jedan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Peri Jr with a poor takedown

and Jedan counters with a takedown into side control.
Adam Peri Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Peri Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jedan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leboj Jedan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jedan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leboj Jedan!
Leboj Jedan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.