PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele's entrance music is Perkele . A fine choice. Torturo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mogwai - Katrien kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Perkele
vs
Torturo

188 cm
30
218 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

189 cm
39
217 lbs
40 - 19 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 19 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Torturo.
Torturo blocks a leg kick.
Torturo takes one to the chin there.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Torturo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Torturo tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Torturo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkele.
Torturo delivers a nice body kick.
Torturo misses the jab.
Torturo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele throws a solid leg kick but Torturo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perkele.
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torturo.
Torturo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Torturo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Torturo checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torturo! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a quick inside leg kick.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perkele has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torturo.
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 on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perkele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws out a leg kick but Torturo moves out of range and Perkele only half commits.
Perkele connects with a looping right hand.
Torturo throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
Perkele misses with a right hand
and Torturo counters with a thumping low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
A jab from Perkele does it's job there.
Torturo keeps Perkele at a distance using the push kick.
Torturo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Perkele.
A little jabbing left from Torturo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Torturo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Torturo looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
Torturo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A leg kick checked by Torturo.
Perkele looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Perkele connects with a jab.
Perkele tries to land a body kick
and Torturo counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Torturo throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Torturo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot to the liver by Perkele. Beautiful body shot.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Torturo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perkele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele throws a front kick aimed at Torturo's knee but Torturo avoids it well.
Torturo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Perkele scores with a jab to the head.
Perkele tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Torturo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Perkele throws a low kick, looking for Torturo's leg but Torturo calmly moves out of range.
Torturo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Perkele throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele half committed to a counter leg kick.
Torturo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo throws a hook to the side of Perkele's head but Perkele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perkele lands a head shot.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torturo.
Perkele throws out a leg kick but Torturo moves out of range and Perkele only half commits.
Perkele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Perkele there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkele on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perkele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torturo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
Torturo slips under a jab.
Torturo counters with a body kick.
Perkele slips a straight right by Torturo.
Torturo wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perkele is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
Torturo throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Torturo scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
Perkele fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Torturo.
Perkele throws a leg kick that misses.
And Torturo responds with a good body kick, but Perkele manages to step out the way in time.
Perkele slips a jab from Torturo.
The crowd cheers as Torturo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Perkele doesn't seem phased though.
A lazy left from Torturo finds it's target.
Perkele misses with a hook
and Torturo counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Torturo looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
Torturo throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
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 time! Back to the action!

Perkele moves away from the strike by Torturo.
Torturo throws a sloppy head kick and Perkele moves out of range easily.
Torturo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perkele takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Torturo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Torturo sees coming a mile off.
Some bone on bone action there as Torturo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Perkele will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Torturo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pyry Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Torturo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It appears Perkele was looking to counter with a kick there.
Perkele motions for Torturo to come forward. Perkele throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torturo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perkele is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Torturo's head but Torturo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
Torturo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perkele ducks right into an uppercut from Torturo.
Perkele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele blocks a jab.
Pyry Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele scores with a kick to the body.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkele can pounce on him.
A slow jab from Perkele misses its intended target.
Torturo throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perkele checks a leg kick.
Perkele seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Torturo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torturo was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Torturo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Torturo throws a jab but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torturo throws a leg kick but Perkele moved away.
Perkele throws a solid leg kick but Torturo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perkele.
Torturo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perkele.
Torturo blocks a jab.
Torturo misses the shot to the body.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but Torturo slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Torturo moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Perkele tries a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Perkele shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Perkele. Torturo shrugs it off though.
Perkele lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perkele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torturo avoids the body shot from Perkele.
Perkele pivots, looking for a leg kick but Torturo is out of range and Perkele settles back down.
Perkele cracks the inside of Torturo's front leg.
Perkele takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Perkele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torturo circles away quickly and effectively.
Perkele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Torturo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perkele. That did some damage!
Torturo checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo scores with a push kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torturo throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
Perkele is looking to counter punch.
Torturo throws a leg kick
and Perkele counters with a body kick.
Perkele looks to score with a jab to the body but Torturo is just out of range.
Perkele gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torturo! But no joy.
Perkele punishes Torturo's body with a nice straight punch.
Perkele is looking to slow Torturo down with leg kicks.
Perkele checks a leg kick.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Torturo's front leg but catches the back leg as Torturo tries to avoid it.
Torturo misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Perkele.
Torturo misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely.
Perkele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Perkele throws a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Perkele moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromTorturo.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
Perkele bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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 is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A good leg kick by Perkele.
Torturo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Torturo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Perkele. Perkele circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Torturo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Perkele connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torturo. Torturo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pyry Perkele dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torturo.
Good leg kick by Torturo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torturo 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 Perkele has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perkele and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perkele tried to counter with a leg kick but Torturo avoided it.
Perkele avoids a kick to the body.
Perkele is looking to chop away at Torturo's legs.
Perkele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torturo manages to avoid it.
Torturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele misses with a wild body shot.
Perkele attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but Perkele is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Perkele finds it's target.
Torturo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Torturo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perkele misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo works the jab nicely.
Torturo throws a low kick but Perkele avoids it.
Torturo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torturo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Torturo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkele.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
Perkele throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torturo.
Perkele lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Torturo.
Torturo connects with a right hand. Perkele shakes it off.
Perkele throws a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Torturo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Perkele's head backwards.
Torturo scores with a nice head shot.
Perkele tries to land a leg kick but Torturo saw it coming and moves away.
Torturo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Perkele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marko Torturo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Torturo tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Torturo scores with a jab. Perkele acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Perkele throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Torturo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torturo.
Torturo misses with a head kick.
Torturo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perkele takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perkele throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torturo.
Torturo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perkele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Torturo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
Perkele with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Torturo moves out of range of the leg kick from Perkele.
Torturo throws a hook but Perkele avoids it easily.
Torturo throws a leg kick
and Perkele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torturo checks a low kick from Perkele.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Torturo's front leg but catches the back leg as Torturo tries to avoid it.
Torturo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Perkele scores with a shot to the body.
Perkele checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torturo lands a jab.

Perkele is rocked!
Perkele throws a head kick that misses.
Torturo scores with a body shot.
Torturo misses with a body kick.

Torturo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Torturo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Perkele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torturo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pyry Perkele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele tries to land knees in the clinch but Torturo avoids the damage to the body.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Torturo.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perkele prevents a body shot from Torturo.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Perkele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perkele is struggling to control the position.
Torturo lands a nice uppercut.
Torturo swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marko Torturo.
I think Perkele has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pyry Perkele!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Pyry Perkele waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele!'s logo in front of the cameras.