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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 3866 p4p, 437 weight class) and Veli Ilkka Perkules (ranked 5368 p4p, 522 weight class). Veli Ilkka Perkules will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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162 lbs
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175 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Veli Ilkka Perkules!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkules throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Gracie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Essence of Epicity in the buildup to the fight.
Perkules closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Perkules lands a right hand.
Perkules scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perkules lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Perkules.
Perkules with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie taking a breather.
Perkules lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Perkules with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkules misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Perkules has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie gets through Perkules's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Perkules avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the ropes.
Perkules blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie pushes Perkules back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Perkules working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A left hand lands to the body for Gracie.
Perkules scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perkules swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Perkules misses with a low kick.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkules.
Veli Ilkka Perkules seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkules lands a jab.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perkules.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Perkules avoids it.
Perkules misses with the body kick
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Perkules changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perkules looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Perkules checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
The crowd cheers as Perkules lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkules finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gracie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perkules's calf.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Perkules.
Perkules slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkules let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Perkules throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkules lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie throws a hook but Perkules blocks it.
Perkules defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Perkules throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkules lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Perkules scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perkules fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie misses with a hook. Perkules ducked under it nicely.
Perkules appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Ilkka Perkules dominated that 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.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perkules's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Perkules cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Perkules displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perkules. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Gracie moves out of range as Perkules throws a body kick.
Perkules fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab lands there for Perkules.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Perkules misses with a looping right.
Gracie jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkules connects with a right hand. Gracie shakes it off.
Perkules punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Perkules throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie gets tackled into the ropes by Perkules. Perkules maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkules prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Perkules throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Perkules lands a knee to the head.
Perkules lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Perkules misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perkules tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Perkules back against the ropes.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Perkules has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Perkules swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Perkules working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Perkules working aggressively here.
Perkules tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkules misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
A nice left hand lands by Perkules.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Perkules digs a right hand into Gracie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gracie's gas tank.
Perkules tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gracie taking a breather.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Perkules lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkules tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Perkules back against the ropes.
Perkules lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkules finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
Veli Ilkka Perkules seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Perkules.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Perkules is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Perkules moved away.
Gracie misses the jab.
Perkules misses the jab.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Perkules's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Ilkka Perkules showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Perkules thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Perkules chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but Perkules steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Perkules misses with a low kick.
Perkules uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Perkules looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perkules swinging wildly here.
Perkules explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkules is just out of range.
Perkules tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie slips a jab from Perkules.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkules ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Perkules throws a leg kick but Gracie checks it.
Perkules tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Perkules throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Perkules keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Perkules misses with a wild body shot.
It appears Gracie was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Perkules lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Perkules throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Perkules throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Perkules.
Gracie moves forwards but Perkules connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Perkules misses with a low kick.
Perkules has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perkules swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkules.
Perkules walks into a left hand.
Perkules throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkules.
Perkules looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Perkules swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a low kick, right behind Perkules 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkules blocks a jab.
Gracie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Perkules paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Perkules throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to slow Perkules down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Perkules was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkules scores with a kick to the midsection.
Perkules lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perkules appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Perkules looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Perkules keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkules throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Perkules looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie cracks Perkules with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perkules bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Perkules chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie cracks the inside of Perkules's front leg.
Gracie misses with a hook. Perkules ducked under it nicely.
Perkules lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Ilkka Perkules really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkules walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gracie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Perkules.
Perkules has Gracie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gracie lands an uppercut.
Veli Ilkka Perkules seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkules misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkules throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perkules takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Perkules manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perkules is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Perkules fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Perkules has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Perkules.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perkules tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Perkules's defenses.
Perkules fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Perkules.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkules.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perkules scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Perkules scores with a leg kick.
Perkules plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perkules checks a leg kick.
Gracie slips under a jab from Perkules.
Perkules slips under a jab from Gracie.
Perkules's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perkules misses with a jab to the body
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but Perkules moves his leg out of the way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkules can pounce on him.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkules looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Perkules.
Perkules stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.
Perkules looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Perkules is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkules.
Perkules moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Perkules sees coming a mile off.
Perkules bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Gracie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Perkules is out of range.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkules throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Perkules finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perkules connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Perkules throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perkules looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice body punch from Perkules.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perkules misses with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkules moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perkules with a hook.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Perkules's shoulder, as Perkules tries to avoid the shot.
Perkules feints a counter leg kick.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Perkules.
Perkules staying out of range there.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Both fighters circling a little - Perkules finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Perkules tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Perkules fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Perkules keeps Gracie at a distance using the push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Perkules pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Perkules settles back down.
Gracie appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Perkules was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Perkules ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Perkules misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie moves out of range as Perkules throws a body kick.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Perkules.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Perkules. Beautiful body shot.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.
Perkules throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkules scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Perkules.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perkules.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Perkules connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Gracie connects with a single shot there.
Perkules connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good exchange - Perkules coming out on top.
Perkules throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie takes a swing at Perkules's ribcage but misses.
Perkules loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Perkules checks it well.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Perkules was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perkules ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkules tries to land a body kick
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Renato Gracie.
Well Perkules 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 47:48
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Veli Ilkka Perkules!
Veli Ilkka Perkules is the new welterweight champion!
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