PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Trejean Dugall (ranked 1672 p4p, 2379 weight class) and Kai Perkins (ranked 175 p4p, 244 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dugall
vs
Perkins

175 cm
28
148
15 - 5 - 0

173 cm
33
152
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trejean Dugall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kai Perkins !
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been informed that Perkins has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A solid body kick from Perkins .
Perkins looks to land a right hand but Dugall moved out of range.
We've been told by Dugall's head coaches at 3Band MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dugall blocks a jab.
Dugall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkins manages to circle out of the way.
Dugall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dugall misses the jab.
Dugall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkins throws a head kick but Dugall moves out of range.
Perkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkins . Dugall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perkins looks to land a right hand but Dugall moved out of range.
Dugall circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dugall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kai Perkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perkins connects with a right hand. Dugall shakes it off.
Dugall blocks a low kick nicely.
Dugall wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Perkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perkins throws a right hand that Dugall ducks under and follows up with a left that Dugall also avoids with ease.
Dugall swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dugall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perkins bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dugall throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dugall moves out of range of the leg kick from Perkins .
Nice body kick there by Perkins .
Perkins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkins throws a low kick but Dugall moves out of range easily.
Perkins lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dugall throws a body punch but Perkins moves out of range.

Dugall moves into the clinch.
Dugall tries to throw a body punch but Perkins avoids it by throwing Dugall back against the cage.
Dugall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Perkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dugall or not.
Perkins tries to work over Dugall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dugall throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkins .
Still in the clinch, Perkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dugall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perkins s head.
Perkins misses with a body punch.
Dugall stalls.
Dugall misses with some punches.
Dugall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dugall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Dugall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Perkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Perkins misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Dugall misses its target.
Perkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perkins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dugalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dugall walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Perkins misses with a wild combination.
Dugall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Perkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Perkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Dugall is just out of range.
Dugall wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Perkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dugall manages to avoid it.
Dugall's jab looks to have found its range, popping Perkins under the eye.

It looks like Kai Perkins has been cut.
Kai Perkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dugall throws a body punch but Perkins moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkins lands a jab-cross combination.
Perkins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Perkins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Perkins misses with an uppercut.
Perkins throws a body shot but no joy.
Dugall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkins manages to circle out of the way.
Perkins throws a jab when Dugall was well out of range.
Perkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perkins lands with a good body shot.
Perkins tries to clinch but Dugall moves out of range.
Dugall is looking to clinch but Perkins is avoiding it.
Perkins slaps away a takedown attempt from Dugall, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A nice side step and Perkins releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Perkins cracks a nice hook into Dugall's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkins tests Dugall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Perkins slaps away a takedown attempt from Dugall, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Perkins throws a counter combo.
Perkins throws a body shot but no joy.
Kai Perkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dugall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkins throws out a loose jab but Dugall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dugall just misses with a punch to the body.
Dugall takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dugall slips under a jab from Perkins .
Dugall was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Perkins 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Perkins duly obliges.
A low kick lands for Perkins .
Dugall is looking to wear down Perkins with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perkins tries to clinch but Dugall is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Perkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kai Perkins 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Perkins instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perkins .
Dugall lands an uppercut.
Perkins working aggressively here.
Dugall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkins 's elbow.
Dugall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkins 's elbow.
Dugall misses with the head strike.

Perkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dugall ducks under a wild hook from Perkins .
Perkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dugall manages to avoid it.
Perkins lunges at Dugall with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dugall's hand.
Perkins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dugall moves out of range as Perkins throws a body kick.
Perkins throws a push kick but Dugall slaps the foot to one side.
As Perkins tries to get set, Dugall tries to push him back and clinch up but Perkins manages to avoid the attempt.
Perkins takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Perkins .
Dugall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perkins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dugall doesn't seem bothered though.
Perkins misses the shot to the body.

Dugall has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dugall.
Perkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dugall has Perkins pressed against the cage, preventing Perkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dugall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dugall.
Dugall tries a body shot but Perkins blocks it.
Perkins throws a head punch that misses.
Dugall misses with a body punch.
Dugall blocks an uppercut.
Perkins blocking some punches.
Perkins misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dugall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Dugall.
Dugall struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkins controls his hands.
Dugall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dugall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkins can't find room to land a body shot as Dugall controls the action.
Dugall tries a body shot but Perkins blocks it.
Perkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkins misses with some punches.
Perkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dugall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dugall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perkins lands a body shot.
Perkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Dugall controls his hands.
Dugall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dugall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dugall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkins 's elbow.
Perkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Perkins really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kai Perkins 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dugall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Perkins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Perkins looks to throw the jab but Dugall is out of range.
Dugall is looking to clinch.
Dugall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perkins .
Dugall takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Perkins misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dugall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perkins misses with a wild combination.
Dugall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkins manages to circle out of the way.
Perkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dugall lands with a cross.
Dugall lands a really nice looking cross but Perkins seems unphased.
Perkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Perkins lands a nice looking body shot.
Perkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dugall was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkins .
Perkins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dugall defending well as Perkins loads up on a big left hand.
Perkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dugall counters with a nice body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkins .
Perkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dugall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkins manages to circle out of the way.
Perkins clobbers Dugall with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkins lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dugall swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Perkins .
Dugall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Dugall lands with a straight right. Perkins didn't see that one coming.
Perkins slips under a jab from Dugall.
Dugall takes a swing at Perkins 's ribcage but misses.
Perkins throws a body punch but Dugall moves out of range.
Perkins connects with a leg kick.
Perkins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dugall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Perkins dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kai Perkins 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dugall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkins finds it's way round the side to connect with Dugall's head.
Trejean Dugall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dugall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perkins .
Perkins throws a big shot that misses.
Dugall walks into a straight right hand from Perkins .
Dugall swings widly with a right hand
and Dugall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dugall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Perkins gets caught flat footed, as Dugall shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Perkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Perkins wants to sweep here but Dugall controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkins is still trying to improve position.
Dugall postures up in Perkins 's guard and throws a big left but Perkins blocks it.
Perkins trying to keep a closed guard but Dugall is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dugall advances to half guard.
Dugall trying to control from half guard but Perkins is working away.
Dugall is pressing down on Perkins 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Perkins is holding on for now.
Dugall thows a huge punch but Perkins dodges it nicely.
Kai Perkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dugall lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dugall thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perkins 's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkins is trying to control but Dugall passes into side control!
Dugall working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dugall creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dugall throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Perkins is trying to control Dugall's posture but Dugall avoids it.
Dugall tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dugall scores with punches from side control.
Dugall tries to move to mount but Perkins blocks the move with his legs.
Dugall working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Perkins is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dugall's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trejean Dugall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Perkins 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 46:49
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 46:49
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Perkins !
An out of breath Kai Perkins thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Trejean Dugall spoke after the fight, saying 'Just let me bang bro!'.