PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seldon Perry (ranked 5813 p4p, 6050 weight class) and Omar Makmarwari (ranked 559 p4p, 569 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Perry
vs
Makmarwari

191 cm
25
225
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
247
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 New York, Seldon Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Omar Makmarwari !
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makmarwari on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perry misses with a wild combination.
Makmarwari lands a high kick!
Makmarwari fails with a takedown attempt.
Makmarwari tries to clinch but Perry moves out of range.
Perry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makmarwari .
Makmarwari is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Makmarwari on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perry. Makmarwari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makmarwari is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry works over Makmarwari 's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Omar Makmarwari has been cut.
Perry misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Perry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Makmarwari is looking to clinch.
It looked like Perry was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makmarwari on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perry cracks Makmarwari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makmarwari circles away quickly and effectively.
Makmarwari scores with a body shot.
Makmarwari delivers a nice body kick.
A combination from Perry does no damage.
Nice takedown defense from Perry. No joy for Makmarwari on that attempt.
Perry stuffs the takedown attempt from Makmarwari . Makmarwari gets slowly back to his feet.
We've been told by Perry's head coaches at Cozad MMA New York that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Seldon Perry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Makmarwari .
Perry stuffs the takedown attempt from Makmarwari . Makmarwari gets slowly back to his feet.
Perry misses with a double jab
letting Makmarwari counter with a right hand.
Makmarwari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perry keeps the fight on the outside.
Perry swings for the body but Makmarwari moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry throws a series of punches but Makmarwari moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Perry!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makmarwari counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Perry is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Makmarwari instigates a clinch.

Makmarwari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seldon Perry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perry misses with a wild body shot.
Makmarwari looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Perry leaves Makmarwari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Perry jabs Makmarwari to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Makmarwari fails to land the takedown.
Perry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Perry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makmarwari tries to clinch but Perry moves out of range.
Perry stuffs the takedown.
Perry misses with a wild body shot.
Makmarwari tries to clinch but Perry is having none of it.
Perry seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perry misses with a body shot.
Perry just misses with a punch to the body.
Makmarwari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Makmarwari shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Makmarwari scores with a nice body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Perry.
Makmarwari lands a slapping body shot.
Perry misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makmarwari with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perry to score with a decent uppercut.
Perry lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makmarwari ducks under a wild hook from Perry.
As Perry backs off Makmarwari throws a huge counter combo but Perry manages to avoid it all.
Perry lands a nice hook to Makmarwari 's body. Makmarwari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Makmarwari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perry.
Perry shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Makmarwari eats them both and turns towards Perry to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Perry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Makmarwari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Makmarwari with the counter takedown but Perry avoids it easily.
Perry is breathing heavily.
Perry ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seldon Perry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Omar Makmarwari 's cut.
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.

Perry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makmarwari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Makmarwari clinches up with Perry and pushes him back against the cage.
Perry gets underhooks to prevent Makmarwari 's takedown attempt.
Perry blocks an uppercut.

Makmarwari manages to break the clinch.
Perry misses with a few strikes there.
Perry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Makmarwari .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makmarwari tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Perry defends well and Makmarwari ends up having to push Perry into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Makmarwari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Seldon Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makmarwari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry connects with a body shot that sends Makmarwari 's belly button to the back.
Perry lands with an uppercut that bounces Makmarwari off the cage and back into range.
Seldon Perry is winning the standup battle so far.
Makmarwari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Makmarwari .
Seldon Perry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Makmarwari .
Danga de danga de dang - Perry scores with a four punch combination!
Perry throws a series of punches but Makmarwari moves out of range.
Makmarwari now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Makmarwari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perry.
Makmarwari is looking for the big counter here.
Perry takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Perry looks to land a combination but Makmarwari avoids it well.

Makmarwari gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Makmarwari is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Perry prevents the takedown attempt.

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!
Perry wants to break free but Makmarwari has control.

Makmarwari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Makmarwari .
Perry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Makmarwari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perry is looking to wear down Makmarwari with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Makmarwari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seldon Perry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Makmarwari moves into the clinch.
Makmarwari lands a knee to the body.
Perry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Makmarwari has him pressed against the cage.

Makmarwari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makmarwari circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Makmarwari counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Perry keeps the fight on the outside.
Makmarwari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Perry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makmarwari moves away.
Perry misses with a body punch
and Makmarwari counters with a head kick. That will keep Perry thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Perry misses with a body shot.
Perry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Makmarwari counters with a stiff right hand.
Perry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makmarwari moves away.
Perry lands with a cross.
A left and a right from Perry both land. Nice combination.
Perry swings away with a body shot that misses

and Makmarwari holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Makmarwari manages to break the clinch.
Perry digs a good hook to Makmarwari 's body.
Perry throws a nice looking combination but Makmarwari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perry looks to score with a jab to the body but Makmarwari is just out of range.
Perry looks to score with a jab to the body but Makmarwari is just out of range.
Perry misses with a double jab
and Makmarwari makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Perry really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Makmarwari cracks Perry with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perry leaves Makmarwari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Makmarwari throws a shot from downtown. Perry moves away and avoids it.

Makmarwari drives through and clinches with Perry against the cage.
Makmarwari tries to land knees in the clinch but Perry avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Omar Makmarwari will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Omar Makmarwari 's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Perry throws a nice looking combination but Makmarwari bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Makmarwari counters with a head kick. That will keep Perry thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Perry is rocked!
Makmarwari lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Perry crumples to the floor! Makmarwari milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Omar Makmarwari !