PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Trucks (ranked 2251 p4p, 1915 weight class) and Michel Pereira (ranked 316 p4p, 279 weight class). Derek Trucks is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Trucks
vs
Pereira

183 cm
38
196
25 - 17 - 1

185 cm
30
195
17 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derek Trucks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Michel Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira cracks Trucks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.
Pereira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pereira there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab, jab by Pereira - just one landing.
Pereira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Trucks swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pereira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pereira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trucks lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trucks misses with a double jab
and Pereira counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pereira throws a body shot but no joy.
Pereira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trucks.
Pereira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trucks.
Pereira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trucks is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trucks lands a nice looking body shot.
Trucks checks a low kick from Pereira.
Trucks lands a nice looking body shot.
A left lands for Pereira.
Pereira avoids the body shot from Trucks.
Trucks lands a right hook to the body.
Pereira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pereira feints a counter leg kick.
Trucks throws out a loose jab but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trucks misses with an uppercut
and Pereira counters with a leg kick.

Pereira clinches.
Trucks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pereira after a bit of a struggle.
Pereira trying to land knees to the body.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
Trucks tries to pull guard but Pereira forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Trucks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pereira just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Trucks. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to throw a body punch but Trucks avoids it by throwing Pereira back against the cage.
Pereira with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trucks tries to pull guard but Pereira holds him up against the cage and eventually Trucks drops back down to his feet.
Pereira tries to throw a body punch but Trucks avoids it by throwing Pereira back against the cage.
Trucks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pereira just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pereira throws a knee to the head but misses.

Trucks manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pereira not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pereira tries to free his leg and advance position but Trucks is retaining full guard.

Trucks looking for subs off his back but Pereira has passed one foot through into half guard.
Pereira is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Trucks actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira uses his free foot to push down on Trucks's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Trucks.
Trucks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Trucks is working hard here to advance position.
Pereira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Trucks working to try and regain half guard.
Pereira trying to control but Trucks is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trucks is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pereira is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Trucks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Trucks was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Trucks loads up on a big right hand but Pereira slips the punch.
Trucks misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michel Pereira will probably get the nod.
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.

Pereira throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A quick step to the side and Trucks tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trucks misses with a few strikes there.
Pereira lands with an overhand left.
Trucks swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pereira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trucks slips under a jab.
Trucks works Pereira's body with a nice hook.
Pereira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pereira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Trucks is looking to wear down Pereira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pereira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pereira looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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!
Trucks looks to land a combination but Pereira avoids it well.
Pereira throws a counter combo.
Trucks scores with a body shot.
Trucks jabs Pereira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trucks misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trucks thuds a left hand into Pereira's body.
Derek Trucks is winning the standup battle so far.
Trucks misses with a wild body shot.
Pereira doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Trucks throws a right and a left that Pereira avoids nicely.
Trucks scores with a hook.
Trucks takes a swing at Pereira's ribcage but misses.
Trucks looks to score with a jab to the body but Pereira is just out of range.
Pereira feints a jab promting Trucks to slip. Pereira then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Trucks slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Derek Trucks has been cut.
Trucks misses with a jab to the body
and Pereira counters with a leg kick.
Trucks throws a series of punches but Pereira avoids them all with ease.
Pereira scores with a nice right hand.
Trucks throws an overhand right that lands on Pereira's shoulder, as Pereira tries to avoid the shot.
Trucks slips a jab from Pereira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trucks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Trucks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pereira manages to avoid it.
Trucks swings for the body but Pereira moves out of range.
Trucks misses with a body shot.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Trucks keeps it at a distance.
Pereira loads up on a big right hand but Trucks slips the punch.
Trucks misses with a series of wild punches.
Trucks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Trucks misses.
Pereira throws out a counter right but Trucks avoids it with no problem.
Nice straight punches there by Trucks. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trucks.
Pereira tries to score with a low kick but Trucks moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trucks connects with a body shot.
Michel Pereira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab from Pereira.
Trucks jabs Pereira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trucks throws a jab when Pereira was well out of range.
Trucks misses with a straight left.
Pereira takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Trucks cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Pereira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trucks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pereira has time to react.
Trucks throws a shot from downtown. Pereira moves away and avoids it.
Trucks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pereira counters with a thumping low kick.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Pereira throws a fast counter high kick but Trucks manages to duck under it in time.
Trucks throws a right and a left that Pereira avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pereira instigates a clinch.
Trucks tries to pull guard but Pereira holds him up against the cage and eventually Trucks drops back down to his feet.
Trucks tries to score a body lock takedown but Pereira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pereira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Trucks turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Trucks manages to end up in side control.

Pereira explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trucks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trucks stalks Pereira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pereira's face. Pereira staggers backwards, shaken.
Pereira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trucks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Pereira.
Pereira cracks Trucks with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Trucks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Trucks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Derek Trucks's cut.
That's time! Trucks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

An inside leg kick lands from Pereira.
Trucks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good leg kick by Pereira.
Trucks connects with a nice looking jab.
Trucks misses with a jab to the body
and Pereira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pereira connects with a looping right hand.
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira misses with a two punch combination.
Trucks misses with an uppercut. Pereira saw that one coming.
Pereira misses with a looping right.
Trucks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pereira at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pereira scores with the left hand. Trucks knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Trucks misses.
Trucks misses with a left hand
and Pereira counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Trucks misses
enabling Pereira to counter with a crisp jab.
Pereira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trucks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trucks. Pereira does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Pereira misses.
Trucks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pereira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trucks circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trucks misses with a combination
and Pereira counters with a left right combination that sends Trucks crashing to the mat - Pereira wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Trucks out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michel Pereira!
A victorious Michel Pereira thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.