PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Peruna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reino Kovis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Peruna
vs
Kovis

195 cm
20
220 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
221 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Peruna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reino Kovis!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovis shoots for a takedown but Peruna saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Peruna misses with a leg kick.
Peruna is looking to land body kicks.
Peruna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peruna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kovis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Peruna misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Peruna.
Peruna thumps Kovis with a low kick.

Peruna pushes Kovis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Peruna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kovis blocks it with crossed arms.
Kovis tries to pull guard but Peruna holds him up against the ropes and eventually Kovis drops back down to his feet.
Peruna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kovis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peruna smiles and moves away.
Pekka Peruna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reino Kovis.
Peruna throws a leg kick which misses Kovis's front leg but catches the back leg as Kovis tries to avoid it.
Peruna throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peruna lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Peruna scores with a kick to the body.
Kovis looks gassed!
Peruna moves in looking to clinch but Kovis pushes him off.
Kovis keeps the fight on the outside.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch but Kovis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peruna throws a wild body kick that Kovis sees coming a mile off.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kovis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peruna motions for Kovis to come forward. Peruna throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Peruna rushes Kovis and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Kovis avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kovis blocks it.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kovis blocks with his arms.
Kovis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kovis blocks an elbow strike.
Kovis is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna lands an elbow inside that Kovis shrugs off.
Kovis fails to pull guard.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kovis.
Kovis jumps guard but Peruna stands there with Kovis around his waist. Kovis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Peruna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kovis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Peruna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peruna lands a damaging elbow.
Peruna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peruna lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peruna with a knee to the head.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kovis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peruna leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Peruna landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna with a knee to the head.
Peruna creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kovis's defenses.
Peruna misses with an elbow strike.
Kovis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peruna smiles and moves away.
Kovis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peruna.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peruna chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Peruna.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peruna.
Kovis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pekka Peruna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peruna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Peruna connects with a solid leg kick.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kovis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peruna.

Peruna clinches with his opponent.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kovis blocks with his arms.

Kovis pulls Peruna into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peruna has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kovis is proving hard to escape from.

Kovis looking for subs off his back but Peruna has passed one foot through into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peruna tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Kovis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Peruna dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Peruna moves into the clinch.
Kovis managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kovis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peruna landing knees to the head.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Kovis avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
Peruna crunches a lovely knee into Kovis's ribcage.
Peruna misses with an elbow over the top.
Peruna comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Peruna.
Kovis managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Kovis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peruna looking to stall.
Kovis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kovis blocks it with crossed arms.
Kovis fails to pull guard.
Kovis is trying to drag Peruna to the mat but Peruna just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Knees to the body from Peruna.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kovis avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Kovis is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pekka Peruna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reino Kovis.
Kovis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kovis avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kovis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Kovis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kovis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Peruna avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Peruna lands an elbow just above Kovis 's eye.
Kovis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Peruna fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Peruna.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peruna closes the distance and pushes Kovis back into the ropes.
Knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peruna looking to throw knees to the head but Kovis is blocking nicely.
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Peruna connects with a knee to the head.
Kovis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kovis blocks it.

Kovis ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kovis no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Peruna is looking to stand up but Kovis won't let him.
Peruna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kovis can do to turn this around?

Kovis has his foot on Peruna's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Peruna works his way back into a safe position though.

Peruna gets to his feet - Kovis follows without any prompting.
Peruna misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Kovis blocks the leg kick.
Peruna throws a leg kick but Kovis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Peruna wants to clinch.

Peruna takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Peruna dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Peruna tries to clinch up but Kovis circles away and keeps his distance.
Kovis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kovis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peruna dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kovis. That did some damage!
Peruna lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Peruna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Peruna pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kovis is out of range and Peruna settles back down.
Peruna throws a low kick, looking for Kovis's leg but Kovis calmly moves out of range.
Peruna throws and low kick but Kovis moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Peruna.
Peruna does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Peruna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kovis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peruna tries to clinch but Kovis moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peruna tries to clinch but Kovis moves out of range.
Kovis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peruna as he avoids it easily.
Kovis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Peruna tries to clinch but Kovis is having none of it.
Peruna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peruna tries to clinch up but Kovis circles away and keeps his distance.
Peruna throws a low kick but Kovis avoids it.
Peruna tries to clinch up.
Peruna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peruna throws a leg kick which misses Kovis's front leg but catches the back leg as Kovis tries to avoid it.
Peruna moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Kovis as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peruna stuffs the takedown attempt from Kovis. Kovis gets slowly back to his feet.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kovis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peruna throws a front kick aimed at Kovis's knee but Kovis avoids it well.
Peruna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peruna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kovis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kovis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peruna can pounce on him.
Peruna doesn't manage to clinch there - Kovis circles away.
Kovis checks a low kick from Peruna.
Kovis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peruna as he avoids it easily.
Pekka Peruna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reino Kovis.

Peruna instigates a clinch.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna lands an elbow inside that Kovis shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peruna lands a nice knee to the body.
Peruna landing knees to the head.
Kovis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Peruna.
Kovis managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.

Kovis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Peruna decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kovis, up you get!
Peruna checks a leg kick.
Reino Kovis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Peruna rushes Kovis and presses him up against the ropes.
Peruna misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Pekka Peruna has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Peruna stops a takedown attempt from Kovis.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.
Kovis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Peruna walks away with a smile on his face. Kovis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Peruna tries to clinch there but Kovis circles away.
A good leg kick by Peruna.
Peruna throws a leg kick

and Kovis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peruna!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You get the feeling that Peruna really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Kovis is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Peruna is surviving well by controlling Kovis's body position as best he can.
You get the feeling that Peruna really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peruna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Kovis is working for a guillotine from mount but Peruna frees his head quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Peruna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peruna, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pekka Peruna!