PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Perqelez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rami Charger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perqelez comes to the cage accompanied by cool caribbean beats. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Perqelez
vs
Charger

183 cm
23
161 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
163 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Perqelez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rami Charger!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Perqelez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Charger tries to kick Perqelez off but Perqelez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Perqelez stands up and beckons Charger to join him on the feet.

Perqelez drives through and clinches with Charger against the cage.

Charger manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Perqelez or perhaps it was just good defense by Charger which made him look bad.
Perqelez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Charger swivels and escapes.
Charger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perqelez shoots in for a takedown but Charger shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus Perqelez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Perqelez closes the distance and clinches.

Charger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charger pushes Perqelez away with a front kick.
Charger closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Charger stuffs the takedown attempt from Perqelez. Perqelez gets slowly back to his feet.
Perqelez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charger circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perqelez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charger circles away.
Charger feints and then cracks Perqelez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perqelez down.
Perqelez is breathing heavily.
Perqelez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charger defends it nicely.
Perqelez shoots in and drives through. Charger sprawls well.
Charger misses with a body kick.

Perqelez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Charger wants to get back to his feet but Perqelez drags him back down.
Perqelez tries to move to mount but Charger blocks the move with his legs.
Charger is not content to let Perqelez control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perqelez tries to advance to mount but Charger denies him.
Perqelez trying to control the position but Charger is working away.
Charger wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Charger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perqelez tries to clinch but Charger moves out of range.
Perqelez misses with a takedown attempt - Charger sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Charger works over Perqelez's head and body with a nice combination.
Perqelez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Charger.
Charger misses with a few strikes there.
Charger thuds a left hand into Perqelez's body.
Charger scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Charger scores with a leg kick.
Perqelez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charger's waist but Charger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Perqelez off to one side.
Charger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rami Charger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charger scores with a nice body kick.
Charger lands a jab-cross combination.
Rami Charger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charger scores with a jab. Perqelez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Charger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Perqelez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Charger can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charger displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Perqelez dodges the punch combination from Charger.
Charger is working the combinations to good effect here.
Perqelez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Charger looks to land a combination. Perqelez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Perqelez is rocked!
Charger moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Oh Perqelez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charger jabs at Perqelez's body.
Charger throws an overhand right that drops Perqelez like a sack of potatoes! Charger dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rami Charger!