PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Pekkarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Prateado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fred Prateado will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pekkarinen
vs
Prateado

170 cm
23
150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

169 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Shamanic Labs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauri Pekkarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fred Prateado!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Pekkarinen is looking to clinch but Prateado is avoiding it.
Pekkarinen throws a hook but Prateado avoids it easily.
Mauri Pekkarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prateado shoots in looking for a takedown. Pekkarinen tries to sprawl out of it but Prateado keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pekkarinen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Pekkarinen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pekkarinen throws a strike aimed at the side of Prateado's head but Prateado avoids it well.
Pekkarinen slows the pace down.
Pekkarinen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Prateado sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pekkarinen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pekkarinen working the ground and pound but Prateado is defending the strikes.
Prateado tries to buck Pekkarinen off but Pekkarinen is having none of it.
Pekkarinen working the ground and pound.
Prateado is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pekkarinen connects with a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkarinen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Prateado sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pekkarinen is chipping away with strikes.
Pekkarinen passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Prateado!
Pekkarinen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prateado gets back to half guard.
Prateado is looking to improve his position.
Pekkarinen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pekkarinen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pekkarinen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pekkarinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Prateado is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Pekkarinen seems content to control.
Pekkarinen wants to pass the guard but Prateado is defending well.
Pekkarinen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Prateado!
Pekkarinen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Prateado's face.
Pekkarinen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prateado hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pekkarinen controlling from mount.
Pekkarinen landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prateado is squirming around, avoiding Pekkarinen's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen controlling from the full mount.
Pekkarinen lands with some strikes.
Pekkarinen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pekkarinen looking to control but Prateado is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pekkarinen prevents Prateado from getting the reversal.
Prateado is squirming around, avoiding Pekkarinen's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prateado is squirming around, avoiding Pekkarinen's attempts to control the action.
Pekkarinen unloading with bombs!
Pekkarinen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Prateado is looking to escape.
Prateado in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekkarinen controlling the position easily from mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mauri Pekkarinen just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice takedown defense from Pekkarinen. No joy for Prateado on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Pekkarinen dominated that round.
That's time! Pekkarinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Prateado has his takedown stuffed

and Pekkarinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Prateado won't be happy with that.
Pekkarinen scoring with punches from side control.
Pekkarinen just content to control the position.
Pekkarinen landing strikes.
Pekkarinen is looking to take a break and control but Prateado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pekkarinen working the head and body with strikes.
Pekkarinen wants to control but Prateado is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prateado is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Prateado is looking for a sweep.
Prateado seems a little lost for a moment, as Pekkarinen dominates the positioning.
Pekkarinen lands a nice forearm strike.
Prateado wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pekkarinen is looking to take a break and control but Prateado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pekkarinen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Prateado some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Prateado regains half guard there - taking advantage of Pekkarinen's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Pekkarinen thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Prateado to regain full guard.
Pekkarinen trying to control but Prateado is working from the bottom.
Pekkarinen advances position into side control!
Pekkarinen working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Pekkarinen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pekkarinen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prateado down.
Pekkarinen lands a few punches from side control.
Pekkarinen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pekkarinen lands a few punches from side control.
Pekkarinen is looking to take a break and control but Prateado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Prateado on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pekkarinen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Prateado is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pekkarinen connects with a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Pekkarinen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pekkarinen controlling the position.
Check out the look on Pekkarinen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pekkarinen working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekkarinen is looking to take a break and control but Prateado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Prateado trying to remain calm as Pekkarinen controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Pekkarinen dominated that second round.
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!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pekkarinen.
Prateado taking a bit of punishment here - Pekkarinen scoring with strikes.
Pekkarinen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Prateado on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Prateado is being controlled here.
Prateado takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pekkarinen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prateado down.
Prateado is looking for a sweep.
Pekkarinen lands a few punches from side control.
Pekkarinen lands a few punches from side control.

Prateado is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prateado is trying to escape the position but Pekkarinen is controlling the position.
Pekkarinen wants to control but Prateado is keeping him busy.
Pekkarinen working the ground and pound from side control.
Pekkarinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prateado keeps working.
Prateado wants to get back to his feet.
Pekkarinen takes a little break here. Prateado wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Pekkarinen is putting a hurting on Prateado here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen lands a nice forearm strike.
Pekkarinen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prateado down.
Prateado is not content to let Pekkarinen control the position.
Pekkarinen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prateado down.
Pekkarinen landing a few strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Prateado is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pekkarinen connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prateado keeps working.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mauri Pekkarinen just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Pekkarinen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pekkarinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Prateado is retaining full guard.
Pekkarinen looking to sit in guard and control but Prateado gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pekkarinen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pekkarinen tries to get out of the position.
Pekkarinen pulls Prateado in close to prevent any damage.
Fred Prateado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Prateado wants to pass the guard but Pekkarinen is keeping the position.

Pekkarinen is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauri Pekkarinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pekkarinen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauri Pekkarinen!