PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marin Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkovic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tyga - Rack City. Marin Perkovic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Kei's chin.

Perkovic
vs
Kei

180 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marin Perkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kei!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Perkovic misses its intended target.

Kei shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Perkovic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Perkovic tries to get out of the position.

Kei drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kei jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Kei thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Kei gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No luck for Kei with that takedown attempt.
Perkovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kei fails with a takedown attempt.
Kei looks gassed!
Perkovic throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Kei counter with a right hand.
Kei shoots in for a takedown but Perkovic shows good takedown defense.
Marin Perkovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Kei.
Kei moves away from the strike by Perkovic.
Marin Perkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kei is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Perkovic.
Perkovic throws a combination that misses

so Kei counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Kei drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kei jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Kei is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Perkovic scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A nice combination there by Perkovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perkovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kei counters with a straight right hand.
Kei tries to clinch but Perkovic is having none of it.
Perkovic misses with a double jab
enabling Kei to counter with a crisp jab.
Perkovic misses with a combination

and Kei counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kei.

Perkovic successfully pulls guard.

Kei thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Kei drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Kei seems to have locked his on tight now - Perkovic screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Kei, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Kei!
A very excited looking John Kei made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.