PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pernell Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Pierce had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Pierce
vs
Karl

183 cm
26
176 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pernell Karl!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce misses with a head kick.
Pierce pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Karl misses with an uppercut. Pierce saw that one coming.
Karl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karl takes one on the button.
Nice shot by Pierce.
Pierce doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pierce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karl moves out of range of the body kick.
Karl attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pierce misses the jab.
A jab from Karl does it's job there.
Karl scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pierce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karl has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
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!
Pierce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Pierce is looking to chop away at Karl's legs.
Pierce goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pierce misses with a kick to the body.
Karl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pierce backs up against the cage.
Karl on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Karl with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pierce.
Karl misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Karl misses.
Karl lands a slapping body shot.
Pierce keeps Karl at a distance using the push kick.
Karl avoids a kick to the body.
Pierce tries to close the distance and clinch but Karl swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karl just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierce looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Karl lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karl fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Karl avoids a kick to the body.
Pierce tries to score with a low kick but Karl moves his leg out of the way.
Pierce misses with a kick to the body.
Karl with a nice cross.
Pierce defending well as Karl loads up on a big left hand.
Pierce throws a lazy body kick
and Karl counters with a left to the body.
Pierce scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pierce, right into the meat.
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!
Karl ducks under a wild hook from Pierce.
Karl blocks a head kick by Pierce.
Karl scores with a jab to the jaw.
Karl lands the left hand.
Karl throws a jab but it's blocked by Pierce.
Karl takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Karl misses with a body shot.
Pierce takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karl takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pierce scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pierce throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Pernell Karl has been cut.
Karl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karl on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pierce lands with a right hand.
Karl scores with a jab to the head.
Karl ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pierce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierce was well out of range. Poor timing from Karl.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Karl crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pierce - the referee stops the clock and Karl gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pierce. Karl manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pierce slips a jab from Karl.
Karl ducks under a wild hook from Pierce.
Pierce slips a jab from Karl.
Lucas Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierce moves in looking to clinch but Karl pushes him off.
Pierce cracks the inside of Karl's front leg.
Karl misses with a wild body shot.
Karl is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pierce had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Karl misses with the combination.
Pierce lands a front kick.
Karl throws a series of punches but Pierce moves out of range.
Pierce takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Karl with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pierce to score with a decent uppercut.
Karl defending well as Pierce loads up on a big left hand.
Karl is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pierce.
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!
Pierce with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pierce throws an off balance right hand
and Karl counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Karl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pierce connects with a leg kick. Karl looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pierce misses with a looping left.
Pierce throws a leg kick which misses Karl's front leg but catches the back leg as Karl tries to avoid it.
Karl's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karl with a hook.

Pierce clinches with his opponent.
Karl fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karl misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Pierce - that landed with a thud.
Karl swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karl blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pierce.

Pierce breaks the clinch.
Pierce slips a jab from Karl.
A solid body kick from Pierce.
Karl shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pierce eats them both and turns towards Karl to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Pierce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pernell Karl's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pierce throws a nice head kick!
Karl lands a slapping body shot.
Karl throws the kick towards the body but Pierce avoids it.
Pierce misses with a hook. Karl ducked under it nicely.
Pierce takes one on the button.
Pierce misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pierce cracks Karl with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pierce misses with a head kick.
Pierce throws a nice head kick!
Pierce lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pierce fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karl.
Karl lands a jab to the nose.
Karl has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pierce.
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!
Karl lands a head shot.
Pierce lands a nice shot that snaps Karl's head back.
Pierce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pierce looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pierce moves away from the strike by Karl.
Karl moves out of range of the body kick.
Karl takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pierce. That's going to slow Karl down.
Karl swinging wildly here.
Pierce looks to land a left hand but Karl moved out of range nicely.
Pierce fakes the leg kick and cracks Karl in the body.
Karl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pierce.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pierce. That's going to slow Karl down.
Karl misses with a hook. Pierce ducked under it nicely.
Pierce defending well as Karl loads up on a big left hand.
Pierce throws a jab but it's blocked by Karl.
Karl's corner calls for a 1-2. Karl obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pierce lands with a nice body kick.
Pierce connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karl misses with a low kick.
Pierce dodges the punch combination from Karl.
Karl is breathing heavily.
Pierce is looking to clinch but Karl is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce lands a leg kick that knocks Karl off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karl throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. Karl looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big left from Karl misses.
Karl scores with a punch to the head.

Pierce clinches up against the cage.
Karl has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pierce throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karls head.
Pierce scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Pierce.
Pierce lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pierce gets through Karl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pierce lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.

Pierce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pierce scores with a head kick.
Pierce keeps Karl at a distance using the push kick.
Jab by Pierce.
Karl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierce manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce scores with a leg kick.
Pierce misses with a looping left.
Pierce connects with an inside leg kick.
Pierce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karl swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pierce lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Karl steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pierce. That one must have hurt.
Pierce is looking to slow Karl down with leg kicks.
Karl takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pierce scores with a spinning back kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierce lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pierce connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pierce throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pierce lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karl backs up against the cage.
Pierce looks to land a right hand but Karl moved out of range.
Pierce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pierce clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pierce on the inside.
Karl is trying to break the clinch but Pierce is controlling him.
Pierce misses with a punch to the body.
Pierce lands a shoulder strike.
Pierce lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Pierce keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karl's efforts to push away.
Pierce lands a nice uppercut.
Pierce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karl has a couple of punches blocked by Pierce.
Karl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierce's elbow.
Karl misses with a punch to the body.

Pierce manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pierce lands a jab.
Karl avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karl rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pierce moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Pierce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pernell Karl's cut.
That's time! Pierce'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.

A slapping leg kick lands for Pierce.
Pierce slips under a jab.
Lucas Pierce is winning the standup battle so far.
Karl misses with a straight left.
Karl blocks a head kick by Pierce.
Karl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karl thuds a left hand into Pierce's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pierce.
A shot to the body from Karl misses
and Pierce counters with a nice kick to the body.
Pierce loads up on a big right hand but Karl slips the punch.
Pierce scoring well with a low kick there.
Pierce cracks Karl with an open hand slap.
Pierce scores with a nice strike.
Pierce loads up on a big right hand but Karl slips the punch.
Karl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pierce lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karl avoids the head kick by Pierce.
Pierce scores with a leg kick.
Pierce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big left from Pierce misses.
Pierce throws a sloppy head kick and Karl moves out of range easily.
Pierce pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pierce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karl doesn't seem bothered though.
Karl gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pierce is looking to land body kicks.
Pierce shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karl misses with a body shot.
Karl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pierce thows a body shot but no joy.
Karl takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pierce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Karl misses with a looping right.
Karl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierce moves away.
Karl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pierce can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karl throws out a loose jab but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierce moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pierce cracks the inside of Karl's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karl takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Karl dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pierce fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Pierce.
Pierce scores with a kick to the body.
Pierce thuds his shin into the meat of Karl's side.
Karl bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pierce's head.
Karl throws a hook but Pierce blocks it.
Pierce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karl can do to turn this around?
Pierce buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pierce digs a good hook to Karl's body.
Pierce scores with a jab. Karl acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pierce cracks Karl with a good jab.
Karl attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Pierce finds it's way through Karl's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karl thows a left - swing and a miss!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pierce.
Pierce lands a high kick!
Karl takes a swing at Pierce's ribcage but misses.
Karl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierce was well out of range. Poor timing from Karl.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pierce.
Karl scores with a jab.
That kick from Pierce tenderised Karl's leg. Karl is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pierce cracks the inside of Karl's front leg.
Pierce dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karl. That did some damage!
Pierce lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pierce lands a leg kick that knocks Karl off balance momentarily.
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!
Karl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karl gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Karl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pernell Karl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Pierce finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Karl misses with an uppercut.
Pierce moves in looking to clinch but Karl pushes him off.
Pierce lands a high kick!
Karl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierce.
Pierce takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pierce lands a nice looking body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pierce.
Pierce scores with a jab.
Pierce scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karl in his tracks.
Karl throws a shot from downtown. Pierce moves away and avoids it.
Karl cracks a nice hook into Pierce's ribs.
Pierce scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pierce lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Pierce moves into the clinch successfully.
Lucas Pierce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karl lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Pierce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pierce 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Pierce!
Lucas Pierce decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.