PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes to the ring accompanied by WAR MACHINE by Kiss. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rogers
vs
Perkovic

190 cm
41
193 lbs
36 - 32 - 0

183 cm
29
200 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Savage

Urban Savage
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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 36 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Perkovic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkovic throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Rogers counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Perkovic!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rogers working the ground and pound but Perkovic is defending the strikes.
Rogers in side control, throwing shots but Perkovic defends.
Perkovic is looking to regain half guard here but Rogers keeps moving and retains side control.
Perkovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Perkovic is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Perkovic manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rogers is looking for a sweep. Perkovic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Perkovic tries to stand and escape but Rogers is controlling the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Perkovic wants to get back to his feet.

Perkovic is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rogers sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers wants to get back to his feet.
Perkovic wants to stand up but Rogers has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Perkovic is thwarting Rogers's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rogers wants to improve his position but Perkovic is controlling well.

Perkovic stands up from half guard.
Perkovic scores with a spinning back kick!

Perkovic pushes Rogers up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perkovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rogers has him pressed against the ropes.
Perkovic tries to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling the position.

Perkovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkovic tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perkovic pinned against the ropes. Perkovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Perkovic misses with a body kick.
Perkovic throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Perkovic misses with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rogers's calf.
Rogers is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Perkovic throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Steve Rogers has been cut.
Perkovic looks to throw a body kick

and Rogers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Perkovic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rogers wants to control from the top but Perkovic keeps moving.
Rogers is looking to advance position but Perkovic has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Rogers is looking to get to half guard.
Rogers gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rogers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Perkovic tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Rogers is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Rogers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rogers tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Perkovic is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Rogers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Perkovic is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tries to get to full guard but Perkovic has control of the leg.
Perkovic is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Perkovic decides to stand up.
An inside leg kick lands from Perkovic.
Rogers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Perkovic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rogers checks a leg kick.
Perkovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkovic misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkovic throws a nice looking combination but Rogers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perkovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Perkovic.
Rogers is looking to clinch but Perkovic is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Perkovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
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.

Perkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perkovic lands a high kick!
Perkovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Perkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rogers tries to clinch but Perkovic is having none of it.
Perkovic scores with a head kick. Rogers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkovic scores with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Perkovic. Those never looked like landing.
A punch lands to the side of Perkovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice sprawl there from Perkovic as Rogers shoots in.
Perkovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mikhail Perkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkovic.
Perkovic checks a leg kick nicely.
Rogers avoids a kick to the body.
Perkovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Perkovic.
Perkovic looks to land a right hand but Rogers moved out of range.
Perkovic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Perkovic throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers wants to clinch.

Perkovic closes the distance and clinches.
Rogers is trying to pull guard but Perkovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Rogers looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Perkovic breaks from the clinch.
Perkovic throws a leg kick
and Rogers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Perkovic moves into the clinch.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Perkovic is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Perkovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rogers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Perkovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Perkovic breaks from the clinch.

Rogers gets tackled into the ropes by Perkovic. Perkovic maintains the clinch.

Perkovic breaks the clinch.
Perkovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Perkovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rogers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perkovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Perkovic stuffs the takedown.
Mikhail Perkovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Perkovic as Rogers shoots in.
Perkovic throws the kick towards the body but Rogers avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rogers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Perkovic - the referee stops the clock and Rogers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Perkovic. Rogers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rogers tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Perkovic defends well and Rogers ends up having to push Perkovic into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rogers takes a knee right on the jaw!

Perkovic manages to break the clinch.
Rogers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkovic.
Rogers has a takedown stuffed.
Perkovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Steve Rogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rogers blocks the body kick.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch but Perkovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rogers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkovic can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers 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.
Perkovic feints and then cracks Rogers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rogers down.

Rogers tries to keep at a distance but Perkovic has taken the fight into the clinch.

Perkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mikhail Perkovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perkovic avoids the head kick by Rogers.
A head kick by Perkovic misses
and Rogers counters with a nice leg kick.
Rogers takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Perkovic lands a head kick. Rogers smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Perkovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Perkovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkovic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rogers tries to clinch but Perkovic is having none of it.
Perkovic misses with a hook. Rogers ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Perkovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rogers moves in looking to clinch but Perkovic pushes him off.

Perkovic lands a big head kick that sends Rogers tumbling to the mat! Perkovic takes a step backwards and waves Rogers back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Rogers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkovic misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogers is defended easily by Perkovic.
Perkovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Perkovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perkovic pinned against the ropes. Perkovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rogers avoids the head kick by Perkovic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rogers jabs at Perkovic's body.
Rogers shoots for a takedown but Perkovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perkovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkovic leaves Rogers with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Perkovic rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rogers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Perkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Perkovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rogers has Perkovic pressed against the ropes, preventing Perkovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Perkovic gets underhooks to prevent Rogers's takedown attempt.
Rogers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Perkovic smiles and moves away.
Perkovic digs a good hook to Rogers's body.
Rogers avoids the head kick by Perkovic.

Perkovic takes the fight into the clinch.

Perkovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic misses with a low kick.
Perkovic lands a right hook to the body.
Perkovic throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Perkovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rogers's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Perkovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Perkovic tries to stall but Rogers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Perkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Rogers avoids the damage to the body.
Perkovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rogers prevents Perkovic from breaking the clinch.

Perkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers tries to clinch but Perkovic is having none of it.
Rogers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rogers closes the distance and clinches up with Perkovic, looking for a takedown. Rogers pushes Perkovic against the ropes but Perkovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Perkovic moves into range and clinches up with Rogers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers has Perkovic pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Perkovic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rogers is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Perkovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rogers goes for a takedown attempt but Perkovic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Perkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perkovic misses with a head kick.
Perkovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Perkovic.
Perkovic throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Perkovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rogers shoots in looking for a takedown. Perkovic tries to sprawl out of it but Rogers keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Perkovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Perkovic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mikhail Perkovic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Perkovic misses
and Rogers counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Perkovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - Perkovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Perkovic closes the distance and pushes Rogers back into the ropes.
Perkovic is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
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!
Rogers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkovic misses with a knee strike.

Perkovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Steve Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rogers throws a sloppy head kick and Perkovic moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perkovic.
Rogers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rogers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Perkovic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Perkovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Perkovic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Perkovic!
Mikhail Perkovic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Steve Rogers was interviewed post fight and said 'to my sponsors Urban Savage Thank you!!....and to,the fans I love you all! Hope to see you again!!!'.