PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Joshua Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez's entrance music is It's Goin Down by T.C.. A fine choice. Joshua Perez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perez
vs
Nascimento

197 cm
29
145 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

167 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Perez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Perez throws a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Nascimento does no damage.
Nascimento avoids the body shot from Perez.
Perez throws a body shot but no joy.
Nascimento misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nascimento.
Nascimento misses the shot to the body.
Perez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nascimento swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez connects with a single shot there.
Perez scores with a nice right hand.
Perez dips to his left and cracks Nascimento with an uppercut!
Perez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nascimento's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Nascimento throws a shot from downtown. Perez moves away and avoids it.
Perez jabs at Nascimento's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that Perez avoids nicely.
Perez throws a lazy right hand but Nascimento sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nascimento misses with a series of wild punches.
Nascimento swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nascimento misses with a lunging right hand
letting Perez counter with a right hand.
Nascimento looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Perez tries to counter by clinching up but Nascimento breaks away and moves out of range.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Perez misses the target.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Nascimento is just out of range.
Nascimento misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Perez closes the distance and pushes Nascimento back into the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Perez.
Nascimento is trying to break the clinch but Perez has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Perez - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Perez has Nascimento pressed against the ropes.
Perez lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Nascimento is rocked!
Perez pushes Nascimento back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nascimento is still on wobbly legs! Can Perez finish him?
Perez creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Nascimento crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Nascimento face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Perez takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Joshua Perez!
After the big win, Joshua Perez made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Alexandre Nascimento spoke after the fight, saying 'Foi mal galera bora treinar mais! Obrigado pelo apoio!'.