PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music. Taisto Perälä has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perälä
vs
Luzhin

182 cm
27
175 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

181 cm
31
174 lbs
20 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Invictus

Invictus
Bos Energy MMA159.4

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Luzhin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Perälä is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Luzhin is looking to slow Perälä down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Perälä. That snapped Luzhin's head back.
Perälä misses with a low kick as Luzhin jumps back.
Luzhin scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Taisto Perälä has been cut.
Luzhin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perälä has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perälä slips under a jab.
Luzhin tries to land a leg kick but Perälä saw it coming and moves away.
Perälä appears to be looking for a big counter.
Luzhin thuds his shin into the meat of Perälä's side.
Nice body punch from Perälä.
Luzhin connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä throws a quick inside leg kick.
Luzhin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perälä bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luzhin's head backwards.
Luzhin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Perälä lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses.
Perälä fires out a quick counter leg kick but Luzhin just manages to avoid it.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä missing with a left hand there. Luzhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Perälä.
Luzhin lands a jab to the nose.
Luzhin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perälä has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perälä seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Perälä swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Perälä misses.
Luzhin throws a right hand that Perälä ducks under and follows up with a left that Perälä also avoids with ease.
Luzhin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Luzhin throws the left hand but Perälä avoids the punch easily.
Perälä is looking to slow Luzhin down with leg kicks.
Luzhin throws an overhand right that lands on Perälä's shoulder, as Perälä tries to avoid the shot.
Luzhin throws a combination that misses
and Perälä counters with a good, hard body kick but Luzhin shrugs it off.
Luzhin tries to score with a low kick but Perälä moves his leg out of the way.

Luzhin closes the distance and clinches.
Perälä doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Luzhin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Perälä fails to land.
Luzhin pushes Perälä back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Perälä manages to break the clinch.
Perälä slips a jab from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perälä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Perälä was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Luzhin.
Luzhin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perälä has time to react.
Perälä gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Perälä.
Perälä moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Perälä wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Perälä blocks the body kick.
Luzhin misses with an uppercut. Perälä saw that one coming.
Luzhin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perälä.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses.
Luzhin cracks Perälä with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Perälä darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Luzhin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perälä uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luzhin.
Luzhin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luzhin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Perälä sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luzhin thows a body kick. Perälä tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Luzhin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Luzhin only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Luzhin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peräläs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Perälä drops his hands momentarily and Luzhin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luzhin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luzhin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luzhin looks to land a combination but Perälä avoids it well.
Perälä throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perälä.
Luzhin only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Luzhin.
The fighters circling - Perälä throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luzhin throws a low kick, looking for Perälä's leg but Perälä calmly moves out of range.
Luzhin takes one to the side of the head.
Luzhin takes one to the chin there.
Luzhin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Perälä had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Perälä takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Luzhin throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Perälä moves out of range as Luzhin strikes.
Perälä throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luzhin misses with a leg kick
and Perälä counters with a nice low kick that buckles Luzhin's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin defending well as Perälä loads up on a big left hand.
Perälä on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perälä swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luzhin counters with a solid body kick.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Luzhin checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Luzhin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Luzhin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perälä gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Perälä moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin throws a head kick but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä throws a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Perälä.
Perälä connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Perälä buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perälä scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perälä has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perälä tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Luzhin throws a chopping leg kick but Perälä manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perälä misses with an uppercut. Luzhin saw that one coming.
Luzhin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a lovely overhand right.
Perälä throws a body punch but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Perälä feints and then cracks Luzhin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luzhin down.
Perälä walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Luzhin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perälä uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luzhin.
Luzhin looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Luzhin misses with a body kick.
It looked like Perälä wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perälä lands with an overhand left.
Perälä chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luzhin can pounce on him.
Perälä swinging wildly here.
Luzhin feints a jab promting Perälä to slip. Luzhin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Perälä slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä misses with a wild body shot.
Luzhin wants to counter the offense by Perälä and move into the clinch position.
Perälä scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Luzhin as he checks the leg kick.
Perälä throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Luzhin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luzhin wants to slow Perälä down by chopping away at his legs.
Perälä uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luzhin.
Luzhin lands with a nice combination. Perälä backs away looking to recover.
Luzhin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luzhin lands a leg kick that knocks Perälä off balance momentarily.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a big shot that misses.
Perälä feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Luzhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Perälä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a right hand that misses
and Perälä counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Perälä misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a few strikes there.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Luzhin moved away.
Perälä is looking to slow Luzhin down with leg kicks.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Perälä ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Perälä takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Luzhin.
Perälä connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perälä.
Luzhin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Perälä moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perälä throws out the jab.
Perälä misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perälä can pounce on him.
Perälä 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.
Luzhin takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin throws a low kick but Perälä moves out of range easily.
Perälä displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luzhin throws out the jab.
Luzhin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perälä's calf.
Luzhin misses with a straight right.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Perälä.
Perälä uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Perälä's front leg but catches the back leg as Perälä tries to avoid it.
Perälä is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perälä moves away.
Perälä throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luzhin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perälä scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä'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.

Luzhin wants to clinch up but Perälä keeps it at a distance.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Perälä moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Perälä buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Perälä checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Luzhin misses with a left hand
and Perälä makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Luzhin really felt that one!
Perälä turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Luzhin blocks the low kick.
Perälä is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Perälä sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luzhin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perälä drops down looking for a counter takedown but Luzhin sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Perälä swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin lands a jab to the nose.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Perälä 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Perälä counters with a right hand to the body.
Perälä swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luzhin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perälä tries to work over Luzhin's front leg with a kick but Luzhin checks it.
Luzhin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Perälä ducks right into an uppercut from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Luzhin scores with a four punch combination!
Perälä connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luzhin looks to throw the jab but Perälä is out of range.
Luzhin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perälä looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin wants to clinch but Perälä slips to the side
and Perälä counters with a good low kick that Luzhin was not able to check.
Luzhin scores with a decent looking hook.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Luzhin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Luzhin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perälä chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luzhin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luzhin misses with a double jab
and Perälä counters with a nice uppercut.
Luzhin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perälä scores with a jab. Luzhin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Luzhin moves out of range of the body kick.
Luzhin tries a quick counter leg kick but Perälä is wise to it.
Luzhin throws a front kick aimed at Perälä's knee but Perälä avoids it well.
Perälä attempts a counter takedown but Luzhin avoids it well and moves away.
Perälä throws a front kick aimed at Luzhin's knee but Luzhin avoids it well.
Perälä dips to his left and cracks Luzhin with an uppercut!
Luzhin throws a right hand that misses
and Perälä cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Perälä.
Luzhin misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Perälä tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
An inside leg kick lands from Perälä.
Perälä checks a leg kick.
Perälä tried to counter with a leg kick but Luzhin avoided it.
Nice jab there from Luzhin.
Luzhin connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Perälä.
Perälä misses the jab.
Luzhin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Perälä misses.
Luzhin 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.
Luzhin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perälä staying out of range there.
Luzhin throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä moves into range and connects with a jab.
Perälä throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perälä bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A big left from Luzhin misses.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
Luzhin misses with a leg kick
and Perälä counters with a straight right hand.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Perälä scores with a sloppy right hand. Luzhin should have avoided that one.
Perälä misses the jab.
Perälä moves out of range of the strikes.
Perälä throws a solid leg kick but Luzhin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perälä.
Perälä sets himself, and Luzhin steps forward looking for the clinch! Perälä avoids it this time.
Perälä's corner calls for a 1-2. Perälä obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perälä turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perälä throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luzhin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perälä. That did some damage!
Luzhin loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Taisto Perälä did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Luzhin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luzhin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perälä momentarily.
Perälä ducks under a wild hook from Luzhin.
Perälä is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin throws a head kick that Perälä semi-blocks.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Luzhin cracks the inside of Perälä's front leg.
Luzhin cracks Perälä with a right hand to the side of the head.
Luzhin throws a push kick but Perälä slaps the foot to one side.
Perälä appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Perälä cracks Luzhin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perälä misses with a hook to the body
and Luzhin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Luzhin.
Luzhin moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Luzhin.
A lazy left from Luzhin finds it's target.
Perälä throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luzhin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perälä missing with a left hand there. Luzhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Perälä tried to counter with a leg kick but Luzhin avoided it.
A slow jab from Luzhin misses its intended target.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Perälä throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Luzhin rushes Perälä and presses him up against the cage.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Perälä avoids the damage to the body.
Perälä pushes Luzhin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luzhin is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Perälä holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Perälä is trying to pull guard but Luzhin has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Perälä.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin pushes Perälä back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perälä.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Perälä gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perälä scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perälä blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Perälä avoids the damage to the body.
Perälä lands a right hand.
Perälä blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perälä lands a body shot.
Luzhin works on Perälä's body with a couple of short punches.
Perälä misses with a punch on the inside.

Perälä has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Luzhin regains guard immediately.
Luzhin can't keep his opponent in guard - Perälä advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Perälä is working away from the top position though.
Luzhin is refusing to be controlled, as Perälä sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luzhin is trying to get back to full guard.
Luzhin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Perälä trying to control the position from guard on top but Luzhin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Perälä passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Perälä trying to control the position but Luzhin is working away.
Perälä just content to control the position.
Perälä laying and praying for a moment but Luzhin takes advantage and regains half guard.
Luzhin is refusing to be controlled, as Perälä sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Taisto Perälä will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taisto Perälä's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Perälä swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin throws a jab but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Luzhin avoids a kick to the body.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A leg kick checked by Luzhin.
Luzhin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Perälä with a body shot.
Perälä connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Perälä misses.
Luzhin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perälä manages to avoid it.
Perälä lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
You can see that Luzhin has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A telegraphed right hand from Luzhin misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Perälä.
Luzhin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luzhin throws a lazy uppercut
and Perälä makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Luzhin throws a jab when Perälä was well out of range.
Perälä swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perälä connects with a right hand. Luzhin shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Perälä blocks the leg kick.
Perälä looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Perälä throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Perälä scores with a kick to the body.
Luzhin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perälä.
Perälä throws a push kick but Luzhin slaps the foot to one side.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Both fighters circling a little - Luzhin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Perälä misses with a body shot.
Luzhin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perälä is out of range.
Perälä throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luzhin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Luzhin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Perälä to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Luzhin wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin is trying to control the position but Perälä postures up.

Luzhin looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Perälä has picked Luzhin up and slammed him! Luzhin can't keep hold of the triangle and Perälä manages to pass to side control!
Perälä advances to full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luzhin is controlling an arm, preventing Perälä from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Luzhin wants to hold on but Perälä pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perälä looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Perälä is trying to control here but Luzhin has managed to regain half guard.

Perälä is trying to work for a kimura but Luzhin is defending well.
Perälä trying to mount his opponent but Luzhin defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Perälä stalling.
Luzhin is not content to let Perälä control the position.
Luzhin tries to roll over but Perälä keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Luzhin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Perälä pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taisto Perälä showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Perälä has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 48:47
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:47
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taisto Perälä!
Taisto Perälä retains his welterweight title!
A victorious Taisto Perälä thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.