PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pascual Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Perez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Another One Bites The Dust. Pascual Perez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Perez
vs
Erschov

184 cm
28
180 lbs
12 - 16 - 1

170 cm
33
180 lbs
14 - 28 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 12 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pascual Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 28 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erschov misses with a series of wild punches.

Erschov pushes Perez up against the cage in a clinch.
Perez digs a right hand into Erschov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Erschov's gas tank.
Perez blocking some punches.
Erschov wants a takedown but no success here.
Erschov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Erschov is trying to force a seperation but Perez has the dominant position.
Erschov takes a shot to the head.
Erschov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Perez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Perez.
Perez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Perez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Erschov or not.
Erschov looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Perez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Erschov is trying to keep an underhook but Perez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Perez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Erschov has managed to free his arm - good work.

Perez is looking for a kimura but Erschov is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Perez to get the leverage.
Erschov tries to get to full guard but Perez has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perez seems to be looking for submissions.

Erschov actively working from the bottom here.
Perez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Perez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Perez in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Erschov tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Perez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pascual Perez!
Our winner, Pascual Perez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.