PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Perkele (ranked 517 p4p, 2618 weight class) and Sultanbek Akhtankhanov (ranked 72 p4p, 298 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Perkele
vs
Akhtankhanov

178 cm
24
170
12 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
155
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sultanbek Akhtankhanov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akhtankhanov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Perkele misses its target.
Perkele looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Perkele scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele scores with a head kick.

It looks like Sultanbek Akhtankhanov has been cut.
Perkele's corner calls for a 1-2. Perkele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Akhtankhanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Akhtankhanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perkele slips under a jab.
Akhtankhanov slips under a jab.
Akhtankhanov tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akhtankhanov ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Akhtankhanov misses with a looping right.
Perkele on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Akhtankhanov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Perkele.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Perkele takes the fight into the clinch.
Akhtankhanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perkele.

Akhtankhanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perkele just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Akhtankhanov misses.
Perkele connects with a crisp jab.
Akhtankhanov misses with a looping left.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Akhtankhanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Akhtankhanov lands with a good body shot.
Akhtankhanov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Akhtankhanov lands a jab to the head.
Akhtankhanov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Akhtankhanov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele lunges at Akhtankhanov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Akhtankhanov's hand.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Akhtankhanov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Perkele.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Akhtankhanov saw that one coming.
Akhtankhanov throws a poor cross that misses
and Perkele counters with an outside leg kick.
Akhtankhanov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akhtankhanov moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Akhtankhanov! But no joy.
Perkele throws a low kick, looking for Akhtankhanov's leg but Akhtankhanov calmly moves out of range.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov dips to his left and cracks Perkele with an uppercut!
Akhtankhanov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Akhtankhanov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick from Perkele, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkele throws a jab when Akhtankhanov was well out of range.
Perkele lands with a kick to the temple. Akhtankhanov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Akhtankhanov tries to score with a low kick but Perkele moves his leg out of the way.
Perkele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Akhtankhanov throws a leg kick but Perkele checks it.
Akhtankhanov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perkele has time to react.
Perkele lands an overhand right.
Akhtankhanov lands a nice shot that snaps Perkele's head back.
Perkele slips a jab from Akhtankhanov.
Perkele connects with a high kick.
A nice leg kick from Perkele, right into the meat of the thigh.
A right-left combo lands from Perkele.

Akhtankhanov is rocked!
Akhtankhanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Perkele should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perkele moves into the clinch successfully.
Akhtankhanov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Akhtankhanov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Akhtankhanov tries to circle away but Perkele has him pinned against the cage.
Perkele lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Akhtankhanov lands with a right to the head.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perkele lands an uppercut.
Akhtankhanov lands with a light punch inside.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as Akhtankhanov controls the action.
Perkele is working Akhtankhanov over against the cage.
Akhtankhanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perkele.
Still in the clinch, Perkele scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akhtankhanov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perkele lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Akhtankhanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perkele.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Akhtankhanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov misses with some punches.
Perkele throws a punch but it's blocked by Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Akhtankhanov lands with a left to the head.
Akhtankhanov misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov misses with the head strike.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by Akhtankhanov.
A nice left hand lands by Perkele.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Akhtankhanov - that landed with a thud.
Akhtankhanov gets through Perkele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perkele scores with a shoulder strike.
Perkele lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Akhtankhanov takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ispa Perkele will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sultanbek Akhtankhanov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Perkele jabs Akhtankhanov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akhtankhanov is looking to score with low kicks.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Perkele lands a glancing blow to the side of Akhtankhanov's head.
Akhtankhanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perkele tried to counter with a leg kick but Akhtankhanov avoided it.
Perkele misses with the body kick
and Akhtankhanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akhtankhanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Akhtankhanov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Akhtankhanov duly obliges.
Akhtankhanov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Akhtankhanov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akhtankhanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perkele there as he acknowledges the shot.
Akhtankhanov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perkele.
Akhtankhanov takes one to the chin there.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov throws out a leg kick but Perkele moves out of range and Akhtankhanov only half commits.
Akhtankhanov throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Perkele works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov thumps Perkele with a low kick.
Perkele checks a low kick from Akhtankhanov.
An attempted straight right counter from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Ispa Perkele is winning the standup battle so far.
Perkele connects with a jab.
Perkele lands with an overhand left.
Akhtankhanov blocks a jab.
Akhtankhanov dodges the punch combination from Perkele.
A little jabbing left from Akhtankhanov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Akhtankhanov throws a leg kick but Perkele checks it.
Akhtankhanov throws a right hand that misses
and Perkele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkele scores with a push kick.
Akhtankhanov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perkele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Perkele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov misses with a looping right.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele jabs Akhtankhanov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Akhtankhanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perkele doesn't seem bothered though.
Perkele lunges at Akhtankhanov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Akhtankhanov's hand.
Akhtankhanov slips a straight right by Perkele.
Akhtankhanov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perkele misses with an attempted mid kick.
Akhtankhanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Akhtankhanov checks a leg kick.
Akhtankhanov connects with a body shot.
Perkele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akhtankhanov throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Akhtankhanov lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Akhtankhanov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Akhtankhanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Akhtankhanov has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele scores with a shot to the side of Akhtankhanov's head.

Akhtankhanov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Akhtankhanov throws a jab when Perkele was well out of range.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Akhtankhanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perkele moves out of range as Akhtankhanov strikes.
Akhtankhanov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice cross by Perkele.
Akhtankhanov looks to land a left hand but Perkele moved out of range nicely.
Perkele scores with a jab. Akhtankhanov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov loads up on a big right hand but Perkele slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkele throws a nice outside leg kick.
Perkele defending well as Akhtankhanov loads up on a big left hand.
Perkele swings for the body but Akhtankhanov moves out of range.
Perkele lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perkele throws a right and a left that both miss.
Akhtankhanov throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Akhtankhanov saw that one coming.
Akhtankhanov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Akhtankhanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Akhtankhanov sees coming a mile off.
Akhtankhanov misses the jab.
Perkele with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkele gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Akhtankhanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Akhtankhanov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Perkele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Akhtankhanov misses with a looping left.
A left lands for Perkele.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Perkele dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sultanbek Akhtankhanov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Perkele drives through and clinches with Akhtankhanov against the cage.

Akhtankhanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Akhtankhanov's head but Akhtankhanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Akhtankhanov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Akhtankhanov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Akhtankhanov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Akhtankhanov moves away from the strike by Perkele.
Akhtankhanov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov throws a chopping leg kick but Perkele manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Perkele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perkele scores with a jab to the head.
Akhtankhanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akhtankhanov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Akhtankhanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov lands a jab to the nose.
Donk. Akhtankhanov catches Perkele right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akhtankhanov misses with a left hand
and Perkele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele tries to score with a low kick but Akhtankhanov moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Akhtankhanov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Akhtankhanov. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Akhtankhanov throws a low kick but Perkele moves out of range easily.
Perkele connects with an inside leg kick.
Akhtankhanov stuns Perkele with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Akhtankhanov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Akhtankhanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele thuds a left hand into Akhtankhanov's body.
Akhtankhanov lands a glancing blow to the side of Perkele's head.
Perkele slips under a jab from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov cracks Perkele with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Perkele cracks Akhtankhanov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele scores with a decent looking hook.
Perkele looks to throw the jab but Akhtankhanov is out of range.
Akhtankhanov scores with a shot to the body.
Perkele throws a looping overhand right but Akhtankhanov ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele takes a jab right on the kisser.
A good leg kick by Akhtankhanov.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Akhtankhanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Akhtankhanov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Akhtankhanov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but Akhtankhanov slips the punch.
Akhtankhanov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Perkele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Akhtankhanov.
Jab, jab by Akhtankhanov - just one landing.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Akhtankhanov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Perkele - the referee stops the clock and Akhtankhanov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Perkele. Akhtankhanov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Akhtankhanov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkele finds it's way round the side to connect with Akhtankhanov's head.
Akhtankhanov is looking to slow Perkele down with leg kicks.
Perkele throws a wild body kick that Akhtankhanov sees coming a mile off.
Akhtankhanov thuds a left hand into Perkele's body.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Akhtankhanov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Akhtankhanov throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Perkele bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Akhtankhanov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a right hand
and Akhtankhanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele takes a swing at Akhtankhanov's ribcage but misses.
Akhtankhanov lands with an overhand left.
Akhtankhanov looks to throw the jab but Perkele is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Perkele. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Perkele misses.
A slow jab from Akhtankhanov misses its intended target.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Akhtankhanov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perkele tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Akhtankhanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice shot by Akhtankhanov.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
Akhtankhanov misses with a body shot.
Akhtankhanov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Akhtankhanov scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akhtankhanov swings widly with a right hand
and Perkele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice combination there by Akhtankhanov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Akhtankhanov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Perkele's head backwards.
A jab lands there for Perkele.
Akhtankhanov looks to throw the jab but Perkele is out of range.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
Akhtankhanov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Akhtankhanov.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Perkele connects with a single shot there.
Perkele takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Perkele does it's job there.
Akhtankhanov is still on wobbly legs! Can Perkele finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkele connects with a leg kick.
Akhtankhanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Akhtankhanov seems to have recovered his senses.
Perkele scores with a hook to the body. Akhtankhanov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Perkele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ispa Perkele.
Well Perkele 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Perkele!
Ispa Perkele managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Arcticus University: London, into his post fight interview.