PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Perkalla (ranked 2009 p4p, 3654 weight class) and Photon Muller (ranked 170 p4p, 291 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Perkalla
vs
Muller

170 cm
20
149
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
150
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pekka Perkalla!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Photon Muller!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller misses with a jab, cross combination.

Perkalla closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Muller to the mat! Muller manages to get full guard.

Muller wriggles free and stands up.
Muller swinging wildly here.
Muller throws a combination that misses

and Perkalla counters with a single leg into guard. Muller didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perkalla prevents Muller from getting back to his feet.
Perkalla content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Muller wants to stand but Perkalla is controlling the position.
Perkalla connects with a couple of short punches.
Perkalla controls from within his opponent's guard.
Perkalla cracks Muller with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkalla prevents Muller from getting back to his feet.
Perkalla with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Perkalla stays in close to Muller's body and controls the position.
Perkalla won't allow Muller to get back to his feet.
Perkalla controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perkalla postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Perkalla stays in close to Muller's body and controls the position.
Perkalla has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Perkalla postures up and lands a big shot to Muller's brow.
Perkalla throws a big right hand that misses.
Perkalla slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Perkalla landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Perkalla's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Perkalla postures up and lands a big shot to Muller's brow.
Perkalla landing some decent shots from guard.
Perkalla landing with the ground and pound.
Perkalla content to stall in guard here.
Perkalla is in close to Muller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkalla lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Perkalla controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Perkalla stands up over Muller, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Perkalla sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Perkalla dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Muller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perkalla moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decent striking displayed by Perkalla there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Perkalla.
Muller is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
We've been hearing that Perkalla has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller is trying to buck Perkalla off.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Muller can do anything to dispel that myth.
Muller takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Muller wants to get back to his feet but Perkalla is dominant here and he's now got Muller's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkalla has Muller flattened out and is raining down punches.
Perkalla has good solid back control here.
Muller really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Perkalla. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Muller is trying to stand back up.
Perkalla is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Muller is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee is taking a good look at Muller as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Perkalla!

Muller manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.

Perkalla gets a double leg takedown into Muller's guard.
Muller wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Perkalla manages to pass to side control.
Perkalla controlling the pace.
Perkalla prevents Muller from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Perkalla lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkalla looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Muller with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pekka Perkalla overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perkalla takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Perkalla performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Perkalla looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Perkalla with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Perkalla takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perkalla lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Perkalla working over Muller with some ground and pound. Muller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkalla looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Muller with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Perkalla looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Muller with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Perkalla trying to control the pace.
Muller is trying to escape back to his feet but Perkalla uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Perkalla just content to control the position.
Perkalla prevents Muller from escaping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Perkalla dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Perkalla looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Muller!
Perkalla cracks Muller with a big elbow.
Muller bucks up and tries to throw Perkalla off but instead Perkalla has got his back!
Muller covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Perkalla biding his time, looking for the opening.
Muller is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Perkalla off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Perkalla lands strikes to the head.
Perkalla cracks Muller with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Muller from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Perkalla is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muller can do to turn this around?
Oooh a big shot gets through from Perkalla. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muller is trying to get back to his feet but Perkalla has full control of the position and if anything, Muller has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkalla lands a shot to the head.
Muller is trying to get back to his feet but Perkalla has full control of the position and if anything, Muller has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Perkalla is landing with strikes. Muller can't take much more of this.
Perkalla scores with strikes from the back.

Muller is rocked!
Perkalla is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Muller. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Muller is still in real trouble! Can Perkalla finish him?
Perkalla is raining down hard shots and and Muller has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pekka Perkalla!
Pekka Perkalla retains his featherweight title!