PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Perez (ranked 309 p4p, 43 weight class) and Thiago Thiago (ranked 261 p4p, 39 weight class). Thiago Thiago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perez
vs
Thiago

196 cm
27
215 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

193 cm
28
215 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
KOMBAT KLOTHING

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enzo Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thiago takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Thiago lands a nice looking kick to the body. Perez takes a step back to recover.
Perez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A big left from Perez misses.
Thiago tried to score with a low kick but Perez checks it.
Thiago keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Enzo Perez has been cut.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thiago.
Thiago throws out a leg kick but Perez moves out of range and Thiago only half commits.

Thiago cracks Perez with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thiago has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Perez to stand back up!

Perez is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thiago swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thiago is looking to score with low kicks.
Thiago dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perez. That did some damage!
Thiago Thiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thiago fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oh Perez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago throws a poor cross that misses
and Thiago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perez seems to have got his legs back now.
Thiago blocks a low kick nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perez.
Thiago drops his hands momentarily and Perez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Thiago cracks Perez with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thiago has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Perez to stand back up!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez is looking to land body kicks.
Perez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thiago takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thiago's sensitive parts.
Perez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thiago.
Perez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thiago throws a hook but Perez avoids it easily.
Perez throws a looping overhand right but Thiago ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Perez blocks the leg kick.
Thiago throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Perez counters with a left and a right that stings Thiago.
Nice cross by Perez.
Nice uppercut there from Thiago.
Perez scores with a nice head shot.
Thiago looks to land a body kick but Perez moved away.
Thiago throws out a leg kick but Perez moves out of range and Thiago only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from Perez misses the target.
Perez looks for the body kick but Thiago saw that one coming.
Thiago misses with a left hand
and Perez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thiago misses with a lunging right hand
and Perez counters with a straight right hand.
Thiago connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Perez slips under a jab.
Thiago walks into a left hand.
Perez throws a low kick but Thiago moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago blocks the body kick.
Thiago misses with a left hand
and Perez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thiago fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perez.
Perez avoids a kick to the body.
Thiago looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thiago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perez misses with a looping right.
Thiago misses with a leg kick
and Perez counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Thiago! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Perez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enzo Perez!
During a confident post fight interview, Enzo Perez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.