PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markie Perez (ranked 2886 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Juarez (ranked 3673 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez's entrance music is Will You Ever Learn by Typecast. A fine choice. Markie Perez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Perez
vs
Juarez

208 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Markie Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bert Juarez!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perez cracks Juarez with an open hand slap.
Juarez tries to clinch there but Perez circles away.
Bert Juarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juarez moves in looking to clinch but Perez pushes him off.
Perez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Juarez is looking to clinch but Perez is avoiding it.
Perez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Perez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Perez has Juarez up against the cage in a clinch.

Perez decides to pull guard.

Perez is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Juarez has his hands clasped together but Perez extends and breaks Juarez's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Perez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Markie Perez!
Our winner, Markie 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.