PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Butane (ranked 1590 p4p, 174 weight class) and Albert Pulkkinen (ranked 2319 p4p, 226 weight class). Butane's entrance music is Genesis. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Butane
vs
Pulkkinen

197 cm
34
255 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

209 cm
31
235 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hulk Butane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Hemmingworth and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butane needs to keep his hands up - Pulkkinen had a free shot at his head there.
Butane throws a body shot but no joy.
Pulkkinen dodges the punch combination from Butane.
Pulkkinen replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Butane blocks it well.
Butane throws a body shot but no joy.
Butane motions for Pulkkinen to come forward. Butane throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pulkkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pulkkinen misses with a double jab.
Butane avoids the body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pulkkinen fakes the leg kick and cracks Butane in the body.
Pulkkinen works Butane's body with a nice hook.
Butane throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Butane tries to land a body kick
and Pulkkinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Butane misses with a hook
and Butane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hulk Butane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pulkkinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pulkkinen throws a lazy right hand but Butane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Butane loads up on a big right hand but Pulkkinen slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a leg kick but Butane sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pulkkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pulkkinen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Butane misses with an uppercut
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Butane lands with a good body shot.
Pulkkinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pulkkinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pulkkinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pulkkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick, looking for Butane's leg but Butane calmly moves out of range.
Butane throws a body kick that misses
and Pulkkinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Pulkkinen misses.
Butane is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pulkkinen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A low kick from Butane is predictable there
and Pulkkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen misses with a leg kick.
Pulkkinen blocks a leg kick.
Butane throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Butane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pulkkinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pulkkinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Butane wants to land a leg kick but Pulkkinen is out of range.
Butane bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Pulkkinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Butane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pulkkinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Butane slips under a jab from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen feints and then cracks Butane's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Butane down.
Pulkkinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pulkkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pulkkinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Butane.
Pulkkinen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with a head kick.
Butane throwing a counter right hand but Pulkkinen manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Butane there.
Pulkkinen thumps Butane with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Butane as he connects with a hook.
Pulkkinen misses with a double jab.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut. Butane saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Butane.
Butane on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Pulkkinen lands a left and a right that send Butane crashing to the mat, dazed. Pulkkinen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulkkinen lands with a right hand.

Butane is rocked!
Pulkkinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Albert Pulkkinen has been cut.
A big left from Butane misses.
Pulkkinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Butane had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Butane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Butane.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pulkkinen sends Butane crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Pulkkinen is motioning to the referee to let Butane up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Butane is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Butane throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pulkkinen counters with a thumping low kick.
A good leg kick by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Butane is breathing heavily.
Pulkkinen is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Butane flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Butane is out cold! Pulkkinen holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Albert Pulkkinen!
Albert Pulkkinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.