PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton has chosen Voices by Rev Theory as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Randy Orton enters the cage!

Pukki
vs
Orton

170 cm
20
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Orton!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pukki walks forward, straight into a front kick from Orton.
Orton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Orton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pukki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pukki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pukki misses with a series of wild punches.
Orton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Orton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pukki throws a left and a right that both miss

and Orton counters by moving into the clinch.
Orton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pukki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Orton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Orton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pukki's elbow.
Pukki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orton lands a knee to the body.

Pukki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pukki misses with a jab to the body
and Orton counters with a straight right hand.
Pukki throws a shot from downtown. Orton moves away and avoids it.
Orton tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Orton rushes Pukki and presses him up against the cage.
Orton lands a nice shot to the body.
Orton keeps control of Pukki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Pukki manages to break the clinch.
Pukki swings for the body but Orton moves out of range.
Orton keeps the fight on the outside.
Orton darts in trying to clinch
and Pukki counters with a left to the body.
Orton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pukki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Orton tries to clinch up but Pukki circles away and keeps his distance.
Pukki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pukki misses with a hook to the body
and Orton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Orton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A combination from Pukki does no damage.
A jab from Pukki misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton fails to land with a series of punches.
Orton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pukki finds it's way round the side to connect with Orton's head.
Pukki swats away the attempt to clinch by Orton.
A lazy left from Pukki finds it's target.
Orton moves out of range of the strikes.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Orton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Orton moves away from the strike by Pukki.
Pukki thows a body shot but no joy.
Orton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pukki.
Pukki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orton drops his hands momentarily and Pukki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orton moves away.
Pukki cracks the inside of Orton's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Orton's hands.
Orton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pukki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orton manages to avoid it.
A shot to de liver by Pukki. Beautiful body shot.
Pukki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pukki.
Pukki lands a jab to the head.
Pukki misses with a body shot.
Pukki misses with a takedown attempt - Orton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pukki tries a low kick but Orton avoids it.
Pukki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pukki thows a body shot but no joy.

Pukki has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orton missing with knees to the body.
Pukki missing with knees to the body.
Pukki is looking to break free of the clinch but Orton has double underhooks.

Pukki manages to break the clinch.
Pukki throws a looping overhand right but Orton ducks down to avoid it.
Pukki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orton was well out of range. Poor timing from Pukki.
Pukki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pukki misses with a double jab
and Orton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pukki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Orton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Orton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orton slips a jab from Pukki.
Orton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pukki swats away the attempt to clinch by Orton.
Raimo Pukki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pukki swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Pukki scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Pukki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Orton misses the shot to the body.
Orton is looking to clinch but Pukki is avoiding it.
Pukki thows a body shot but no joy.
Pukki misses with a body shot.
Orton is looking to clinch.
Pukki lands a nice looking body shot.
Pukki tries to work over Orton's front leg with a kick but Orton checks it.
Orton looks to score with a jab to the body but Pukki is just out of range.
A cross from Pukki lands.
Pukki throws a shot to the body.
Orton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pukki thows a body shot but no joy.
Pukki keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Orton.

Orton takes the fight into the clinch.
Orton is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton throws an elbow that misses.
Pukki is trying to break the clinch but Orton has him pressed against the cage.
Orton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pukki is trying to break free.
Orton tries to throw a body punch but Pukki avoids it by throwing Orton back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Orton throws an elbow but misses.

Pukki lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Pukki is nestled in close to Orton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pukki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Orton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pukki.
Orton is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pukki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pukki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pukki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pukki 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki passes the guard and advances to mount!

Pukki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Pukki looking to ground and pound but Orton is blocking nicely.
Orton sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pukki connects with a nice short shot to Orton's temple.
Orton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pukki thows a huge punch but Orton dodges it nicely.
Pukki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pukki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pukki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Orton tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Pukki is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Orton has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Orton!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pukki looking for a sweep. Not yet Pukki, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki wants to hit a switch here but Orton passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Pukki there!
Pukki manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Orton moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Pukki dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pukki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Orton in his tracks.
Pukki tries to score with a low kick but Orton moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body punch from Pukki.
Pukki paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Orton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orton just misses with a punch to the body.
Orton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orton throws a jab but it's blocked by Pukki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pukki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pukki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orton was well out of range. Poor timing from Pukki.
Orton misses with a wild body shot.
Orton looks to land a combination but Pukki avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Pukki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pukki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki avoids a kick to the body.
Orton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orton just misses with a punch to the body.
Randy Orton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pukki lands a really nice looking cross but Orton seems unphased.
Pukki is looking to wear down Orton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pukki scores with a shot to the body.

Pukki rushes Orton and presses him up against the cage.
Pukki works on Orton's body with a couple of short punches.
Orton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Pukki.
Pukki lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pukki.

Pukki manages to break the clinch.
Pukki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Orton swivels and escapes.
Pukki fails with the takedown.
Pukki swings for the body but Orton moves out of range.

Pukki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Orton lands an elbow inside that Pukki shrugs off.
Pukki tries to break the clinch but Orton is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pukki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton presses Pukki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pukki tries to break the clinch but Orton is controlling the position.
Pukki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Orton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raimo Pukki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pukki is trying to break free.
Orton misses with a knee strike.

Pukki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pukki throws out a loose jab but Orton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orton moves away from the strike by Pukki.
Pukki misses with a shot to the body

and Orton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Orton.
Orton trying to land knees to the body.
Pukki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orton prevents Pukki from breaking the clinch.
A hook to the body from Orton.
Pukki lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Pukki.
Orton is leaning against Pukki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Orton missing with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Pukki.

Pukki has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Orton clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pukki struggling to land strikes to the head as Orton covers up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pukki seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Orton's chin but Orton turns very nicely into Pukki's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Orton.
Orton wants to pass the guard but Pukki is keeping the position.
Pukki wants to sweep but no luck.
Pukki working a defensive guard here.
Pukki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orton is one step ahead there.
Orton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pukki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pukki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Pukki goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Orton turns into him and now he's in Pukki's guard.
Pukki working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Pukki clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Orton defending well as Pukki loads up on a big left hand.
Pukki takes one on the button.
Pukki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Orton.
Pukki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pukki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Orton counters with a stiff right hand.
Pukki scores with a hook to the body. Orton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Orton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pukki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orton jabs Pukki right on the nose. Pukki blinks but takes it well.
Pukki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Raimo Pukki is winning the standup battle so far.
Orton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pukki fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orton moves away.
Orton tries to clinch
and Pukki counters with a left to the body.
Pukki just misses with a punch to the body.
Pukki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Pukki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Orton sprawls well initially but Pukki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pukki works his way into full mount!
Orton tries to lock up and control but Pukki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Orton avoids a strike by Pukki and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Pukki's guard! Fantastic escape!

Pukki is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Orton rolls with it to try and escape but Pukki cranks on the arm and Orton is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raimo Pukki!
Raimo Pukki retains his bantamweight title!