PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Kardinal Offishall- Bang bang. Brandon Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davis
vs
Pulkkinen

170 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brandon Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pulkkinen closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the cage.
Pulkkinen trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pulkkinen into the cage.
Pulkkinen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen prevents the takedown attempt.

Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.

Pulkkinen pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.

Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis throws a series of punches but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Pulkkinen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulkkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pulkkinen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
Pulkkinen lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Brandon Davis has been cut.
Davis wants a takedown but no success here.
Pulkkinen prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Pulkkinen.

Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Pulkkinen looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pulkkinen forces Davis back against the cage and clinches.
Pulkkinen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pulkkinen lands with a nice combination. Davis backs away looking to recover.

Pulkkinen pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis tries to circle away but Pulkkinen has him pinned against the cage.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Pulkkinen throws an elbow but it misses.
Pulkkinen has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Pulkkinen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen pushes off an throws an elbow but Davis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Davis can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Pulkkinen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pulkkinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Davis gets an underhook and turns Pulkkinen into the cage.

Pulkkinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.

Pulkkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pulkkinen lands a nice elbow.
Davis avoids a wild elbow strike from Pulkkinen.
Davis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pulkkinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from Pulkkinen.
Davis blocks an elbow strike.
Davis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Davis misses with an elbow strike.
Pulkkinen misses with an elbow over the top.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow inside that Davis shrugs off.
Pulkkinen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow that stopped Davis in his tracks for a moment.
Pulkkinen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.

Brandon Davis's cut is getting worse.
Pulkkinen prevents the takedown attempt.
Pulkkinen lands a damaging elbow.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Pulkkinen improves position.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pulkkinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Pulkkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.

Pulkkinen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pulkkinen throws an elbow but misses.
Davis tries to break free but Pulkkinen pushes him back against the cage.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Pulkkinen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Pulkkinen throws an elbow but it misses.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.

Brandon Davis's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Davis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Davis prevents Pulkkinen from standing back up.
Davis throwing shots but Pulkkinen is blocking nicely.
Davis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Pulkkinen kicks off Davis and gets to his feet.
Pulkkinen throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with a series of strikes. Pulkkinen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Some wild striking there from Pulkkinen.
Davis misses with the combination.
Pulkkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up.
Pulkkinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pulkkinen stalks Davis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Davis's face. Davis staggers backwards, shaken.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pulkkinen darts in trying to clinch
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis tries to bum rush Pulkkinen with a series of wild strikes but Pulkkinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Pulkkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Davis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pulkkinen.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Pulkkinen dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Pulkkinen misses with a double jab.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up.
Pulkkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pulkkinen slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brandon Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis misses with a double jab

and Pulkkinen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pulkkinen.
Davis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pulkkinen smiles and moves away.
Pulkkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Pulkkinen counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with an elbow strike.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Pulkkinen pushes off an throws an elbow but Davis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pulkkinen throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Pulkkinen.
Davis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pulkkinen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pulkkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Davis.

Pulkkinen moves into the clinch successfully.

Pulkkinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis throws a right hand that Pulkkinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pulkkinen also avoids with ease.
Pulkkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pulkkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Pulkkinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pulkkinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.

Pulkkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Pulkkinen keeps him there for the moment.
Davis is stalling here.
Pulkkinen trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pulkkinen into the cage.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Pulkkinen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow inside.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Pulkkinen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Pulkkinen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pulkkinen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Davis up against the cage.
Pulkkinen lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Pulkkinen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Brandon Davis's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Pulkkinen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pulkkinen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brandon Davis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Stefan Pulkkinen!