PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kunnollinen Tullimies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hercules Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunnollinen Tullimies could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hercules Henderson's chin.

Tullimies
vs
Henderson

188 cm
22
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

South Side Swagger

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kunnollinen Tullimies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hercules Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tullimies keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tullimies looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Tullimies misses.
Henderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tullimies thows a body shot but no joy.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Tullimies.

Tullimies shoots in and bounces Henderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Henderson kicks Tullimies off and gets to his feet.
Tullimies rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tullimies punishes Henderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Henderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tullimies fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tullimies's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henderson.
Tullimies is breathing heavily.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tullimies.

Tullimies closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tullimies working over Henderson with some ground and pound. Henderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henderson is trying to stand.
Tullimies not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tullimies looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henderson is looking to escape.
Tullimies throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tullimies performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Henderson is trying to stand back up but Tullimies is controlling him
Tullimies stalling.
Tullimies tries to pass to full mount but Henderson defends it.
Tullimies is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tullimies is looking to advance position but Henderson won't allow it.
Tullimies is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Henderson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tullimies putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tullimies landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tullimies with a couple of short strikes.
Tullimies really is a fat lump.
Henderson is squirming around, avoiding Tullimies's attempts to control the action.
Tullimies with good strikes from the mount here!
Tullimies pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Henderson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tullimies lands a big shot there that rocks Henderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henderson is still in real trouble! Can Tullimies finish him?
Tullimies with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Tullimies.
Tullimies lands a heavy elbow.
Tullimies content just to control the position here.
Tullimies scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tullimies cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tullimies landing punches.
Tullimies working Henderson over with strikes here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tullimies is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Henderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tullimies in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Tullimies connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tullimies has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henderson's face.
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tullimies raining down shots from the mount!
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Tullimies lands a big shot there that rocks Henderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tullimies 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.
Henderson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Tullimies putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tullimies with a couple of short strikes.
Tullimies is landing with some decent strikes but Henderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Henderson taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Tullimies connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tullimies with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tullimies unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tullimies punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
You get the feeling that Henderson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tullimies working the ground and pound effectively.
Henderson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Henderson bucks up and throws Tullimies to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tullimies.
Tullimies tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Henderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Tullimies feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Henderson keeping full guard, as Tullimies tries to pass.
Tullimies connects with a couple of short punches.
Tullimies advances position into side control!
Tullimies wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tullimies lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Henderson down.
Tullimies tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kunnollinen Tullimies dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tullimies slow jab from Henderson misses its intended target.

Tullimies shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Henderson's guard.
Tullimies with a nice head shot there.
Henderson wants to stand up but Tullimies is controlling him.
Tullimies postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tullimies trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tullimies's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Tullimies working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Tullimies with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kunnollinen Tullimies overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tullimies forces his way into half guard.
Tullimies perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tullimies working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is trying to stand back up but Tullimies is controlling him

Henderson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Tullimies shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense.
Tullimies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Tullimies steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
A low kick from Tullimies is predictable there
and Henderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Henderson swinging wilding here.
Tullimies throws an off balance right hand
and Henderson counters with a one-two to the body.
Tullimies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henderson.
Tullimies throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tullimies throws an overhand right that has Henderson reeling! Tullimies follows up with a more punches and Henderson is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kunnollinen Tullimies!