PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Petri Pakkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Kulmala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pakkanen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Loost Koos - Pakkasta. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Pakkanen
vs
Kulmala

174 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

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Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petri Pakkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarkko Kulmala!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulmala is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pakkanen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kulmala has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kulmala misses with a knee to the head.
Kulmala is trying to stall.
Pakkanen letting Kulmala take a breather here.
Kulmala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Kulmala.

Pakkanen is trying to trip Kulmala. He has hold of a leg but Kulmala is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Pakkanen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Pakkanen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pakkanen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pakkanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pakkanen looking to sit in guard and control but Kulmala gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakkanen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kulmala!
Pakkanen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Pakkanen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Kulmala has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Kulmala!
Pakkanen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pakkanen has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Kulmala doesn't defend quickly enough and Pakkanen has managed to lock this one up! Can Kulmala escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Pakkanen on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Petri Pakkanen!