PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Drederic Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatum comes to the cage accompanied by Corrosion of Conformity - Vote with a bullet. Raimo Pukki has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Drederic Tatum's chin.

Tatum
vs
Pukki

175 cm
27
142 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

170 cm
29
146 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drederic Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum is looking to clinch.
Tatum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pukki.
Tatum keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tatum swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pukki counters with a straight right hand.
Tatum takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tatum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tatum misses with a straight right.
Tatum takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pukki, as that shot connected.
Pukki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tatum in his tracks.
Pukki throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pukki counters with an outside leg kick.
Pukki throws out a powerful jab.

Tatum is rocked!
Pukki loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
Oh Tatum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tatum throws a big shot that misses.
Pukki misses with an uppercut.
Pukki throws out a loose jab but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raimo Pukki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pukki misses with a looping left.
Pukki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tatum slips a straight right by Pukki.
Pukki misses with a looping right.
Pukki loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
Pukki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum slips under a jab.
Raimo Pukki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tatum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pukki.
Tatum moves out of range as Pukki strikes.
Tatum jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pukki.
Pukki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tatum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pukki.
Pukki looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Tatum slips a jab from Pukki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatum bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tatum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pukki.
Pukki throws a shot from downtown. Tatum moves away and avoids it.
Pukki looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Pukki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tatum.
Pukki looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Pukki.
Pukki misses with a straight right.
Tatum slips a straight right by Pukki.
Tatum ducks under a wild hook from Pukki.
Tatum steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pukki.
Pukki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pukki throws an overhand right that lands on Tatum's shoulder, as Tatum tries to avoid the shot.
Pukki misses with a straight left.
Tatum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pukki throws a jab but it's blocked by Tatum.
Pukki misses with a looping left.
Tatum seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws out a loose jab but Pukki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pukki lands a nice hook to Tatum's body. Tatum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tatum takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tatum looks to land a left hand but Pukki moved out of range nicely.
Tatum tries to clinch up but Pukki circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Tatum. That snapped Pukki's head back.
Pukki scores with a nice head shot.
Tatum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pukki throws a poor cross that misses
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tatum to score with a decent uppercut.
A big left from Pukki misses.
Pukki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pukki stuns Tatum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Tatum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tatum misses with a body shot.
Tatum on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pukki looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatum is just out of range.
Pukki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki lands with a shot to the body.
Tatum closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tatum on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tatum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tatum tries to move into range but Pukki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tatum closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pukki counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatum swings widly with a right hand
and Pukki scores with a counter punch that sends Tatum to the canvas! Pukki smells blood - he's punishing Tatum with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Tatum has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimo Pukki!
After winning the bout, Raimo Pukki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.