PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Bring Da Ruckus. A fine choice. Renato Gracie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Raimo Pukki's chin.

Gracie
vs
Pukki

170 cm
33
142 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

170 cm
29
146 lbs
25 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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5th Round Clothing

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 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pukki scores with a hook.
Pukki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie throws a right hand that Pukki ducks under and follows up with a left that Pukki also avoids with ease.
Pukki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Pukki lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie swings for the body but Pukki moves out of range.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pukki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Pukki.
Gracie thows a leg kick but Pukki checks it
and Pukki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pukki.
A slow jab from Pukki misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Pukki.
Pukki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Pukki slips under a jab.
Pukki lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Pukki connects with a body shot.
Pukki lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki slips under a jab from Gracie.
Pukki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pukki missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie slips a jab from Pukki.
Pukki scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pukki.
Pukki throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Pukki counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pukki walks into a straight right hand from Gracie.
Pukki staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Pukki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gracie can pounce on him.
Pukki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Pukki avoids it well.
Pukki lands a jab.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Pukki moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Pukki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pukki lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Pukki.
A punch lands to the side of Pukki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Pukki misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie stalks Pukki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pukki's face. Pukki staggers backwards, shaken.

Pukki is rocked!

It looks like Raimo Pukki has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Pukki drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Gracie swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Pukki's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.