PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pena Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Carlos Linhares
vs
Pulkkinen

171 cm
21
147 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

150 cm
22
158 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen misses with a two punch combination.
Linhares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pulkkinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Pulkkinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Linhares is out of range.
Linhares lunges at Pulkkinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pulkkinen's hand.
Linhares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Linhares keeps Pulkkinen at a distance using the push kick.
Linhares 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.
Linhares scores with a three punch combo!
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick.
Linhares's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pulkkinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Linhares scrambles back to his feet.
Pulkkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linhares moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Linhares there.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Pulkkinen scores with a four punch combination!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pulkkinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Linhares - the referee stops the clock and Pulkkinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Linhares. Pulkkinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares misses with an uppercut. Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
A low kick from Pulkkinen misses
and Linhares counters with a stiff right hand.
Linhares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linhares jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pulkkinen scores with a punch to the head.
Pulkkinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Linhares's sensitive parts.
Pulkkinen sizes up Linhares with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Linhares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking body kick.
Pulkkinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Linhares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pulkkinen duly obliges.
Pulkkinen looks to land a combination but Linhares avoids it well.
Linhares takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Linhares.
Linhares throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Linhares throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Linhares misses with a lunging right hand
and Pulkkinen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pulkkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Linhares takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pulkkinen jabs at Linhares's body.
Pulkkinen lands a nice hook to Linhares's body. Linhares takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Linhares wants to clinch
and Pulkkinen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Linhares is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Linhares is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen scores with a body shot.
Pulkkinen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Linhares rather than just go for the knockout.
Linhares has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pulkkinen.
A punch combination from Pulkkinen misses.
Linhares on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Linhares throws a body kick that misses.
Pulkkinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pulkkinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pulkkinen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Linhares in his tracks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pulkkinen.
Linhares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A shot to the liver by Linhares. Beautiful body shot.
Pulkkinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen tries to land a body kick
and Linhares counters with a left to the body.
Pulkkinen cracks the inside of Linhares's front leg.
Linhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulkkinen slips a straight right by Linhares.
Pulkkinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Linhares.
Linhares throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pulkkinen throws a nice looking combination but Linhares bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linhares misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Linhares looks to land a left hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range nicely.
Linhares is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pena Pulkkinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pulkkinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Linhares might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Pulkkinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Linhares's head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Linhares - that will leave a mark!
Linhares throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pulkkinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Linhares is able to avoid easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Linhares crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pulkkinen - the referee stops the clock and Linhares gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pulkkinen. Linhares manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pulkkinen loads up on a big right hand but Linhares slips the punch.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. Linhares looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pulkkinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Linhares.
Pulkkinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Linhares if he has to take too many more of those.
Pena Pulkkinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pulkkinen cracks Linhares with a right hand to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Linhares throws a series of punches but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Linhares is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares delivers a nice body kick.
Pulkkinen lands with a straight right. Linhares didn't see that one coming.
Oh Linhares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Pulkkinen.
Good leg kick by Pulkkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Linhares seems to have got his legs back now.
Pulkkinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Linhares takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pulkkinen throws a series of punches but Linhares moves out of range.
Pulkkinen lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen thows a body kick. Linhares tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pulkkinen connects with a right hand. Linhares shakes it off.
Linhares takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pulkkinen. That's going to slow Linhares down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Linhares lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pulkkinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pulkkinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pulkkinen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pulkkinen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pulkkinen.
Linhares throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pulkkinen misses with the combination.
Pulkkinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Linhares takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pulkkinen connects with a body shot.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Pulkkinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Pulkkinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Linhares takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pulkkinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Linhares circles away quickly and effectively.
Pulkkinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Linhares.
Pulkkinen misses with a wild combination.
Pulkkinen feints and then cracks Linhares's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Linhares down.
Pulkkinen misses with a right hand
and Linhares makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pulkkinen swings for the body but Linhares moves out of range.
Pulkkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulkkinen swings for the body but Linhares moves out of range.
Pulkkinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Linhares on the side of the head.
Pulkkinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Linhares.
Pulkkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pulkkinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Linhares under the eye.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the head.
Pulkkinen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Linhares to score with a decent uppercut.
Pulkkinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Linhares.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Linhares looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pulkkinen thumps Linhares with a low kick.
Pulkkinen throws the kick towards the body but Linhares avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pena Pulkkinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Pulkkinen.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pulkkinen lands with a right hand.
Linhares misses with an uppercut. Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Linhares doesn't manage to clinch there - Pulkkinen circles away.
Linhares thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pulkkinen if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice shot by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A cross from Pulkkinen lands.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. Linhares looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Linhares missing with a left hand there. Pulkkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Linhares.
Linhares looks for the body kick but Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Linhares takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen lands a nice shot that snaps Linhares's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pulkkinen lands a right hook to the body.
Pulkkinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Linhares momentarily.
Pulkkinen blocks a head kick by Linhares.
Pulkkinen throws a series of punches but Linhares avoids them all with ease.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pulkkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhares misses with a hook to the body
and Pulkkinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pulkkinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pulkkinen. That's going to slow Linhares down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Linhares strikes.
Linhares takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Linhares.
Luis Carlos Linhares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pulkkinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pulkkinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Linhares scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Linhares.
Pulkkinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Linhares throws a leg kick but Pulkkinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pulkkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Linhares jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Linhares makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab.
Linhares keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pulkkinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pulkkinen misses with a few strikes there.
Pulkkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pulkkinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Linhares throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Linhares takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Pulkkinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Linhares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pulkkinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Linhares counters with a three punch combo that has Pulkkinen backing up. Pulkkinen nods at Linhares to acknowledge the strikes.
Linhares misses with the body kick
and Pulkkinen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Linhares swings widly with a right hand
and Linhares takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Linhares moves in looking to clinch but Pulkkinen pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linhares just misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares tries to land a front kick but Pulkkinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A good leg kick by Pulkkinen.
Linhares goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulkkinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Linhares should have avoided that one.
Linhares takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pulkkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Linhares was well out of range. Poor timing from Pulkkinen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pena Pulkkinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pulkkinen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pena Pulkkinen!
A victorious Pena Pulkkinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.