PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kullervo Pelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firco Nowack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pelli's entrance music is Juha Vainio - Nakkila. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Pelli
vs
Nowack

193 cm
25
266 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

196 cm
31
240 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kullervo Pelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Firco Nowack!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowack tries to clinch but Pelli moves out of range.
Pelli moves out of range of the body kick from Nowack.
Pelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pelli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nowack takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nowack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nowack was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelli.
Nowack misses with a hook.
Pelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowack.

Nowack drives through and clinches with Pelli against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Pelli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pelli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nowack counters with a leg kick.
Pelli stalks Nowack and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nowack's face. Nowack staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nowack avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nowack misses with a hook.
Nowack is looking to clinch.
Pelli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nowack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A bone on bone clash there as Nowack blocks the leg kick.
Nowack pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nowack feints and then cracks Pelli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pelli down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nowack. That's going to slow Pelli down.
Pelli misses with a wild body shot.
Pelli fails to land with a series of punches.

Nowack moves into the clinch successfully.
Nowack with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelli wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nowack has him pressed against the cage.

Pelli manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelli connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pelli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pelli swings for the body but Nowack moves out of range.
Pelli moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nowack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pelli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelli missing with a left hand there. Nowack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nowack lands a jab to the nose.
Pelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pelli misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pelli is breathing heavily.
Nowack with a nice cross.
Pelli misses with the combination.
Nowack lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pelli's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Nowack.
Pelli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nowack.
Good leg kick by Nowack there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nowack lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pelli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nowack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pelli with a hook.
Nowack throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pelli lands an overhand right.
Pelli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nowack, as that shot connected.
Pelli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nowack tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowack throws a head kick that misses.
Nowack gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A leg kick checked by Nowack.
Nice uppercut lands for Pelli. That snapped Nowack's head back.
Nowack on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pelli. Pelli obviously looking to wear him down.
Nowack misses the shot to the body.
Pelli checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowack feints and then cracks Pelli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pelli down.
Pelli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nowack was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelli.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kullervo Pelli will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A jab from Pelli misses.
No joy there for Pelli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nowack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pelli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pelli throws a series of punches but Nowack moves out of range.
Pelli misses with a body shot
and Nowack counters with a nice body kick.
A head kick by Nowack misses
and Pelli counters with a left and a right that stings Nowack.
Nowack misses with a head kick.
Pelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nowack.
Nowack throws a series of strikes that have Pelli backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left and a right from Pelli both land. Nice combination.
Nowack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelli.

Nowack moves into range and clinches up with Pelli.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pelli lands an uppercut.
Pelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pelli wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nowack working Pelli over with knees to the body.
Nowack crunches a lovely knee into Pelli's ribcage.
Pelli avoiding damage as Nowack throws knees to the body.
Pelli being controlled against the cage.
Nowack tries a knee to the head but Pelli blocks it.
Nowack leaning against his opponent.
Nowack working Pelli over with knees to the body.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelli avoids the damage to the body.
Pelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowack taking a breather.
Nowack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelli.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Nowack. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
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!
Pelli can't break the clinch.
Nowack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nowack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelli is trying to force a seperation but Nowack has the dominant position.
Pelli is trying to break the clinch but Nowack has him pressed against the cage.
Nowack can't find room to land a body shot as Pelli controls the action.
Pelli scores with a shoulder strike.
Pelli lands with a left to the head.
Nowack tries to stall but Pelli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pelli tries to circle away but Nowack has him pinned against the cage.
Nowack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowack is pushing Pelli up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pelli is trying to break the clinch but Nowack is controlling him.
Pelli takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nowack lands a good knee to the midsection. Pelli won't want to take too many of those.
Firco Nowack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nowack landing knees to the head.
Nowack lands an uppercut.
Nowack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowack landing knees to the head.
Nowack scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nowack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nowack.
Nowack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pelli slowing the pace effectively.
Nowack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowack tries a body shot but Pelli blocks it.
Nowack stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nowack lands a body punch.
Pelli working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pelli.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nowack.
Nowack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelli avoids it.
Nowack lands a nice shot to the body.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelli avoids the damage to the body.
Nowack lands a nice knee to the body.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelli avoids the damage to the body.
Pelli working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelli managing to block the knees to the body from Nowack.
A body shot lands from Nowack.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowack obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nowack.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Firco Nowack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nowack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kullervo Pelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelli with a nice cross.

Nowack pushes Pelli up against the cage in a clinch.
Nowack lands a good knee to the midsection. Pelli won't want to take too many of those.
Nowack landing knees to the body.
Nowack lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pelli avoiding damage as Nowack throws knees to the body.
Pelli looking to stall.
Nowack lands a body shot.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelli avoids it.
Nowack lands a nice knee to the body.
Nowack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nowack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelli.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nowack controlling the action here for a moment.
Pelli avoiding damage as Nowack throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pelli is trying to force a seperation but Nowack has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowack obliges.
Nowack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelli in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nowack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelli.
Pelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pelli tries to land a knee to the head but Nowack blocks with his arms.
Nowack holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pelli's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelli can't break the clinch.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelli avoids the damage to the body.
Nowack scores a nice knee to the body.
Pelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pelli is trying to force a seperation but Nowack has the dominant position.
Pelli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nowack wants to stall.
Pelli misses with a short punch on the inside.

Pelli breaks from the clinch.
Pelli throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nowack counters with a stiff right hand.
Nowack smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That kick from Nowack tenderised Pelli's leg. Pelli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pelli misses with a wild combination.
That kick from Nowack tenderised Pelli's leg. Pelli is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pelli gets tackled into the cage by Nowack. Nowack maintains the clinch.
Pelli has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nowack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pelli up against the cage.
Pelli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nowack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Kullervo Pelli has been cut.
Nowack wants to stall.
Nowack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nowack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pelli backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowack working Pelli over with knees to the body.
Nowack lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pelli.
Nowack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelli.
Nowack has Pelli pressed against the cage, preventing Pelli from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pelli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nowack crunches a lovely knee into Pelli's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack crunches a lovely knee into Pelli's ribcage.
Nowack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nowack stalling in the clinch.
Nowack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelli's efforts to push away.
Pelli wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nowack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelli.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowack obliges.
Pelli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowack working Pelli over with knees to the body.

Pelli manages to break the clinch.
Nowack doesn't manage to clinch there - Pelli circles away.

Nowack closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Firco Nowack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nowack has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Firco Nowack!
A very excited looking Firco Nowack rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.