PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Bukovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atte Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukovsky comes to the cage accompanied by Donatan, Petez, Gural, Pih - Budź się. Peltola has chosen Biggest & The Best as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bukovsky
vs
Peltola

187 cm
23
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
198 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Bukovsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atte Peltola!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peltola takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Atte Peltola has been cut.
Bukovsky throws a lazy uppercut

and Peltola counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bukovsky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bukovsky scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peltola tries to throw a body punch but Bukovsky avoids it by throwing Peltola back against the cage.
Bukovsky tries for a takedown. No joy.
Peltola is trying to maintain a safe position but Bukovsky gets an underhook and turns Peltola into the cage.
Bukovsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bukovsky letting Peltola take a breather here.
Bukovsky tries to break the clinch but Peltola is controlling the position.
Bukovsky is pushing Peltola up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Peltola scores with a nice hook to the head.

Bukovsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Bukovsky lands a nice shot that snaps Peltola's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bukovsky.
Bukovsky misses with a hook. Peltola ducked under it nicely.
Bukovsky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Peltola cracks Bukovsky with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big left from Peltola misses.
Bukovsky lands with a slapping head kick.
Peltola misses the shot to the body.
Bukovsky pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Bukovsky misses its intended target.
Peltola dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bukovsky with a hook.
Peltola swings for the body but Bukovsky moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukovsky rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Peltola counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Peltola.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bukovsky not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bukovsky wants to sweep but no luck.
Bukovsky bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peltola's guard.
Peltola controlling Bukovsky's posture.
Bukovsky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bukovsky throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peltola lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bukovsky!
Peltola looking to control but Bukovsky is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bukovsky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltola punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bukovsky is desperately trying to improve his position but Peltola has a good base and remains in mount.

Peltola looking for a guillotine from mount but Bukovsky is having none of it.
Bukovsky tries to hold on but Peltola pushes him away.
Peltola cracks Bukovsky with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bukovsky is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Peltola with the ground and pound from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peltola postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Bukovsky is out cold - huge knockout for Peltola!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Atte Peltola!
After winning the bout, Atte Peltola thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.