PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Romuald Koscirupski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artho Pekkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Koscirupski
vs
Pekkanen

175 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Romuald Koscirupski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artho Pekkanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pekkanen moves out of range as Koscirupski strikes.
A swing and a miss from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski lands an overhand right.
Koscirupski misses with a series of wild punches.
Pekkanen moves out of range as Koscirupski strikes.
Koscirupski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pekkanen manages to avoid it.
Jab from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski lands a jab to the nose.
Pekkanen with a poor takedown
letting Koscirupski counter with a right hand.
Pekkanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koscirupski.
Koscirupski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscirupski connects with a jab.
Romuald Koscirupski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pekkanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Koscirupski misses.
Pekkanen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koscirupski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pekkanen scrambles back to his feet.
Koscirupski throws a hook to the side of Pekkanen's head but Pekkanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pekkanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski throws a jab when Pekkanen was well out of range.
Koscirupski misses with a straight left.
Koscirupski misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pekkanen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
A swing and a miss from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koscirupski just misses with a punch to the body.
Koscirupski throws out a loose jab but Pekkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koscirupski throws a looping overhand right but Pekkanen ducks down to avoid it.
Pekkanen ducks under a wild hook from Koscirupski.
Nice defenses there by Pekkanen.
Pekkanen slips a jab from Koscirupski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski throws a big shot that misses.
Pekkanen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen with a poor takedown
and Koscirupski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pekkanen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pekkanen fails with the takedown
letting Koscirupski counter with a right hand.
Romuald Koscirupski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Artho Pekkanen.
Koscirupski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koscirupski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pekkanen walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koscirupski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Koscirupski misses.
Koscirupski lands a really nice looking cross but Pekkanen seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koscirupski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pekkanen.
Pekkanen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Koscirupski misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koscirupski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Koscirupski throws the left hand but Pekkanen avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romuald Koscirupski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Koscirupski throws a jab but it's blocked by Pekkanen.
Koscirupski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pekkanen misses with a takedown
enabling Koscirupski to counter with a crisp jab.
Koscirupski looks to land a left hand but Pekkanen moved out of range nicely.
Koscirupski misses with an uppercut.
Koscirupski misses with an uppercut.
Koscirupski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen moves away from the strike by Koscirupski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkanen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pekkanen momentarily.
A combination from Koscirupski does no damage.
Romuald Koscirupski is winning the standup battle so far.
Koscirupski throws an overhand right that lands on Pekkanen's shoulder, as Pekkanen tries to avoid the shot.
Koscirupski throws a shot from downtown. Pekkanen moves away and avoids it.
Romuald Koscirupski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koscirupski scores with the left hand. Pekkanen knows he should have avoided that one.
Pekkanen moves away from the strike by Koscirupski.
Koscirupski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koscirupski scores with a jab. Pekkanen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkanen ducks under a wild hook from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koscirupski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pekkanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koscirupski misses with an uppercut. Pekkanen saw that one coming.
Pekkanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pekkanen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koscirupski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Koscirupski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski lands with a right hand.
Artho Pekkanen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koscirupski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koscirupski misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Pekkanen.
Pekkanen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koscirupski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Koscirupski misses.
Pekkanen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pekkanen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koscirupski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pekkanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koscirupski throws out the jab.
Koscirupski looks to land a right hand but Pekkanen moved out of range.
A slow jab from Koscirupski misses its intended target.
Koscirupski misses with a looping left.
Koscirupski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koscirupski misses the shot to the body.
Koscirupski misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Koscirupski misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romuald Koscirupski dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pekkanen moves out of range as Koscirupski strikes.
Pekkanen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pekkanen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Koscirupski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pekkanen with a poor takedown
and Koscirupski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koscirupski throws a nice looking combination but Pekkanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pekkanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pekkanen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Koscirupski has got the better of the exchanges.
Koscirupski connects with a looping right hand.
Nice defenses there by Pekkanen.
Pekkanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski throws a shot from downtown. Pekkanen moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscirupski throws a looping overhand right but Pekkanen ducks down to avoid it.
Koscirupski misses with a looping right.
Pekkanen staying out of range there.
Koscirupski misses with a straight left.
Koscirupski cracks Pekkanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Koscirupski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski swings for the body but Pekkanen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkanen ducks under a wild hook from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski misses with a hook.
Koscirupski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pekkanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Koscirupski.
No luck for Pekkanen with that takedown attempt.
Koscirupski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pekkanen moves away.
Pekkanen ducks right into an uppercut from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski misses with a hook. Pekkanen ducked under it nicely.
Koscirupski misses with a hook. Pekkanen ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Koscirupski.
Koscirupski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pekkanen.
Koscirupski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pekkanen can do to turn this around?
Koscirupski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pekkanen.
Koscirupski throws a series of punches but Pekkanen moves out of range.
Koscirupski just misses with a punch to the body.
Pekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koscirupski.
Pekkanen slips a jab from Koscirupski.
A big left from Koscirupski misses.
Pekkanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koscirupski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscirupski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pekkanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koscirupski throws out the jab.
Koscirupski misses with a two punch combination.
Artho Pekkanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koscirupski misses with a straight right.
Koscirupski looks to throw the jab but Pekkanen is out of range.
Koscirupski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koscirupski looks to land a left hand but Pekkanen moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koscirupski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romuald Koscirupski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Koscirupski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:25
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romuald Koscirupski!