PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ville Paakkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puukko Bulevardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bulevardi has chosen Northern Kings - They Don't Really Care About Us as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Paakkari
vs
Bulevardi

176 cm
23
167 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

177 cm
22
166 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Paakkari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Puukko Bulevardi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bulevardi loads up on a big right hand but Paakkari slips the punch.
Paakkari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Bulevardi closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bulevardi.
Bulevardi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Paakkari.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bulevardi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Paakkari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bulevardi lands a nice uppercut.
Paakkari stalling.
Paakkari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bulevardi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paakkari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paakkari lands a body punch.
Bulevardi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulevardi is looking to control Paakkari's arms but Paakkari gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bulevardi has his back to the cage.
Bulevardi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Paakkari gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bulevardi misses with a punch to the body.
Bulevardi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Paakkari is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ville Paakkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Puukko Bulevardi.
Paakkari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bulevardi.
Bulevardi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bulevardi blocking some punches.
Paakkari working Bulevardi over with knees to the body.
Paakkari blocks an uppercut.
Bulevardi blocks a body shot from Paakkari.
Bulevardi is trying to break the clinch but Paakkari is controlling him.
Paakkari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paakkari is leaning against Bulevardi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paakkari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bulevardi avoids the elbow strike from Paakkari, against the cage.
Paakkari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bulevardis head.
Bulevardi takes a shot to the head.
Bulevardi is trying to pull guard but Paakkari has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Bulevardi to work.
Bulevardi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paakkari just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bulevardi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Paakkari lands a body shot.
Paakkari pushes Bulevardi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bulevardi takes a shot to the head.
Paakkari is leaning against Bulevardi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paakkari crunches a lovely knee into Bulevardi's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulevardi works on Paakkari's body with a couple of short punches.
Bulevardi struggles to land a body shot inside as Paakkari controls his hands.
Bulevardi lands a body punch in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bulevardi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paakkari.
Paakkari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paakkari gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bulevardi.
Paakkari lands an elbow inside.
Paakkari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bulevardi dodges an elbow strike from Paakkari.

Bulevardi pulls Paakkari into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulevardi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bulevardi keeping full guard, as Paakkari tries to pass.
Paakkari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bulevardi on the ground.
Paakkari trying to control the position from guard on top but Bulevardi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bulevardi looking for a sweep. Not yet Bulevardi, not yet.
Paakkari sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bulevardi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Paakkari puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paakkari wants to pass the guard but Bulevardi is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bulevardi trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ville Paakkari dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Paakkari lands a nice hook to Bulevardi's body. Bulevardi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Paakkari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paakkari throws a hook to the side of Bulevardi's head but Bulevardi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paakkari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bulevardi was well out of range. Poor timing from Paakkari.
Paakkari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bulevardi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paakkari loads up on a big right hand but Bulevardi slips the punch.
Paakkari wants to clinch up but Bulevardi keeps it at a distance.
Paakkari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bulevardi circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Paakkari.
Bulevardi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Paakkari throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakkari fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bulevardi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paakkari tries a head kick but it misses.
Paakkari lands with a cross.
Paakkari keeps Bulevardi at a distance using the push kick.
Bulevardi 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.
Paakkari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Bulevardi rushes Paakkari and presses him up against the cage.
Bulevardi struggles to land a body shot inside as Paakkari controls his hands.
Bulevardi lands a nice uppercut.
Bulevardi throws a head punch that misses.
Paakkari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paakkari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bulevardi's defenses.
Paakkari tries to land a knee to the head but Bulevardi blocks with his arms.
Paakkari lands a knee to the head.
Paakkari's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paakkari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bulevardi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paakkari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paakkari lands an elbow just above Bulevardi 's eye.
Bulevardi struggles to land a body shot inside as Paakkari controls his hands.

Bulevardi pulls Paakkari into guard.
Paakkari trying to control the position from guard on top but Bulevardi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulevardi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bulevardi has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Paakkari has passed into side control.
Bulevardi looking for a sweep but Paakkari has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bulevardi sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Bulevardi regains full guard. Nicely done.

Bulevardi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Paakkari defends it easily.

Bulevardi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bulevardi is looking for a triangle but Paakkari pushes his legs off easily.
Paakkari has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bulevardi working a defensive guard here.
Paakkari passes Bulevardi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bulevardi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Paakkari is sitting in close to Bulevardi's body. Bulevardi has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Paakkari is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Paakkari is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bulevardi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Puukko Bulevardi!
Puukko Bulevardi thanked the fans post fight for their support.