PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pete Doherty struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Raimo Pukki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Doherty's chin.

Pukki
vs
Doherty

170 cm
39
146 lbs
40 - 18 - 0

177 cm
42
160 lbs
40 - 13 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 40 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Raimo Pukki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 13 - 3, fighting out of London, Pete Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pukki digs a good body shot into Doherty's ribs.
Doherty walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Doherty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pukki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Pukki there.
Pukki swats away the attempt to clinch by Doherty.
Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Pukki. That snapped Doherty's head back.
Doherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pukki moves out of range as Doherty throws a body kick.
Pete Doherty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pukki misses with a hook
and Doherty counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pukki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Doherty has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Doherty tries to clinch up.
Doherty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
Doherty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pukki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki swings for the body but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Doherty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pukki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pukki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Doherty misses with a jab to the body
and Pukki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Doherty thinking.
Doherty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Doherty takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A left lands for Pukki.
Raimo Pukki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pukki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Doherty throws the kick towards the body but Pukki avoids it.
Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Pukki.
Doherty throws a head kick that misses.
Doherty connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Pukki misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doherty wants to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pukki. That's going to slow Doherty down.
Pukki throws a body kick that misses.
Pukki swings for the body but Doherty moves out of range.
Pukki throws a one two combo.
Doherty throws a head kick that misses.
Doherty tries to clinch up.
Pukki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pukki feints a jab promting Doherty to slip. Pukki then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Doherty slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Doherty is rocked!
Doherty throws a series of punches but Pukki moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki throws a hook to the side of Doherty's head but Doherty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pukki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pukki throws a low kick, looking for Doherty's leg but Doherty calmly moves out of range.
Pukki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Doherty throws a nice looking combination but Pukki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doherty staying out of range there.
A left lands for Pukki.
Doherty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pukki throws a looping overhand right but Doherty ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pukki. That's going to slow Doherty down.
A combination from Pukki does no damage.
Doherty gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Doherty is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty defending well as Pukki loads up on a big left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doherty takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Doherty misses with an uppercut. Pukki saw that one coming.
Doherty moves out of range as Pukki strikes.
Pukki with a jab.
Doherty tries to clinch

and Pukki counters with a takedown into side control.

Pukki has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Doherty is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Pukki yanks on the arm and Doherty is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Pukki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Raimo Pukki!
Raimo Pukki thanked the fans post fight for their support.