PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Teemu Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cechini Muszyna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teemu Pukki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pukki
vs
Muszyna

180 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

168 cm
38
143 lbs
16 - 18 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teemu Pukki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Cechini Muszyna!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pukki clinches with his opponent.
Pukki scores with a hook to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Pukki.
A short right from Pukki on the inside.

Muszyna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pukki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pukki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Muszyna misses with an uppercut. Pukki saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pukki defending well as Muszyna loads up on a big left hand.
Pukki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muszyna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muszyna appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Pukki has managed to clinch.
Pukki lands an elbow inside.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki throws an elbow but it misses.
Muszyna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pukki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pukki tries to work over Muszyna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muszyna is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Muszyna leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pukki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pukki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Muszyna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pukki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muszyna's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna has Pukki pushed against the cage.
Muszyna is trying to break the clinch but Pukki is controlling him.
Pukki throws an elbow that misses.
Pukki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Muszyna avoids a wild elbow strike from Pukki.
Pukki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Muszyna is stalling here.
Pukki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muszyna prevents a body shot from Pukki.
Muszyna avoids the elbow strike from Pukki, against the cage.
Muszyna stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki throws a head punch that misses.
Pukki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pukki throws an elbow but it misses.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks with his arms.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Pukki.
Pukki pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Muszyna effectively controlling the action here.
Muszyna taking a breather.
Muszyna just leaning against Pukki, taking a breather.
Pukki lands an elbow that stopped Muszyna in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Pukki misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pukki.
Pukki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pukki trying to stall but Muszyna improves his position.
Pukki pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pukki stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Pukki for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Muszyna stalling in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pukki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Muszyna prevents a body shot from Pukki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teemu Pukki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pukki moves into range and clinches up with Muszyna.
Pukki tries to throw a body punch but Muszyna avoids it by throwing Pukki back against the cage.
Muszyna avoids the elbow strike from Pukki, against the cage.
Pukki effectively controlling the action here.
Pukki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pukki lands an elbow just above Muszyna 's eye.
Pukki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pukki has Muszyna pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Pukki misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pukki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna stalling in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pukki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pukki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muszyna can do to turn this around?
Pukki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pukki throws an elbow that misses.
Pukki misses with an elbow over the top.
Pukki pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pukki - that landed with a thud.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muszyna avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pukki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Muszyna up against the cage.
Pukki misses with a knee strike.
Pukki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pukki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Muszyna prevents a body shot from Pukki.
Muszyna leaning against his opponent.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Teemu Pukki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Muszyna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pukki can't find room to land a body shot as Muszyna controls the action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Pukki.
Pukki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pukki pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pukki avoiding damage.
Pukki leaning against his opponent.
The referee is keeping an eye on Muszyna - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Muszyna breaks from the clinch.
Muszyna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muszyna misses with a two punch combination.
Muszyna swats away the attempt to clinch by Pukki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muszyna now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pukki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pukki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good shot there by Muszyna.
Pukki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muszyna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pukki tries to clinch but Muszyna moves away
and Pukki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Teemu Pukki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pukki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muszyna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muszyna jabs at Pukki's body.
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!
Muszyna loads up on a big right hand but Pukki slips the punch.
Muszyna looks to throw the jab but Pukki is out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pukki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Muszyna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teemu Pukki dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pukki clinches.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Pukki.
Muszyna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pukki tries to work over Muszyna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pukki struggles to land a body shot inside as Muszyna controls his hands.
Muszyna avoids a wild elbow strike from Pukki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pukki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pukki misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pukki throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna dodges an elbow strike from Pukki.
Muszyna looking to stall.
Pukki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muszyna blocks a body shot from Pukki.
Pukki misses with a body punch.
Pukki taking a breather.
Muszyna is trying to stall.
Pukki lands a damaging elbow.
Muszyna blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna avoiding damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muszyna.
Pukki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Muszyna is keeping busy.
Pukki will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Muszyna up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pukki works on Muszyna's body with a couple of short punches.
A hook to the body from Pukki.
Pukki lands a nice elbow.
Cechini Muszyna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pukki wants to stall.
Muszyna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pukki misses with an elbow strike.
Pukki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pukki lands a body shot.
Pukki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pukki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pukki pushes off an throws an elbow but Muszyna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pukki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pukki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Muszyna being controlled against the cage.
Muszyna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muszyna tries to work over Pukki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muszyna avoids a wild elbow strike from Pukki.
Pukki misses with a punch to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muszyna can't find room to land a body shot as Pukki controls the action.
Muszyna pushes Pukki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Muszyna stalling.
Pukki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Muszyna throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Teemu Pukki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pukki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teemu Pukki!