PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alvin Ray Dunkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pera Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulkkinen has chosen TURISAS - Stand Up And Fight as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ray Dunkin
vs
Pulkkinen

191 cm
30
212 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

150 cm
26
206 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Alvin Ray Dunkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pera Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Pulkkinen. Those never looked like landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Dunkin scores with a four punch combination!
Dunkin avoids the body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dunkin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pulkkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunkin misses with a left hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a low kick, right behind Dunkin 's knee.
Dunkin is breathing heavily.

Pulkkinen rushes Dunkin and presses him up against the cage.
Pulkkinen is working Dunkin over against the cage.
Good body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dunkins head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dunkin tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pulkkinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pulkkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Dunkin avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pulkkinen lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pulkkinen drops Dunkin onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dunkin is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Dunkin is rocked!
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!
Pulkkinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dunkin.
Oh Dunkin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulkkinen pushes Dunkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dunkin seems to have got his legs back now.
Pulkkinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands with a left to the head.
Pulkkinen unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Dunkin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Pulkkinen is unloading with more strikes now! Dunkin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pera Pulkkinen!
An out of breath Pera Pulkkinen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Alvin Ray Dunkin stepped up to the mic, saying 'I came into the fight with a good game plan and it didn't work so I will go back to the drawing board.'.