PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pera Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivar Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulkkinen comes into the arena with TURISAS - Stand Up And Fight blaring out of the sound system. Lodbrok has chosen Killing in the name of... as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Pulkkinen
vs
Lodbrok

150 cm
27
206 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

205 cm
27
220 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pera Pulkkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivar Lodbrok!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lodbrok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice head shot.
Lodbrok tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Lodbrok there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lodbrok lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lodbrok cracks Pulkkinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lodbrok misses with a body shot.
Lodbrok moves out of range of the leg kick from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lodbrok.
Pulkkinen misses the jab.

Lodbrok gets tackled into the cage by Pulkkinen. Pulkkinen maintains the clinch.
Lodbrok is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pulkkinen is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pulkkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pulkkinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lodbrok scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pulkkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Lodbrok lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lodbrok struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Pulkkinen - that landed with a thud.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Lodbrok controls the action.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lodbrok looks winded!
Lodbrok tries to throw a body punch but Pulkkinen avoids it by throwing Lodbrok back against the cage.
Lodbrok prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lodbrok takes a shot to the head.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Lodbrok avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Lodbrok tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pulkkinen avoids it.
Lodbrok misses with a knee strike.
Lodbrok tries to work over Pulkkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lodbrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Lodbrok is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Lodbrok controls the action.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Lodbrok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Lodbrok controls the action.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Lodbrok connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pulkkinen's face.
Pulkkinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lodbrok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pulkkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lodbrok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pulkkinen's elbow.
Lodbrok swings wildly with an uppercut but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lodbrok landing knees to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with some punches.
Pulkkinen wants to stall.
Nice body punch from Lodbrok - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulkkinen trying to control the position but instead, Lodbrok has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pulkkinen into the cage.
Pulkkinen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Good body shot from Lodbrok.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lodbrok.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lodbrok.
Pulkkinen blocks a body shot from Lodbrok.
Pulkkinen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lodbrok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pulkkinen digs a right hand into Lodbrok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lodbrok's gas tank.
Lodbrok misses with a knee to the head.
Lodbrok working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pulkkinen stalls.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lodbrok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Lodbrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lodbrok misses with the head strike.
Pulkkinen blocking some punches.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Lodbrok blocks it.
Lodbrok struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Lodbrok misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lodbrok.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Lodbrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lodbrok throws a head punch that misses.
Pulkkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ivar Lodbrok will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pulkkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Ivar Lodbrok has been cut.
Lodbrok tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick as Lodbrok jumps back.
Pulkkinen punishes Lodbrok's body with a nice straight punch.
Lodbrok avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Pulkkinen instigates a clinch.
Ivar Lodbrok seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lodbrok trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lodbrok.
Lodbrok blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lodbrok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lodbrok pushes Pulkkinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lodbrok misses with a body punch.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lodbrok throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lodbrok blocks an uppercut.
Lodbrok lands a good knee to the midsection. Pulkkinen won't want to take too many of those.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Lodbrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lodbrok lands with a left to the head.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Lodbrok controls the action.
Lodbrok looking to throw knees to the head but Pulkkinen is blocking nicely.
A short body shot lands from Pulkkinen as the two fighters clinch.
Lodbrok is breathing heavily.
Lodbrok misses with a punch on the inside.
Lodbrok misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Lodbrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Lodbrok tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pulkkinen avoids it.
Lodbrok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pulkkinen's elbow.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Lodbrok.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Lodbrok on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lodbrok working Pulkkinen over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lodbrok misses with a punch to the body.
Lodbrok struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Lodbrok missing with knees to the body.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lodbrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lodbrok misses with a knee to the head.
Pulkkinen lands a nice uppercut.
Pulkkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Pulkkinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lodbrok or not.
Lodbrok displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pulkkinen up against the cage.
Pulkkinen lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok throws a punch but it's blocked by Pulkkinen.
Lodbrok looking to throw knees to the head but Pulkkinen is blocking nicely.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands a nice uppercut.
Lodbrok tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pulkkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Lodbrok controls his hands.
Pulkkinen digs a right hand into Lodbrok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lodbrok's gas tank.
Pulkkinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Lodbrok blocks it.
Lodbrok misses with a knee strike.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pulkkinen.
A hook to the body from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Lodbrok is still on wobbly legs! Can Pulkkinen finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Pulkkinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pulkkinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pulkkinen lands a big right hand that drops Lodbrok! The killer instinct kicks in and Pulkkinen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pulkkinen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pera Pulkkinen!
Pera Pulkkinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.