PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pollo Tropical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pollo Tropical has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tropical
vs
Pulkkinen

185 cm
22
210 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

209 cm
20
222 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pollo Tropical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tropical. That did some damage!
Pulkkinen is looking to land body kicks.
Pulkkinen takes a swing at Tropical's ribcage but misses.
Pulkkinen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tropical is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Pulkkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Tropical throws a big counter combination but Pulkkinen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pulkkinen scores with a spinning back kick!
Tropical walks into a stiff left hand from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tropical misses with a straight left.
Tropical throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pulkkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tropical is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pulkkinen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick.
Tropical slips a straight right by Pulkkinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen looks to land a combination. Tropical sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tropical tries to clinch but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen flicks out a counter leg kick but Tropical steps away.
Tropical moves out of range of the leg kick from Pulkkinen.
Tropical takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tropical will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a few strikes there.
Tropical lands a body shot.
Tropical lands a nice shot to the body.
Pulkkinen throws a looping overhand right but Tropical ducks down to avoid it.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tropical takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tropical is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pulkkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Pulkkinen misses with some punches.
Tropical lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Albert Pulkkinen has been cut.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Tropical avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tropical throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pulkkinens head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tropical.
Pulkkinen gets through Tropical's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tropical effectively controlling the action here.
Tropical misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pulkkinen is trying to stall.
I was talking to Tropical's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tropical blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Pulkkinen controls the action.
Tropical blocking some punches.
Tropical lands a nice elbow.
Tropical misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Tropical blocks an uppercut.
Pulkkinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Tropical tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen pushes Tropical back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pulkkinen fails to land.
Tropical misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pulkkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tropical's elbow.
Pulkkinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tropical prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Tropical blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Tropical misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Pulkkinen tries to circle away but Tropical has him pinned against the cage.
Tropical displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pulkkinen up against the cage.
Tropical pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tropical tries to throw a body punch but Pulkkinen avoids it by throwing Tropical back against the cage.
Pulkkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Tropical lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Tropical misses with an elbow over the top.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
Tropical misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pulkkinen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Pulkkinen lands a right hand.
Pulkkinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Tropical as the two fighters clinch.
Tropical tries to work over Pulkkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Pulkkinen.
Tropical lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pulkkinen or not.
Pulkkinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Tropical lands with a left to the head.
Tropical lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pulkkinen or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Pulkkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Pulkkinen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Tropical.
Pulkkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Tropical closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tropical digs a right hand underneath Pulkkinen's ribcage. Pulkkinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Tropical.
Tropical misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tropical pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pulkkinen.
Tropical struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropical looking to slow down the pace here.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulkkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tropicals head.
Pulkkinen lands with a right to the head.
Tropical blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Pulkkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pulkkinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tropical tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.

Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Pulkkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pulkkinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tropical looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pollo Tropical seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tropical misses with a double jab.
Tropical tries to clinch but Pulkkinen is having none of it.
Tropical wants to clinch
and Pulkkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tropical takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pulkkinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tropical's hands.
Tropical throws out a loose jab but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A punch combination from Tropical misses.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tropical takes a step back to recover.
Pulkkinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tropical tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tropical tries to clinch but Pulkkinen moves away
and Pulkkinen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tropical is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tropical misses with a jab to the body
and Pulkkinen counters with a series of strikes. Tropical will be more careful next time no doubt.

Tropical is rocked!
Pulkkinen is stalking Tropical. Tropical circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Pulkkinen, and it's lights out! Tropical really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Albert Pulkkinen!