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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riko Paauwe (ranked 6135 p4p, 641 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 4808 p4p, 537 weight class). Paauwe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Eminem ft Lil Wayne - Drop The World. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 lbs
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179 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riko Paauwe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tulikoura moves away from the strike by Paauwe.
Tulikoura let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Paauwe blocks it.
Paauwe looks to land a left hand but Tulikoura moved out of range nicely.
Paauwe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tulikoura keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Paauwe staying out of range there.
Tulikoura gets a clinch.
Nice body punch from Tulikoura - that landed with a thud.
Paauwe misses with a body punch.
Paauwe lands with a left to the head.
Paauwe looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paauwe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tulikoura misses with a punch on the inside.
Tulikoura swings wildly with an uppercut but Paauwe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulikoura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tulikoura's coach down at Gangsterdamage was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tulikoura's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tulikoura lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paauwe wants to break free but Tulikoura has control.
A nice left hand lands by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paauwe lands a good knee to the midsection. Tulikoura won't want to take too many of those.
Tulikoura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paauwe is trying to stall.
Paauwe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tulikoura avoids it.
Tulikoura lands with a short shot to the head.
Paauwe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tulikoura blocks it with crossed arms.
Paauwe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paauwe.
Tulikoura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tulikoura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tulikoura misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tulikoura fails to land.
Tulikoura tries to work over Paauwe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tulikoura lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paauwe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tulikoura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura misses with the head strike.
Tulikoura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paauwe backwards.
Tulikoura lands a nice uppercut.
Tulikoura throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paauwes head.
Tulikoura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paauwe backwards.
Good body shot from Tulikoura.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tulikoura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Paauwe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tulikoura lands with an overhand left.
Tulikoura looks to land a left hand but Paauwe moved out of range nicely.
Tulikoura misses with a hook. Paauwe ducked under it nicely.
Paauwe is looking for a counter combo.
Tulikoura lands a jab to the nose.
Paauwe is rocked!
Nice body punch from Tulikoura.
Paauwe ducks under a wild hook from Tulikoura.
Paauwe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tulikoura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Paauwe avoids the body shot from Tulikoura.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paauwe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Paauwe to counter with a crisp jab.
Tulikoura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paauwe looks to score with a jab to the body but Tulikoura is just out of range.
Paauwe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paauwe staying out of range there.
Paauwe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Paauwe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tulikoura finds it's way round the side to connect with Paauwe's head.
Tulikoura looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tulikoura misses with a hook.
Paauwe appears to be looking for a big counter.
Paauwe moves away from the strike by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura scores with a hook.
Paauwe ducks under a wild hook from Tulikoura.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura misses with a double jab.
Tulikoura swings widly with a right hand
and Tulikoura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paauwe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paauwe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tulikoura is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oh Paauwe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tulikoura lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Paauwe head around and knocks him out cold! Tulikoura hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johannes Tulikoura!
After the fight, Johannes Tulikoura was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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