PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harald Hulken (ranked 4396 p4p, 470 weight class) and Shane Tull (ranked 5851 p4p, 542 weight class). Hulken comes to the cage accompanied by Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper. Harald Hulken has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hulken
vs
Tull

205 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
24
192 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Sin City Allstars

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harald Hulken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Tull!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tull defending well as Hulken loads up on a big left hand.
Tull tries to bum rush Hulken with a series of wild strikes but Hulken uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hulken was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hulken stuffs the takedown.
Hulken went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tull with a poor takedown
and Hulken makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tull throws a head kick but Hulken moves out of range.
Tull tries to clinch up.
It looked like Hulken was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tull shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Shane Tull has been cut.
Hulken slaps away a takedown attempt from Tull, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harald Hulken has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Tull.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tull moves in looking to clinch but Hulken pushes him off.
Hulken 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.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tull or perhaps it was just good defense by Hulken, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tull tries to clinch but Hulken moves out of range.
Tull takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hulken is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Tull like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Tull from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harald Hulken!
During a confident post fight interview, Harald Hulken thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.