PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willie Wood (ranked 694 p4p, 107 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 573 p4p, 90 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Wood
vs
Tulikoura

200 cm
28
180 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

175 cm
27
172 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wood tries to move into range but Tulikoura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wood takes a swing at Tulikoura's ribcage but misses.
Tulikoura throws a body shot but no joy.
Wood has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Tulikoura throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
We've been informed that Tulikoura has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tulikoura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulikoura was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Tulikoura with a hook.
Wood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood throws a body kick that misses.
Tulikoura looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Tulikoura gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wood.
Tulikoura misses with a hook
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wood throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wood drops his hands momentarily and Tulikoura takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wood avoids the head kick by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura scores with a leg kick.
Wood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Wood avoids it easily.
Tulikoura checks a low kick from Wood.
Wood lands with a nice body punch.
Tulikoura lands a leg kick that knocks Wood off balance momentarily.
Tulikoura moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wood throws a hook but Tulikoura avoids it easily.
Tulikoura throws a low kick but Wood moves out of range easily.
Wood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tulikoura's head.
Tulikoura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tulikoura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tulikoura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tulikoura throws out a leg kick but Wood moves out of range and Tulikoura only half commits.
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wood with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Wood. That snapped Tulikoura's head back.
Tulikoura scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tulikoura. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.

Tulikoura has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wood prevents a body shot from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura fails to pull guard.
Tulikoura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Wood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wood works on Tulikoura's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Wood blocking some punches.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wood lands a nice uppercut.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Tulikoura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Tulikoura avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood tries to work over Tulikoura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Wood blocking some punches.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tulikoura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tulikoura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood misses with a body punch.
Wood blocking some punches.
Tulikoura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tulikoura lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura blocks an uppercut.
Tulikoura misses with some punches.
Wood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tulikoura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood blocking some punches.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tulikoura lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Tulikoura misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wood's elbow.
Tulikoura lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tulikoura.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tulikoura blocking some punches.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tulikoura missing with a left hand there. Wood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tulikoura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Wood looks to land a left hand but Tulikoura moved out of range nicely.
Tulikoura misses with an attempted mid kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Wood misses its target.
Tulikoura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wood.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tulikoura.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick.
Tulikoura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wood.
Wood missing with a left hand there. Tulikoura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Willie Wood will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tulikoura pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wood is out of range and Tulikoura settles back down.
Wood misses the shot to the body.
Tulikoura tries to counter with a clinch but Wood shakes him off and moves away.
Wood throws a hook but Tulikoura blocks it.
Wood really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tulikoura gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tulikoura misses with a straight left.
Wood swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Tulikoura shrugs it off though.
Tulikoura works over Wood's head and body with a nice combination.
Tulikoura lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Tulikoura.
A good leg kick by Wood.
Tulikoura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tulikoura throws a body punch but Wood moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tulikoura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tulikoura lands a nice looking body kick.
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!
Tulikoura slips a straight right by Wood.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Tulikoura.
Wood throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Tulikoura misses.
Tulikoura turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tulikoura misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tulikoura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulikoura throws a lazy body kick
enabling Wood to counter with a crisp jab.
Wood does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Tulikoura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood looks to throw the jab but Tulikoura is out of range.
Wood shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wood checks a low kick from Tulikoura.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Wood misses.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws the kick towards the body but Wood avoids it.
Wood checks a leg kick.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut
and Wood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tulikoura misses with a body kick.
Wood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tulikoura appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a body shot but no joy.
Tulikoura throws a body shot but no joy.
Tulikoura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wood can pounce on him.
Wood blocks a head kick by Tulikoura.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood lands a slapping body shot.
Tulikoura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood blocks a head kick by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wood scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tulikoura. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tulikoura misses with a straight left.
Wood scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tulikoura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wood checks a leg kick.
Wood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tulikoura connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wood. Wood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tulikoura lands a jab-cross combination.

Wood closes the distance and clinches.
Wood working aggressively here.
Wood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Willie Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tulikoura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tulikoura lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wood lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Tulikoura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulikoura swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wood lands a left hand.
Wood tries to work over Tulikoura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tulikoura.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Tulikoura avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Tulikoura.
Nice body punch from Wood.
Wood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tulikoura or not.
Tulikoura tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Tulikoura back against the cage.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood blocking some punches.
Tulikoura swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulikoura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wood.
A body shot lands from Tulikoura.
Wood blocking some punches.

Wood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tulikoura throws a head kick but Wood moves out of range.
A jab from Tulikoura does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood blocks a head kick by Tulikoura.
Wood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tulikoura's head backwards.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Willie Wood will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tulikoura is out of range.
Tulikoura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wood.
Tulikoura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wood.
Tulikoura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
Tulikoura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tulikoura throws out the jab.
Good work by Tulikoura as he checks the leg kick.
Tulikoura flicks out a counter leg kick but Wood steps away.
Wood moves out of range as Tulikoura strikes.
Tulikoura misses with a low kick as Wood jumps back.
Tulikoura misses with a low kick as Wood jumps back.
Tulikoura takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wood lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Tulikoura does it's job there.
Tulikoura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulikoura.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulikoura was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick which misses Wood's front leg but catches the back leg as Wood tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wood checks a leg kick nicely.
Wood takes a swing at Tulikoura's ribcage but misses.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Tulikoura loads up on a big right hand but Wood slips the punch.
Wood throws a body shot but no joy.
Tulikoura throws an overhand right that lands on Wood's shoulder, as Wood tries to avoid the shot.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tulikoura. That did some damage!
Wood scores with a body shot.
Tulikoura scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tulikoura looks to land a combination but Wood avoids it well.
Tulikoura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura lands a slapping body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tulikoura.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tulikoura has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johannes Tulikoura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wood.
Wood feints and then cracks Tulikoura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tulikoura down.
Tulikoura swinging wildly here.
Wood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tulikoura.
Wood throws a hook but Tulikoura blocks it.
Tulikoura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wood slips a jab from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tulikoura throws an overhand right that lands on Wood's shoulder, as Wood tries to avoid the shot.

Wood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Wood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tulikoura takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tulikoura connects with a high kick.

Wood is rocked!
Wood walks straight into a right hand from Tulikoura - that's dropped him! Tulikoura jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Wood from any more punishment! Wood complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johannes Tulikoura!
Johannes Tulikoura bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.