PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Almeida (ranked 1986 p4p, 19459 weight class) and Pave Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Almeida
vs
Pulkkinen

188 cm
30
204
11 - 8 - 0

199 cm
32
208
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pave Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Almeida tries to counter with a takedown but Pulkkinen is quick to defend against it.
Pulkkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almeida manages to avoid it.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot.
Almeida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen missing with a left hand there. Almeida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pulkkinen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida counters with a one-two to the body.
Pulkkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pulkkinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Antonio Almeida has been cut.
Pulkkinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Almeida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pave Pulkkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Pulkkinen.
Almeida throws a big counter combination but Pulkkinen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pulkkinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Almeida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Pulkkinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Almeida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Horrible takedown attempt by Almeida or perhaps it was just good defense by Pulkkinen, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen tests Almeida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook.
Pulkkinen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Almeida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pulkkinen throws out the jab.
Pulkkinen throws a nice looking combination but Almeida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circling - Pulkkinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pulkkinen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromAlmeida.

Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pulkkinen keeps working.

Almeida is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pulkkinen is defending against the submission attempts here by Almeida.

Almeida is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Pulkkinen still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Pulkkinen has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Almeida might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida is looking to regain half guard here but Pulkkinen keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Almeida's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Pulkkinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Pulkkinen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is looking to reverse the position.
Pulkkinen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Almeida tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Almeida is looking for a sweep.
Pulkkinen controls the position.
Almeida can't do much from the bottom here.
You can see the frustration on Almeida's face as Pulkkinen controls the position.
Almeida is looking for a sweep.
Pulkkinen tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee asks Pulkkinen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Pulkkinen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Almeida is looking for a sweep.
Pulkkinen controls the position.
Almeida tries to bench press Pulkkinen off him but Pulkkinen keeps the position.
Almeida looks to move to half guard but instead Pulkkinen has passed into mount! Damn!
Almeida working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida tries to hold on but Pulkkinen pushes him away.
Pulkkinen wants to stand but Almeida is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Pulkkinen controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pave Pulkkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Almeida's cut.
That's time! Almeida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Almeida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands with a right hand.
A jab from Pulkkinen finds it's way through Almeida's defenses.

Almeida dives in and scores a takedown into Pulkkinen's guard.
Pulkkinen keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.

Almeida stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pulkkinen scores with a jab. Almeida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pulkkinen cracks Almeida with an open hand slap.

Antonio Almeida's cut is getting worse.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Almeida is defended easily by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tests Almeida's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws an overhand right that lands on Almeida's shoulder, as Almeida tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Almeida on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Almeida slips a jab and a cross from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Almeida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pave Pulkkinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pulkkinen throws a sloppy body shot
and Almeida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pulkkinen misses with a wild combination.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Pulkkinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pulkkinen throws a nice looking combination but Almeida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pulkkinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almeida appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almeida.
Antonio Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Almeida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Antonio Almeida's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Pulkkinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Almeida circles away quickly and effectively.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pulkkinen throws a jab when Almeida was well out of range.
Pulkkinen misses with a looping right.
Almeida appears to be looking for a big counter.
Pulkkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right-left combo lands from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a nice uppercut.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almeida went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pulkkinen stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pulkkinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almeida counters with a left and a right that stings Pulkkinen.
Almeida slips under a jab.
Almeida wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Almeida in his tracks.
Almeida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Pave Pulkkinen has been cut.
Pulkkinen throws a shot from downtown. Almeida moves away and avoids it.
Almeida is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Pulkkinen moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pave Pulkkinen!