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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cairo Silva (ranked 853 p4p, 516 weight class) and Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 8 p4p, 19 weight class). Sepi Pulkkinen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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16 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Cairo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sepi Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pulkkinen or not.
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva clinches up with Pulkkinen and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Pulkkinen looks winded!
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pulkkinen's elbow.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pulkkinen moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Pulkkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Pulkkinen back into the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with some punches.
Pulkkinen breaks from the clinch.
Silva misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pulkkinen avoids the head kick by Silva.
We've been informed that Pulkkinen 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.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pulkkinen is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Pulkkinen. Pulkkinen maintains the clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking body kick.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pulkkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch up but Pulkkinen circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Pulkkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Pulkkinen controls the action.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands an uppercut.
Silva looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch there but Pulkkinen circles away.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva with the inside leg kick.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva looks for the body kick but Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva pushes Pulkkinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Pulkkinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Pulkkinen circles away.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pulkkinen is defending well for now.
Pulkkinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to work over Pulkkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva misses with a hook. Pulkkinen ducked under it nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Pulkkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pulkkinen is able to avoid easily.
Pulkkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cairo Silva 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.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range nicely.
Pulkkinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Pulkkinen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a hook but Pulkkinen avoids it easily.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Pulkkinen tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Pulkkinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a low kick as Pulkkinen jumps back.
Silva pushes Pulkkinen up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
Pulkkinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Cairo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That kick from Silva tenderised Pulkkinen's leg. Pulkkinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva feints and then cracks Pulkkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pulkkinen down.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pulkkinen will feel that in the morning.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Pulkkinen checks it.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Pulkkinen pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Silva here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pulkkinen works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Pulkkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pulkkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pulkkinen has his back to the cage.
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Pulkkinen back into the cage.
Pulkkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva is rocked!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pulkkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pulkkinen lands with a right and another and another! Silva is in big trouble! Pulkkinen lands again and this time it's lights out for Silva! A quality knockout there for Pulkkinen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sepi Pulkkinen!
Sepi Pulkkinen is the new super heavyweight champion!
Sepi Pulkkinen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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