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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Hawthorne (ranked 965 p4p, 1272 weight class) and Albert Pulkkinen (ranked 36 p4p, 50 weight class). Hawthorne comes to the cage accompanied by Schism by Tool. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 cm 36 249 31 - 14 - 0 |
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209 cm 41 235 23 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler World class boxer Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Hawthorne! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Pulkkinen! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hawthorne scores with a sloppy right hand. Pulkkinen should have avoided that one. Pulkkinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Pulkkinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hawthorne. Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne. Pulkkinen misses with a wild combination.
Hawthorne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Albert Pulkkinen has been cut. Hawthorne connects with an inside leg kick. Hawthorne connects with the punch. Pulkkinen swings widly with a right hand
and Hawthorne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Hawthorne pushes Pulkkinen up against the cage in a clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Pulkkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hawthorne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Hawthorne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hawthorne can't find room to land a body shot as Pulkkinen controls the action.
Hawthorne lands on the inside with an uppercut. Pulkkinen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hawthorne blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hawthorne lands with a light punch inside.
Pulkkinen is rocked! Hawthorne lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Pulkkinen to his knees! Hawthorne keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Hawthorne! Damien Hawthorne decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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