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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barron White (ranked 1154 p4p, 1310 weight class) and Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 77 p4p, 83 weight class). Sepi Pulkkinen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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World class boxer
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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 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barron White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sepi Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Pulkkinen's shoulder, as Pulkkinen tries to avoid the shot.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Pulkkinen slips under a jab.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Pulkkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from White misses.
White throws a sloppy body shot
and Pulkkinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White misses with a hook. Pulkkinen ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws a hook but Pulkkinen avoids it easily.
White slips a straight right by Pulkkinen.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White lands a jab to Pulkkinen's midsection.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pulkkinen counters with a thumping low kick.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from White.
White misses with a right hand
and Pulkkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White misses with a few strikes there.
White is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pulkkinen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pulkkinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
White is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands a left and a right that send White crashing to the mat, dazed. Pulkkinen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
White is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Pulkkinen misses.
It looked like White was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pulkkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White feints and then cracks Pulkkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pulkkinen down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with an uppercut.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a big head kick that sends White tumbling to the mat! Pulkkinen takes a step backwards and waves White back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Pulkkinen misses with a double jab.
White slips a jab and a cross from Pulkkinen.
White swings for the body but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
A telegraphed right hand from Pulkkinen misses the target.
White tries a low kick but Pulkkinen avoids it.
Pulkkinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barron White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pulkkinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a one-two to the body.
Pulkkinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White lands a big uppercut and Pulkkinen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Pulkkinen looks OK. White waves Pulkkinen back to his feet!
Pulkkinen is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Pulkkinen connects with a single shot there.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
White scores with a shot to the body.
White sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Pulkkinen's defenses. It connects perfectly with Pulkkinen's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barron White!
A relieved looking Barron White thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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