PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunnollinen Tullimies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tullimies's choice of entrance music: Kahen kilon siika. This should be a great matchup!

Mack
vs
Tullimies

195 cm
21
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
30
278 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kunnollinen Tullimies!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mack pushes Tullimies up against the cage in a clinch.
Mack blocking some punches.
Tullimies misses with some punches.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack prevents the takedown attempt.
Mack is stalling here.
Tullimies tries for a takedown but Mack manages to get underhooks.
Mack scores with a shot to the side of Tullimies's head.
Mack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tullimies fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mack.

Mack manages to pull guard.
Tullimies loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mack is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tullimies must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Mack wriggles free and stands up.
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!
Tullimies slips a jab and a cross from Mack.
Tullimies throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tullimies shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tullimies showed some decent athleticism there.
Mack is trying to stand.
Tullimies prevents Mack from improving his position.
Tullimies lands strikes from half guard.
Mack regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mack controlling Tullimies's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tullimies is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mack not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Xavier Mack.
Tullimies misses with a body shot.
Tullimies throws an off balance right hand

and Mack holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tullimies changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mack fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Xavier Mack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kunnollinen Tullimies.
Mack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tullimies jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tullimies jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Mack closes the distance and clinches.
Tullimies doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mack content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack digs a right hand underneath Tullimies's ribcage. Tullimies let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tullimies looks gassed!

Mack breaks the clinch.

Mack scores with a takedown into Tullimies's guard.
Mack distracts Tullimies with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tullimies keeping moving, preventing Mack from controlling successfully.
Mack lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mack trying to control the position from guard on top but Tullimies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mack is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mack is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mack stands and throws Tullimies's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack in side control, throwing shots but Tullimies defends.
Tullimies is not content to let Mack control the position.

Mack tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mack has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Mack is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tullimies is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mack in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tullimies taking a bit of punishment here - Mack scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Mack dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mack.
Mack wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tullimies keeps working.
Mack landing a few strikes.
Tullimies on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tullimies is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mack lands a nice short elbow.

Mack is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mack has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mack postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tullimies looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tullimies sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Tullimies is breathing heavily.
Tullimies trying to hold on to Mack's head to control him but Mack postures up.
Tullimies is trying to stand up here but Mack is controlling him well.

Mack is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tullimies defends it well.
Mack drops an elbow to the side of Tullimies's head.
Mack drops an elbow to the side of Tullimies's head.
Mack scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mack has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mack scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mack cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mack has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mack is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tullimies can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mack working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mack trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Mack connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mack putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mack looking to finish Tullimies with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tullimies!
The referee warns Tullimies that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tullimies can do to turn this around?
Tullimies is squirming around, avoiding Mack's attempts to control the action.
Mack is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tullimies can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack trying to control but Tullimies is having none of it.
Tullimies in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Tullimies is rocked!
Mack postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Tullimies out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Mack goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Xavier Mack!