PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Puman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Tikkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Puman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Raimo Tikkari was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Puman
vs
Tikkari

179 cm
25
166 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

172 cm
32
160 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Puman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Tikkari!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tikkari.
Puman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puman tests Tikkari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Puman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Tikkari. Beautiful body shot.
Tikkari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puman.
Jan Puman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Puman.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tikkari checks a leg kick.
Tikkari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tikkari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puman.
Puman works the jab nicely.
Tikkari tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tikkari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puman can pounce on him.
Tikkari throws the left hand but Puman avoids the punch easily.
Puman scores with a sloppy right hand. Tikkari should have avoided that one.
Puman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tikkari.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puman has closed the distance and engaged Tikkari in a clinch.
Tikkari tries to land knees in the clinch but Puman avoids the damage to the body.
Puman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tikkaris head.
Puman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tikkari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Puman lands a good knee to the midsection. Tikkari won't want to take too many of those.

Puman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tikkari tries a low kick but Puman avoids it.
Tikkari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Puman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puman blocks a jab.
Tikkari misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tikkari.
Tikkari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Puman tenderised Tikkari's leg. Tikkari is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tikkari takes a swing at Puman's ribcage but misses.
Puman scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Puman finds it's way round the side to connect with Tikkari's head.
Tikkari throws a nice looking combination but Puman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puman.
Tikkari looks gassed!
Puman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puman connects with a looping right hand.
Tikkari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Puman to counter with a crisp jab.
Tikkari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tikkari throws a series of strikes that have Puman backpedaling.
Tikkari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Puman.
Tikkari is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Puman rather than just go for the knockout.
Tikkari misses with an uppercut.
Puman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tikkari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Puman lands a leg kick that knocks Tikkari off balance momentarily.
Tikkari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tikkari doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puman connects with a leg kick. Tikkari looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tikkari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tikkari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puman scores with a leg kick.
Tikkari takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Puman has taken the fight to the clinch.

Puman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Puman clinches with his opponent.
Puman prevents Tikkari from breaking the clinch.
Puman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tikkari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puman avoids it.
Puman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puman lands a left hand.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Raimo Tikkari has been cut.
Puman lands an elbow inside.
Puman lands with a left to the head.
Puman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tikkari backwards.
Tikkari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Puman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puman prevents Tikkari from breaking the clinch.
Puman lands a good knee to the midsection. Tikkari won't want to take too many of those.
Tikkari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Puman has him pressed against the cage.

Puman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Puman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Puman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Puman lands a nice hook to Tikkari's body. Tikkari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Puman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tikkari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Puman, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Puman.
Puman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Puman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tikkari's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puman scores with a spinning back kick!
Tikkari takes one to the side of the head.
Puman pushes Tikkari away with a front kick.
Puman lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Puman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Tikkari's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Puman scores with a spinning back kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Tikkari blocks the leg kick.
Puman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tikkari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice cross by Puman.
Puman checks a leg kick.
Jan Puman is winning the standup battle so far.
Tikkari throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Puman counters with an inside leg kick.
Puman lands a lovely overhand right.
Puman slips a straight right by Tikkari.
Tikkari swats away the attempt to clinch by Puman.
Puman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Puman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tikkari is trying to force a seperation but Puman has the dominant position.
Tikkari is breathing heavily.
Puman lands a damaging elbow.
Tikkari has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Puman.
Puman lands an elbow just above Tikkari 's eye.

That has opened up Raimo Tikkari's cut even more.
Puman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Puman breaks the clinch.
Puman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tikkari can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkari on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puman. Puman obviously looking to wear him down.
Raimo Tikkari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Puman has Tikkari up against the cage in a clinch.
Tikkari takes a shot to the head.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the forehead.

Tikkari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tikkari on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Puman lands with a nice body punch.
Puman lands with a good body shot.
Puman cracks the inside of Tikkari's front leg.
Puman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tikkari under the eye.
Puman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tikkari throws a sloppy head kick and Puman moves out of range easily.
Puman lands the left hand.
Tikkari misses with a two punch combination.
Puman jabs at Tikkari's body.

Puman moves into range and clinches up with Tikkari.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Puman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Puman.
Puman lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Raimo Tikkari's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Puman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tikkari's defenses.

Raimo Tikkari's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Puman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Puman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tikkari backwards.

Tikkari is rocked!
Tikkari avoiding damage as Puman throws knees to the body.
Tikkari is still on wobbly legs! Can Puman finish him?
Tikkari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tikkari seems to have recovered his senses.
Puman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Puman.
Puman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jan Puman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raimo Tikkari's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jan Puman!
Jan Puman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, M/S Paint Fightwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.