PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lolo Delaroca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pukki has chosen Trololo as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Delaroca
vs
Pukki

168 cm
26
136 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

170 cm
33
146 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lolo Delaroca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raimo Pukki!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delaroca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pukki connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Pukki.

It looks like Lolo Delaroca has been cut.
Pukki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Delarocas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pukki avoids the body shot from Delaroca.
Delaroca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pukki.
Pukki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Delaroca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pukki's head.

Delaroca gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pukki is trying to stand.
Delaroca thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pukki tries to kick Delaroca off but Delaroca keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Delaroca wants to free his trapped foot but Pukki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Delaroca not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pukki is defending against the submission attempts here by Delaroca.
Pukki is looking to escape.
Pukki is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Delaroca wants to pass to mount but Pukki is defending the position.
Delaroca thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pukki's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pukki pushes Delaroca off looking to stand but Delaroca dives back in and keeps control.

Delaroca wants to work for an arm triangle but Pukki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Pukki pushes Delaroca off and gets back to his feet.
Delaroca with a nice cross.
Pukki looks to land a right hand but Delaroca moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki scores with a shot to the body.
Delaroca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Raimo Pukki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pukki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Delaroca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pukki.
Delaroca throws a hook to the side of Pukki's head but Pukki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pukki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Pukki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delaroca scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pukki stuffs the takedown attempt from Delaroca. Delaroca gets slowly back to his feet.
Lolo Delaroca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delaroca swings for the body but Pukki moves out of range.
Pukki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Delaroca manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Delaroca closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pukki to the mat! Pukki manages to get full guard.
Delaroca throwing strikes from guard but Pukki blocks nicely.
Delaroca prevents Pukki from getting back to his feet.
Delaroca with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pukki wants to stand up but Delaroca is controlling him.

Pukki wriggles free and stands up.
Pukki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Delaroca lands a jab to Pukki's midsection.
Pukki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pukki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delaroca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Delaroca walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delaroca goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Delaroca throws a hook to the side of Pukki's head but Pukki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pukki lands a lovely overhand right.
A swing and a miss from Delaroca.
Pukki throws a series of punches but Delaroca moves out of range.
Delaroca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pukki.
Pukki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Delaroca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Delaroca.
Delaroca fails to land with a series of punches.

Delaroca feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Raimo Pukki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lolo Delaroca's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Delaroca feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Delaroca with a flurry of punches that miss.
Delaroca scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Delaroca with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pukki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Delaroca is controlling him.

Delaroca drops back looking for a leg! Pukki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pukki manages to kick Delaroca off! Delaroca jumps back into Pukki's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Delaroca is looking to work some ground and pound but Pukki has wrist control.
Delaroca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet but Delaroca is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Delaroca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pukki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Delaroca is controlling him.
Delaroca 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pukki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Delaroca is controlling him.
Delaroca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Delaroca is looking to work some ground and pound but Pukki has wrist control.
Pukki wants to stand and escape but Delaroca is having none of it.
Delaroca lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Delaroca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Delaroca throws a big right hand that misses.
Delaroca connects with a couple of short punches.
Lolo Delaroca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Delaroca with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Delaroca postures up in Pukki's guard and throws a big left but Pukki blocks it.
Delaroca stops Pukki from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pukki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Delaroca.
Pukki has momentary wrist control but Delaroca slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaroca works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet.
Delaroca tries to pass to full mount but Pukki defends it.
Delaroca throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet.
Delaroca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pukki defending well though.
Delaroca prevents Pukki from standing back up.
Pukki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Delaroca scores with a couple of nice shots.
Delaroca throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pukki tries to kick Delaroca off but Delaroca keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Delaroca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Delaroca.
Delaroca looks to land a strike but Pukki avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Pukki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Delaroca with a nice head shot there.
Delaroca won't allow Pukki to get back to his feet.
Pukki is breathing heavily.
Delaroca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Delaroca thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Delaroca stops Pukki from standing up.
Delaroca distracts Pukki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Delaroca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pukki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pukki pushes Delaroca off and scrambles back to his feet.
Delaroca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pukki throws a lazy right hand but Delaroca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pukki slips under a jab.
Pukki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Delaroca has a takedown stuffed.
Delaroca with a nice cross.
Raimo Pukki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delaroca looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Delaroca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lolo Delaroca dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lolo Delaroca's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Delaroca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Delaroca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pukki misses with an uppercut.
Delaroca misses with a wild combination.
Delaroca slips a straight right by Pukki.
Pukki throws a big shot that misses.
Delaroca with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pukki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Delaroca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Delaroca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Delaroca fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delaroca closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pukki did well to prevent Delaroca getting side control.
Pukki is looking to escape.
Delaroca throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pukki is trying to stand.

Delaroca is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet.
Pukki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Delaroca.
Delaroca looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Delaroca throws a strike but Pukki avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet but Delaroca is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaroca distracts Pukki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Delaroca scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delaroca postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pukki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pukki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Delaroca is controlling him.
Delaroca working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Pukki pushes Delaroca off and gets back to his feet.
Delaroca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaroca shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pukki as he avoids it easily.
Pukki throws a left and a right that both miss

and Delaroca counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Delaroca.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pukki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pukki wants to get back to his feet but Delaroca is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Delaroca throws a big elbow that misses.
Delaroca works over Pukki with some ground and pound from guard.
Delaroca stops Pukki from standing up.
Pukki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Delaroca lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Pukki is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delaroca is trying to pull guard but Pukki has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lolo Delaroca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pukki working aggressively here.
Delaroca takes a shot to the head.
Pukki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaroca blocking some punches.
Delaroca jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pukki walks away with a smile on his face. Delaroca gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pukki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Horrible takedown by Delaroca or perhaps it was just good defense by Pukki which made him look bad.
Pukki lands a jab to the head.
Pukki looks to throw the jab but Delaroca is out of range.
Delaroca swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pukki counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delaroca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Delaroca connects with a looping right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lolo Delaroca.
I think Delaroca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lolo Delaroca!
Lolo Delaroca made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Spacial thanks to his roomMate'.