PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Tappura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappura has chosen Ring of fire as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Palowakski
vs
Tappura

191 cm
26
250 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

201 cm
29
255 lbs
24 - 14 - 2

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World class boxer
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World class MT
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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Palowakski !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taisto Tappura!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tappura lands a leg kick that knocks Palowakski off balance momentarily.
Tappura throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Palowakski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tappura counters with a good, hard body kick but Palowakski shrugs it off.
Tappura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tappura moves out of range of the strikes.
Tappura takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tappura scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Palowakski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tappura counters with an outside leg kick.
Tappura is looking to land body kicks.
Tappura dips to his left and cracks Palowakski with an uppercut!
Tappura throws a wild body kick that Palowakski sees coming a mile off.
Tappura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palowakski throws out the jab.
Tappura lands a head shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tappura.
Tappura throws a wild body kick that Palowakski sees coming a mile off.
Tappura misses with a body shot.
Palowakski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tappura moves out of range as Palowakski throws a body kick.
Tappura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Palowakski 's hands.
Tappura throws a right and a left that Palowakski avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tappura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Palowakski 's head.
Tappura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tappura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Palowakski just misses with a punch to the body.
Tappura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palowakski .
Tappura throws a body punch but Palowakski moves out of range.
Palowakski throws a body kick that misses.
Tappura lands a nice shot to the body.
Palowakski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Palowakski tries a low kick but Tappura avoids it.
Palowakski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Palowakski is looking to wear down Tappura with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palowakski throws a leg kick but Tappura sees it coming and moves out of range.
Palowakski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Palowakski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tappura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some wild striking there from Tappura.
Tappura misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski throws a leg kick
and Tappura counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Palowakski is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Palowakski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palowakski blocks the body kick.
Palowakski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tappura connects with a leg kick. Palowakski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tappura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body punch from Palowakski .
Tappura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Palowakski 's hands.
Palowakski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tappura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tappura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Palowakski .
Tappura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tappura thumps Palowakski with a low kick.
Palowakski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tappura wants to land a leg kick but Palowakski is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Palowakski is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tappura's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Decent striking displayed by Palowakski there.
Palowakski blocks a head kick by Tappura.
Palowakski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A head kick misses from Palowakski .
Tappura throws a sloppy head kick and Palowakski moves out of range easily.
Tappura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palowakski .
Tappura gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Palowakski counters with a single leg into guard. Tappura didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Palowakski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Palowakski won't allow Tappura to sweep him here.
Palowakski looking to sit in guard and control but Tappura gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Palowakski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski trying to control the position.
Palowakski has Tappura pulled in close to control his posture.
Tappura has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Palowakski is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palowakski is pulling down on Tappura's head. It's preventing any offense from Tappura, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Tappura dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tappura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palowakski misses with a wild body shot.
Tappura fakes the leg kick and cracks Palowakski in the body.
Palowakski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Fred Palowakski has been cut.
Tappura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Palowakski has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Palowakski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tappura's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Tappura lands a big head kick that sends Palowakski tumbling to the mat! Tappura takes a step backwards and waves Palowakski back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Palowakski is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Tappura. That's going to slow Palowakski down.
Oh Palowakski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taisto Tappura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palowakski walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tappura.
Nice body kick from Tappura.
Tappura pushes Palowakski away with a front kick.
Palowakski get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Palowakski stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Tappura runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Taisto Tappura!
Taisto Tappura thanked the fans post fight for their support.