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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pera Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nolan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulkkinen comes to the cage accompanied by TURISAS - Stand Up And Fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pera Pulkkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nolan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett moves away from the strike by Pulkkinen.
We've been hearing reports that Pulkkinen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nice shot lands for Sackett.
Sackett throws a wild body kick that Pulkkinen sees coming a mile off.
Sackett keeps the fight on the outside.
And Sackett responds with a good body kick, but Pulkkinen manages to step out the way in time.
Pulkkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pulkkinen throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
Pulkkinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sackett lands a nice looking body kick.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Sackett with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pulkkinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Pulkkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pulkkinen blocks the body kick.
Sackett lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pulkkinen.
Nice body kick there by Sackett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Sackett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nolan Sackett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut. Sackett saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Sackett has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sackett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pulkkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sackett looks to land a body kick but Pulkkinen moved away.
Pulkkinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sackett checks a low kick from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a wild body kick that Sackett sees coming a mile off.
Sackett lands with a cross.
Good leg kick by Sackett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sackett is looking to land body kicks.
Pulkkinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pulkkinen thuds his right hand into Sackett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sackett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body kick there by Sackett.
Sackett lands with a hook. Pulkkinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sackett tries a low kick but Pulkkinen avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sackett checks it well.
Pulkkinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pulkkinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sackett dodges the punch combination from Pulkkinen.
Sackett looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sackett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pulkkinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pulkkinen.
Sackett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sackett throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sackett is out of range and Pulkkinen settles back down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sackett.
Sackett blocks a low kick nicely.
Pulkkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett throws a low kick but Pulkkinen avoids it.
Sackett takes the fight into the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sackett throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pulkkinen lands a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen has Sackett pressed against the cage, preventing Sackett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett blocking some punches.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Sackett controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sackett is leaning against Pulkkinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Sackett controls the action.
Pulkkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Pulkkinen controls the action.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nolan Sackett will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pulkkinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sackett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sackett scores with a head kick. Pulkkinen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sackett with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pulkkinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sackett looks to land a combination but Pulkkinen avoids it well.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Pulkkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nolan Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen feints and then cracks Sackett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sackett down.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Sackett. No joy for Pulkkinen on that attempt.
Sackett swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pulkkinen. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pulkkinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pulkkinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sackett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pulkkinen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pulkkinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pulkkinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett lunges at Pulkkinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pulkkinen's hand.
Pulkkinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
Pulkkinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Sackett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pulkkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Sackett lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sackett.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Sackett lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pulkkinen will feel that in the morning.
Nolan Sackett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sackett lands with a good body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sackett.
Sackett scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pulkkinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Sackett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett looks to land a body kick but Pulkkinen moved away.
Nice body kick there by Sackett.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett clinches with his opponent.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Sackett avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pulkkinen gets through Sackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen lands a body shot.
Sackett is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sackett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sackett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sackett. Pulkkinen shrugs it off though.
An inside leg kick from Pulkkinen misses.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. Pulkkinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch there but Sackett circles away.
Sackett misses the jab.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sackett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Pulkkinen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pulkkinen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pulkkinen is looking to chop away at Sackett's legs.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sackett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pulkkinen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pulkkinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sackett.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
Sackett moves out of range as Pulkkinen strikes.
Sackett motions for Pulkkinen to come forward. Sackett throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sackett tries to land a leg kick but Pulkkinen saw it coming and moves away.
Sackett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sackett lands a head shot.
Sackett lands with a nice body kick.
Sackett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pulkkinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulkkinen is just out of range.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nolan Sackett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sackett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sackett chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pulkkinen can pounce on him.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Pulkkinen.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pulkkinen.
Sackett cracks a nice hook into Pulkkinen's ribs.
Sackett throws a sloppy head kick and Pulkkinen moves out of range easily.
Pulkkinen is looking to counter the offense by Sackett and move into the clinch.
Pulkkinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sackett checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sackett defending well as Pulkkinen loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sackett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Sackett.
Sackett wants to clinch.
Sackett throws a front kick that sends Pulkkinen stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Pulkkinen misses.
Sackett scores with a push kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulkkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pulkkinen blocks the body kick.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
Sackett punishes Pulkkinen's body with a nice straight punch.
Sackett is looking to slow Pulkkinen down with leg kicks.
Sackett thuds his shin into the meat of Pulkkinen's side.
Pera Pulkkinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Sackett moves into range and clinches up with Pulkkinen.
Sackett lands with a left to the head.
Sackett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Pulkkinen wants to take the fight to the mat but Sackett manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sackett.
Pulkkinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pulkkinen blocks a body shot from Sackett.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Pulkkinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sackett avoids it.
Sackett lands a shot to the body.
Sackett lands a left hand.
Sackett tries to land knees in the clinch but Pulkkinen avoids the damage to the body.
Sackett presses Pulkkinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Pulkkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Pulkkinen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sackett fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pera Pulkkinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sackett digs a good hook to Pulkkinen's body.
Sackett delivers a nice body kick.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pulkkinen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sackett.
Sackett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sackett lands a nice looking body shot.
Sackett instigates a clinch.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a right to the head.
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!
Sackett misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett lands a left hand.
Pulkkinen is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Sackett.
Oh Pulkkinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sackett pushes Pulkkinen against the cage. Sackett is working some dirty boxing. Sackett pushes off with a quick right hook! Pulkkinen goes down! Pulkkinen tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sackett moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nolan Sackett!
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