PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MC Hammerfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pera Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammerfist comes to the cage accompanied by 2 legit 2 quit - MC Hammer. Pulkkinen has chosen TURISAS - Stand Up And Fight as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hammerfist
vs
Pulkkinen

179 cm
30
211 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

150 cm
26
205 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, MC Hammerfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pera Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammerfist paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pulkkinen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pulkkinen lands a nice hook to Hammerfist's body. Hammerfist takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pulkkinen connects with a right hand. Hammerfist shakes it off.
Pulkkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hammerfist moves away.
Hammerfist connects with a single shot there.
Pulkkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hammerfist can pounce on him.
Hammerfist misses with a looping right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hammerfist lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pulkkinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pulkkinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pulkkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Hammerfist.
Hammerfist scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Pulkkinen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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!
Hammerfist scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist trying to control but Pulkkinen is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hammerfist pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pulkkinen is keeping the position for now.
Pulkkinen keeping moving, preventing Hammerfist from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hammerfist fakes the leg kick and cracks Pulkkinen in the body.
Hammerfist tries to score with a low kick but Pulkkinen moves his leg out of the way.
Pulkkinen wants to counter the offense by Hammerfist and move into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hammerfist is looking to chop away at Pulkkinen's legs.
Pulkkinen flicks out a counter leg kick but Hammerfist steps away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pulkkinen.
Pera Pulkkinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pulkkinen rushes Hammerfist and presses him up against the cage.
Pulkkinen blocks an uppercut.
Hammerfist prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen blocks an uppercut.
Hammerfist prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Pulkkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hammerfist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Hammerfist's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Pulkkinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pulkkinen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pulkkinen controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hammerfist uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hammerfist struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Hammerfist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hammerfist blocking some punches.
Pulkkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hammerfist misses with a punch on the inside.
Hammerfist misses with a punch on the inside.
Hammerfist blocking some punches.
Pulkkinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hammerfist lands an elbow inside.
Hammerfist is trying to drag Pulkkinen to the mat but Pulkkinen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hammerfist blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Hammerfist avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pulkkinen.
Hammerfist tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Hammerfist tries to throw a body punch but Pulkkinen avoids it by throwing Hammerfist back against the cage.
Pulkkinen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pulkkinen missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Hammerfist blocks it.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hammerfist.
Nice body punch from Pulkkinen - that landed with a thud.
Pulkkinen stalling against the cage.
Hammerfist trying to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen takes a shot to the head.
Hammerfist lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pera Pulkkinen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hammerfist misses with a kick to the body.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch but Hammerfist moves away
and Hammerfist cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A low kick from Pulkkinen is predictable there
and Hammerfist counters with a solid body kick.
Hammerfist will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hammerfist ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hammerfist uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pulkkinen has time to react.
Pulkkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hammerfist is just out of range.
Pulkkinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hammerfist shoots for a double leg takedown but Pulkkinen sprawls well. He's pushed Hammerfist's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen takes one to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen dips to his left and cracks Hammerfist with an uppercut!
Pulkkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Hammerfist.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammerfist blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pulkkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
MC Hammerfist is winning the standup battle so far.
Hammerfist feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pulkkinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pulkkinen blocks the body kick.
Pulkkinen misses with a leg kick
and Hammerfist counters with a one-two to the body.
Pulkkinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hammerfist scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hammerfist shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pulkkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hammerfist manages to avoid it.
Hammerfist appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hammerfist moves out of range of the leg kick from Pulkkinen.
Hammerfist throws a lazy uppercut
and Pulkkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hammerfist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pulkkinen can pounce on him.
Hammerfist is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist throws a poor cross that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a low kick, right behind Hammerfist 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pulkkinen tries to move into range but Hammerfist moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hammerfist with a hook.
Pulkkinen throws a front kick aimed at Hammerfist's knee but Hammerfist avoids it well.
Pulkkinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hammerfist.
Pulkkinen lands a jab to the head.
Hammerfist is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulkkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammerfist cracks Pulkkinen with a good jab.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick as Hammerfist jumps back.
It appears Hammerfist was looking to counter with a kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hammerfist.
Pulkkinen works Hammerfist's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws a front kick that sends Hammerfist stumbling back into the cage.
Hammerfist slips a straight right by Pulkkinen.
Hammerfist misses with a straight right.
Hammerfist throws a leg kick but Pulkkinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pulkkinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hammerfist throws a sloppy body shot

and Pulkkinen counters by clinching up.
Pulkkinen effectively controlling the action here.
Pulkkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hammerfist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hammerfist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Pulkkinen.
Hammerfist misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen keeps control of Hammerfist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pulkkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MC Hammerfist. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pulkkinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pulkkinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hammerfist throws a punch but it's blocked by Pulkkinen.
Hammerfist prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
A right handed body shot lands from Pulkkinen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen stalling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pulkkinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Pulkkinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hammerfist backwards.
Pera Pulkkinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hammerfist's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pulkkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hammerfist is rocked!
Pulkkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hammerfists head.
Oh Hammerfist is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulkkinen unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Hammerfist! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Pulkkinen is unloading with more strikes now! Hammerfist drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pera Pulkkinen!
Pera Pulkkinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.