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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Poller (ranked 23758 p4p, 519 weight class) and Pekka Pikkarainen (ranked 7124 p4p, 433 weight class). Pekka Pikkarainen has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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185 cm
20
145 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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162 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Poller! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pikkarainen! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Poller leaves Pikkarainen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Pikkarainen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Poller went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Pikkarainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Poller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pikkarainen circles away. Pikkarainen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Pikkarainen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Jason Poller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pekka Pikkarainen. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Pikkarainen lands a nice shot that snaps Poller's head back.
Poller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Poller shoots in for a takedown but Pikkarainen shows good takedown defense. Pikkarainen lands with a shot to the body. Poller walks into a straight right hand from Pikkarainen.
Poller is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Poller gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Pikkarainen gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Pikkarainen! A relieved looking Pekka Pikkarainen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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