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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Bailey (ranked 66 p4p, 7 weight class) and Pena Pulkkinen (ranked 48 p4p, 5 weight class). Pena Pulkkinen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Devon Bailey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen misses the jab.
Pulkkinen misses with a looping left.
Bailey lands a jab to Pulkkinen's midsection.
Bailey misses with a looping left.
Pulkkinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Bailey strikes.
Pulkkinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bailey under the eye.
Bailey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Devon Bailey has been cut.
Bailey gets a clinch.
Pulkkinen trying to stall but Bailey improves his position.
A shot in the inside from Pulkkinen.
Bailey tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Pulkkinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Come on Pulkkinen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bailey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pulkkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Bailey is leaning against Pulkkinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pulkkinen blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Pulkkinen has Bailey pushed against the cage.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Pulkkinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Bailey gets an underhook and turns Pulkkinen into the cage.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pulkkinen gets through Bailey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Pulkkinen pulls guard effortlessly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen looking for a guillotine here but Bailey defends easily.
Pulkkinen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pulkkinen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen working a defensive guard but Bailey manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bailey working away.
Bailey trying to control the position but Pulkkinen is working away.
Bailey working away.
Pulkkinen is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bailey just content to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pulkkinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bailey jabs at Pulkkinen's body.
Bailey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pulkkinen on the side of the head.
Bailey misses with an uppercut
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Pulkkinen slips a jab from Bailey.
Pulkkinen throws a solid leg kick but Bailey takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pulkkinen.
Bailey is looking to counter the offense by Pulkkinen and move into the clinch.
Pulkkinen scores with a leg kick.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Pulkkinen.
Bailey feints and then cracks Pulkkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pulkkinen down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Devon Bailey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bailey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bailey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pulkkinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Bailey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pulkkinen throws the kick towards the body but Bailey avoids it.
Pulkkinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bailey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pulkkinen scores with a punch to the head.
Bailey rushes Pulkkinen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pulkkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey takes a shot to the head.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey lands a hook that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Devon Bailey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Pulkkinen controls his hands.
Pulkkinen takes a shot to the head.
Pulkkinen working aggressively here.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Bailey.
Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pulkkinen dips to his left and cracks Bailey with an uppercut!
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a hook.
Pulkkinen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bailey's head.
Devon Bailey's cut is getting worse.
Bailey looks to clinch
and Pulkkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bailey tries to clinch but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pulkkinen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bailey scores with a nice head shot.
Bailey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen slips a straight right by Bailey.
Pulkkinen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bailey scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bailey. Pulkkinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pulkkinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pulkkinen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bailey moves forwards but Pulkkinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bailey connects with a leg kick. Pulkkinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pulkkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bailey clobbers Pulkkinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body. Bailey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pulkkinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bailey throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Pulkkinen counter with a right hand.
Pulkkinen lands with an overhand left.
Pulkkinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick.
Bailey is looking to slow Pulkkinen down with leg kicks.
Pulkkinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bailey is looking to chop away at Pulkkinen's legs.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but Bailey avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a body punch but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Bailey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Devon Bailey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pulkkinen missing with a left hand there. Bailey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pulkkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Bailey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pulkkinen's hands.
Pulkkinen tries to score with a low kick but Bailey moves his leg out of the way.
Bailey seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pulkkinen checks a low kick from Bailey.
Pulkkinen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Bailey coming out on top.
Pulkkinen throws a chopping leg kick but Bailey manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bailey lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bailey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pulkkinen throws out the jab.
Bailey swings for the body but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Bailey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bailey is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bailey's calf.
Pulkkinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bailey.
Pulkkinen stuns Bailey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen motions for Bailey to come forward. Pulkkinen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bailey scores with the left hand. Pulkkinen knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Bailey misses.
Bailey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bailey listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bailey looks for the body kick but Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen flicks out a counter leg kick but Bailey steps away.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bailey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bailey misses with a straight right.
Pulkkinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bailey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bailey throws a lazy uppercut
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, jab by Bailey - just one landing.
Pulkkinen looks for the body kick but Bailey saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen lands with a hook. Bailey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jeez, Devon Bailey's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Bailey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Devon Bailey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pulkkinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bailey blocks a low kick nicely.
Bailey throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bailey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen wants to slow Bailey down by chopping away at his legs.
Bailey is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pulkkinen.
Bailey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey throws an overhand right that lands on Pulkkinen's shoulder, as Pulkkinen tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Pulkkinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pulkkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen tries to land a leg kick but Bailey saw it coming and moves away.
Bailey looks to land a right hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range.
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bailey has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a right hand
and Bailey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pulkkinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pulkkinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donk. Pulkkinen catches Bailey right on the button with a cross.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Bailey throws a body kick.
Pulkkinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bailey is out of range.
Bailey misses with a straight right.
Bailey misses with an uppercut. Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Devon Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey misses with a body kick.
Bailey looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pulkkinen misses with a straight right.
Bailey throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen misses with a looping left.
Bailey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bailey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a looping left.
Bailey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bailey throws a poor cross that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pulkkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey takes a swing at Pulkkinen's ribcage but misses.
Bailey missing with a left hand there. Pulkkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bailey swings widly with a right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a body kick.
Pulkkinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bailey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bailey takes a swing at Pulkkinen's ribcage but misses.
Bailey clinches up with Pulkkinen and pushes him back against the cage.
Pulkkinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen trying to stall but Bailey improves his position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pulkkinen manages to pull guard.
Bailey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pulkkinen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bailey not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pulkkinen is looking for a triangle but Bailey pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bailey throws a front kick aimed at Pulkkinen's knee but Pulkkinen avoids it well.
Bailey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pulkkinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pulkkinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bailey.
Pulkkinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bailey's sensitive parts.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bailey checks a leg kick.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bailey clinches.
Pulkkinen slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pena Pulkkinen really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey'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.
Bailey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bailey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pulkkinen tries to keep at a distance but Bailey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bailey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pulkkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Pulkkinen avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey digs a right hand underneath Pulkkinen's ribcage. Pulkkinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey lands with a short shot to the head.
Bailey tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Good body shot from Bailey.
Pulkkinen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey digs a right hand into Pulkkinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pulkkinen's gas tank.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen is trying to pull guard but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
A nice left hand lands by Bailey.
Bailey works on Pulkkinen's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen tries to pull guard but Bailey won't allow it.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pulkkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Bailey lands a hook that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Pulkkinen takes a shot to the head.
Pulkkinen prevents a body shot from Bailey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Pulkkinen is looking to control Bailey's arms but Bailey gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pulkkinen has his back to the cage.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey scores with a shot to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
A short right from Bailey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulkkinen tries to pull guard but Bailey holds him up against the cage and eventually Pulkkinen drops back down to his feet.
Devon Bailey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pena Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pulkkinen can do to turn this around?
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bailey as Pulkkinen tries to tie him up.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen tries to pull guard but Bailey forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bailey tries to work over Pulkkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen taking a breather.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Bailey lands a nice uppercut.
Pulkkinen is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pulkkinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Bailey finish him?
Bailey cracks Pulkkinen with a nice body shot.
Bailey pushes Pulkkinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey presses Pulkkinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bailey lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey lands a body punch.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Bailey gets through Pulkkinen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bailey pushes Pulkkinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey digs a right hand into Pulkkinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pulkkinen's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Bailey.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bailey lands a big right hand that drops Pulkkinen! The killer instinct kicks in and Bailey finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bailey!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devon Bailey!
Devon Bailey is the new heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Devon Bailey misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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