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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Saric (ranked 221 p4p, 22 weight class) and Pena Pulkkinen (ranked 106 p4p, 11 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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14 - 7 - 0 |
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241 lbs
22 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zdravko Saric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Saric if he has to take too many more of those.
Saric misses with a lunging right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Saric throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pulkkinen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pulkkinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saric throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Good exchange - Pulkkinen coming out on top.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Saric pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saric looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saric staying out of range there.
Pulkkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saric misses with a left hand
enabling Pulkkinen to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Saric.
Pulkkinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Saric throws an overhand right that lands on Pulkkinen's shoulder, as Pulkkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Saric pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Saric is predictable there
and Pulkkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Saric looks to land a combination but Pulkkinen avoids it well.
Saric slips a jab from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Pulkkinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saric throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pulkkinen misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Saric misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Saric throws a poor cross that misses
and Saric takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saric missing with a left hand there. Pulkkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saric thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saric throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Pulkkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Pulkkinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pulkkinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pulkkinen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Saric swings widly with a right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a nice body shot.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Saric.
Saric misses with a looping right.
Pulkkinen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Saric throws a shot from downtown. Pulkkinen moves away and avoids it.
Pulkkinen tries a quick counter leg kick but Saric is wise to it.
Pulkkinen jabs at Saric's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulkkinen lands a high kick!
It looks like Zdravko Saric has been cut.
Pulkkinen connects with a crisp jab.
Pulkkinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Saric looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pulkkinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Saric had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pulkkinen works Saric's body with a nice hook.
Saric is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zdravko Saric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Saric connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pulkkinen scrambles back to his feet.
Saric slips a jab from Pulkkinen.
Saric misses with an uppercut
letting Pulkkinen counter with a right hand.
Pulkkinen misses with a straight left.
Saric thows a leg kick but Pulkkinen checks it
and Pulkkinen counters with a two punch combo.
Pulkkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Saric lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pulkkinen doesn't seem phased though.
Pulkkinen lands with an overhand left.
Saric ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saric tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Saric.
Saric misses with a lunging right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Saric stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pulkkinen looks to land a right hand but Saric moved out of range.
Pulkkinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pulkkinen throws a front kick that sends Saric stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pulkkinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Saric is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pulkkinen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Saric walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pulkkinen keeps Saric at a distance using the push kick.
Pulkkinen throws a hook but Saric avoids it easily.
Pulkkinen is looking to slow Saric down with leg kicks.
Saric fails to land with a series of punches.
Pulkkinen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Saric takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saric throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Saric takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Saric takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saric is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pulkkinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulkkinen lunges at Saric with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saric's hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pulkkinen. Saric shrugs it off though.
Saric shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pulkkinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saric. That did some damage!
Pulkkinen throws a jab when Saric was well out of range.
Saric sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen tests Saric's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pulkkinen looks to land a right hand but Saric moved out of range.
Pulkkinen blocks a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pulkkinen!
An inside leg kick lands from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saric.
Pulkkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice jab there from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands with a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pulkkinen lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulkkinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saric.
Pulkkinen fakes the leg kick and cracks Saric in the body.
Saric takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pulkkinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pena Pulkkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zdravko Saric's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pulkkinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Pulkkinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saric throws a lazy uppercut
and Pulkkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pulkkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saric misses with a straight right.
Pulkkinen lands an overhand right.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick that knocks Saric off balance momentarily.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice body kick.
Saric will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saric misses with a right hand
and Pulkkinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pulkkinen scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Pulkkinen misses.
Pulkkinen thuds his shin into the meat of Saric's side.
Pulkkinen throws a lazy right hand but Saric sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saric throws a lazy uppercut
and Saric takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pulkkinen lands with a slapping head kick.
Saric is rocked!
Pulkkinen fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Saric to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Saric looks to clinch but Pulkkinen throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Saric taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pena Pulkkinen!
An out of breath Pena Pulkkinen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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