PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naiki Nekele (ranked 1363 p4p, 1075 weight class) and Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 55 p4p, 42 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Nekele
vs
Pulkkinen

210 cm
33
275
26 - 16 - 0

225 cm
26
333
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Naiki Nekele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sepi Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Nekele.
Nekele tries a head kick but it misses.
Nekele scores with a hook.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Nekele.
Pulkkinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nekele throws a hook to the side of Pulkkinen's head but Pulkkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pulkkinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nekele throws out the jab.
Nekele thuds a left hand into Pulkkinen's body.
Pulkkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nekele swings for the body but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Nekele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pulkkinen.
We've been hearing reports that Nekele has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pulkkinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nekele.
Pulkkinen wants to clinch.
Pulkkinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Naiki Nekele has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nekele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Nekele.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nekele with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pulkkinen avoids the head kick by Nekele.
Pulkkinen throws out a counter right but Nekele avoids it with no problem.
Nekele walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nekele with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nekele just misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen checks a leg kick.
Nekele throws a nice head kick!
Nekele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nekele throws out a loose jab but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nekele staying out of range there.
Nekele is looking to wear down Pulkkinen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fighters circle, before Nekele throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Pulkkinen's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Nekele lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Naiki Nekele!
Naiki Nekele gave a mention to HELLBENT in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).