PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 630 p4p, 6746 weight class) and Cairo Silva (ranked 21 p4p, 54 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Sepi Pulkkinen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sepi Pulkkinen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Pulkkinen
vs
Silva

225 cm
28
333
15 - 6 - 0

194 cm
37
218
16 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sepi Pulkkinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Cairo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva moves out of range as Pulkkinen throws a body kick.
Silva feints a counter leg kick.

Pulkkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pulkkinen avoids it.
Pulkkinen wants to break free but Silva has control.

Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Pulkkinen checks a leg kick.
Pulkkinen appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pulkkinen's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a right hand
enabling Pulkkinen to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
We've been told by Pulkkinen's head coaches at Simply The Best that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silva throws a hook but Pulkkinen avoids it easily.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Pulkkinen moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Pulkkinen.
We've been informed that Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Pulkkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Pulkkinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Pulkkinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Pulkkinen has managed to clinch.
Pulkkinen is trying to break free.
Pulkkinen prevents a body shot from Silva.

Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Pulkkinen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Silva throws a body punch but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva 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.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva missing with knees to the body.

Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva sizes up Pulkkinen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a two punch combo.
Pulkkinen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Pulkkinen's head back.

Pulkkinen is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a nice calf kick.
Oh Pulkkinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Are you kidding me?! Silva ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Pulkkinen clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cairo Silva!
Cairo Silva is the new super heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Cairo Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.