PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 2466 p4p, 1126 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 328 p4p, 170 weight class). Papadopoulos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lil Uzi Vert - That's A Rack. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Papadopoulos
vs
Tulikoura

187 cm
37
183
30 - 17 - 1

175 cm
35
172
24 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Avraam Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tulikoura scores with a hook.
Papadopoulos throws a solid leg kick but Tulikoura takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tulikoura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Papadopoulos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tulikoura.
Nice defenses there by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
Tulikoura let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Papadopoulos throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Papadopoulos lands a leg kick that knocks Tulikoura off balance momentarily.
Tulikoura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tulikoura is out of range.
Tulikoura misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tulikoura just manages to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tulikoura.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos blocks a low kick nicely.
Papadopoulos is looking to counter punch.
Papadopoulos 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.
Papadopoulos lands with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Tulikoura. Those never looked like landing.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Tulikoura's front leg with a kick but Tulikoura checks it.
Tulikoura misses with a body kick.
Papadopoulos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Papadopoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tulikoura scores with a nice body kick.
Tulikoura throws a body kick that misses.
Papadopoulos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Papadopoulos lands a nice shot to the body.
Tulikoura takes a jab right on the kisser.
Papadopoulos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papadopoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tulikoura.
Tulikoura shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Papadopoulos slips a jab from Tulikoura.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Nice cross by Tulikoura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tulikoura fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tulikoura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tulikoura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tulikoura throws a low kick but Papadopoulos moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Papadopoulos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but Tulikoura moves out of range easily.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick which misses Papadopoulos's front leg but catches the back leg as Papadopoulos tries to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos moved away.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papadopoulos.
A quick step to the side and Papadopoulos tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Papadopoulos 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.
A swing and a miss from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Papadopoulos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab by Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Papadopoulos. That did some damage!
Tulikoura tries to land a front kick but Papadopoulos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tulikoura moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Tulikoura misses.
Papadopoulos misses the jab.
Tulikoura is looking to slow Papadopoulos down with leg kicks.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tulikoura swings for the body but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Tulikoura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Papadopoulos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
Papadopoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
Tulikoura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tulikoura throws a looping overhand right but Papadopoulos ducks down to avoid it.
Papadopoulos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tulikoura lands with a straight right. Papadopoulos didn't see that one coming.
A leg kick checked by Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tulikoura checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papadopoulos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulikoura was well out of range. Poor timing from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tulikoura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura punishes Papadopoulos's body with a nice straight punch.
Tulikoura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papadopoulos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tulikoura throws the left hand but Papadopoulos avoids the punch easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick that misses.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tulikoura. That's going to slow Papadopoulos down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tulikoura.
Tulikoura lands with a straight right. Papadopoulos didn't see that one coming.
Papadopoulos just misses with a punch to the body.
Tulikoura thows a leg kick but Papadopoulos checks it
and Papadopoulos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tulikoura misses with a lunging right hand
and Tulikoura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Papadopoulos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tulikoura counters with a good, hard body kick but Papadopoulos shrugs it off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes Tulikoura dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Papadopoulos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tulikoura.
Papadopoulos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tulikoura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tulikoura bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Papadopoulos's head backwards.
Tulikoura throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tulikoura throws a jab when Papadopoulos was well out of range.
As Tulikoura looks to move away, Papadopoulos throws a big counter combo but Tulikoura just gets out of the way.
Papadopoulos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tulikoura throws the kick towards the body but Papadopoulos avoids it.
Papadopoulos cracks Tulikoura with an open hand slap.
Tulikoura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tulikoura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Papadopoulos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tulikoura misses with an attempted mid kick.
Papadopoulos tests Tulikoura's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tulikoura has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Papadopoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tulikoura - that will leave a mark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Papadopoulos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tulikoura can pounce on him.
Tulikoura connects with the punch.
Tulikoura scores with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Papadopoulos might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Tulikoura staying out of range there.
Tulikoura tries to counter with a clinch but Papadopoulos shakes him off and moves away.
Tulikoura lands a nice shot to the body.
Papadopoulos throws a solid leg kick but Tulikoura takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a straight left.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab. Tulikoura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tulikoura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tulikoura fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tulikoura.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tulikoura misses with a straight right.
Tulikoura throws a chopping leg kick but Papadopoulos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Tulikoura ducks down to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws the left hand but Papadopoulos avoids the punch easily.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut. Papadopoulos saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tulikoura connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Papadopoulos 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.
Papadopoulos throws a front kick aimed at Tulikoura's knee but Tulikoura avoids it well.
Tulikoura tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Papadopoulos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Tulikoura misses its intended target.
Tulikoura thows a leg kick but Papadopoulos checks it
and Papadopoulos counters with a nice uppercut.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it well.
Papadopoulos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos missing with a left hand there. Tulikoura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tulikoura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Papadopoulos manages to avoid it.
Papadopoulos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tulikoura. Tulikoura obviously looking to wear him down.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Tulikoura avoids it easily.
Tulikoura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos obviously looking to wear him down.
Tulikoura wants to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tulikoura slips under a jab.
Papadopoulos stalks Tulikoura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tulikoura's face. Tulikoura staggers backwards, shaken.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Papadopoulos throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut.
Good work by Papadopoulos as he checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tulikoura lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tulikoura lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tulikoura rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Papadopoulos to counter with a crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tulikoura checks a leg kick.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos tried to counter with a leg kick but Tulikoura avoided it.
Tulikoura throws a jab when Papadopoulos was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Tulikoura blocks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick, looking for Tulikoura's leg but Tulikoura calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Tulikoura blocks the low kick.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick nicely.
Tulikoura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it well.
Tulikoura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Johannes Tulikoura will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice cross by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura cracks Papadopoulos with a right hand to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Tulikoura.
A low kick lands for Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura drops his hands momentarily and Papadopoulos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tulikoura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild combination.
Tulikoura tries to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tulikoura scores with a jab.
Papadopoulos throws a jab but it's blocked by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura misses with a few strikes there.
Tulikoura blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tulikoura staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura stuns Papadopoulos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Papadopoulos blocks it.
Papadopoulos throws a front kick aimed at Tulikoura's knee but Tulikoura avoids it well.
Tulikoura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Papadopoulos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Papadopoulos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulikoura was well out of range. Poor timing from Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura misses with a body kick.
Papadopoulos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tulikoura. That one must have hurt.
Tulikoura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Papadopoulos lands a jab to the nose.
Tulikoura is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Papadopoulos.
A nice leg kick lands there from Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Papadopoulos is able to avoid easily.
Papadopoulos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tulikoura misses with a low kick.
Avraam Papadopoulos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tulikoura throws an off balance right hand
and Papadopoulos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Papadopoulos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick lands for Tulikoura.
Tulikoura feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Papadopouloss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tulikoura tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tulikoura is out of range and Papadopoulos settles back down.
Tulikoura misses the jab.
Papadopoulos looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tulikoura checks a low kick from Papadopoulos.
Tulikoura looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
As Tulikoura backs away, Papadopoulos returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tulikoura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Papadopoulos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nice straight punches there by Tulikoura. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tulikoura.
Tulikoura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papadopoulos feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook. Tulikoura ducked under it nicely.
Papadopoulos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick that misses.
Papadopoulos throwing a counter right hand but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
Tulikoura throws a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Papadopoulos blocks the low kick.
Tulikoura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johannes Tulikoura is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut
enabling Papadopoulos to counter with a crisp jab.
Tulikoura tries a low kick but Papadopoulos avoids it.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tulikoura finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Papadopoulos thows a leg kick but Tulikoura checks it
and Tulikoura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Papadopoulos throws an overhand right that lands on Tulikoura's shoulder, as Tulikoura tries to avoid the shot.
Papadopoulos 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.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a jab to the body but Tulikoura is just out of range.
Papadopoulos walks into a jab.
Papadopoulos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tulikoura is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tulikoura lands a leg kick that knocks Papadopoulos off balance momentarily.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot.
Papadopoulos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tulikoura throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tulikoura lands with a nice body punch.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Tulikoura.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick as Tulikoura jumps back.
Papadopoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Tulikoura has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tulikoura blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Tulikoura moved out of range nicely.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot.
Tulikoura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes Tulikoura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tulikoura has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes Tulikoura!
Johannes Tulikoura decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Avraam Papadopoulos stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's time to leave my gloves in the cage, thanks for the support on my journey, it was all a dream when i started'.