PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julli Pulli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Shishkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulli comes into the arena with Kanye West - Amazing blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pulli
vs
Shishkin

188 cm
31
221 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

176 cm
27
207 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julli Pulli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Shishkin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shishkin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Pulli.
Pulli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shishkin on the side of the head.
Pulli throws a lazy right hand but Shishkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulli throws a hook to the side of Shishkin's head but Shishkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shishkin blocks a jab.
Jab from Pulli.
Shishkin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pulli lands with an uppercut that bounces Shishkin off the cage and back into range.
Pulli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shishkin throws a head kick that misses.
Pulli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shishkin doesn't seem bothered though.
Pulli shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Shishkin defends it nicely.
Pulli is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin throws a body kick that misses.
Pulli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shishkin tries to land a leg kick but Pulli saw it coming and moves away.
Shishkin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pulli throws a shot to the body.
Pulli throws a hook but Shishkin blocks it.

Pulli looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Shishkin!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Pulli dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulli with the ground and pound from mount.
Shishkin is in a horrible position here. Pulli smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shishkin is looking to improve his position but Pulli isn't that keen on the idea.
Pulli postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shishkin looks a forlorn figure.
Shishkin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shishkin tries to hold on but Pulli pushes him away.
Shishkin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pulli will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pulli pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shishkin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shishkin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Shishkin looking to sit in guard and control but Pulli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulli postures up and lands a big shot to Shishkin's brow.
Pulli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pulli stays in close to Shishkin's body and controls the position.
Shishkin looking for a sweep. Not yet Shishkin, not yet.
Pulli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pulli advances to half guard.

Pulli seems to be looking for submissions.
Shishkin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Pulli is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shishkin defends it well.
Shishkin wants to improve his position but Pulli is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulli wants to pass to mount but Shishkin is defending the position.
Pulli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pulli slows the pace down in half guard.
Shishkin is looking for a sweep. Pulli is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shishkin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pulli.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Pulli is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Shishkin sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shishkin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julli Pulli dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shishkin scores with a leg kick.
Pulli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shishkin.
Pulli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shishkin can pounce on him.
Pulli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shishkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shishkin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alexey Shishkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pulli swinging wildly here.
A good leg kick by Shishkin.
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!
Shishkin lands a lovely overhand right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Shishkin throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Pulli is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Alexey Shishkin!