PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kullervo Pelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pelli's choice of entrance music: Juha Vainio - Nakkila. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Flair
vs
Pelli

185 cm
29
243 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

193 cm
29
266 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ric Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kullervo Pelli!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Flair lands a big head kick that sends Pelli tumbling to the mat! Flair takes a step backwards and waves Pelli back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Kullervo Pelli has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flair staying out of range there.

Flair takes the fight into the clinch.
Pelli told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Flair digs a right hand into Pelli's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pelli's gas tank.
Flair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pelli looks winded!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Flair struggles to land a body shot inside as Pelli controls his hands.
Good body shot from Flair.
Flair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pelli or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Flair.
Flair can't find room to land a body shot as Pelli controls the action.
Good body shot from Flair.
Flair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Flair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Flair pushes Pelli back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flair works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flair lands a body shot.
Flair is working Pelli over against the cage.
Flair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pelli's elbow.
Pelli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Flair scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flair gets through Pelli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Flair is pushing Pelli up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Flair misses with a punch to the body.
Flair lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Flair as the two fighters clinch.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair tries a body shot but Pelli blocks it.
Flair controlling the action here for a moment.
Flair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Flair.
A hook to the body from Flair.
Flair displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pelli up against the cage.
Flair misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Flair.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ric Flair.
A lazy left from Pelli finds it's target.
Flair looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flair.
Pelli misses with a hook
and Flair counters with a nice kick to the body.
Flair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelli takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Flair lands a front kick.
That kick from Flair tenderised Pelli's leg. Pelli is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flair works Pelli's body with a nice hook.
Flair connects with a leg kick. Pelli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Flair.
Pelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Flair looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Flair drops Pelli with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Pelli! Flair dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ric Flair!
Ric Flair took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Flair for the GOLD! Wooooooooooooooooo!'.
The defeated Kullervo Pelli had this to say: 'Well fuck this shit. I lost and I hate it. I should have knocked the fucker out in the first minute.'.