PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Lee Grace (ranked 676 p4p, 1490 weight class) and Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 19 p4p, 51 weight class). Earl Lee Grace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grace
vs
Pulkkinen

195 cm
41
265
20 - 15 - 0

225 cm
32
324
21 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Brooklyn Apothecary

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 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Earl Lee Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sepi Pulkkinen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grace misses with a hook to the body

and Pulkkinen counters by moving into the clinch.
Grace has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pulkkinen lands a left hand.
Grace softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulkkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grace throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grace misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Grace backwards.
Pulkkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Graces head.

It looks like Earl Lee Grace has been cut.
Grace blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pulkkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Pulkkinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Pulkkinen lands a right hand.
Pulkkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Grace controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace blocking some punches.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Grace controls the action.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike.
Grace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grace misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grace throws a head punch that misses.
Grace lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pulkkinen stalling against the cage.
Grace lands a right hand.
Pulkkinen misses with the head strike.
Grace throws a punch but it's blocked by Pulkkinen.
Grace makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pulkkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grace lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pulkkinen or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Grace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen prevents a body shot from Grace.
Grace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Grace avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Grace avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Grace.
Pulkkinen presses Grace against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Grace prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grace.
Grace throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pulkkinen tries to work over Grace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pulkkinen blocks an uppercut.
Pulkkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grace's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Pulkkinen.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grace's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Grace is rocked!
Grace prevents a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Oh Grace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Grace seems to have got his legs back now.
Pulkkinen pushes Grace against the cage. Pulkkinen is working some dirty boxing. Pulkkinen pushes off with a quick right hook! Grace goes down! Grace tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pulkkinen moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sepi Pulkkinen!
A victorious Sepi Pulkkinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.