PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Puma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunnas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jumal x10 Lavis - Jeesus kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Puma
vs
Kunnas

190 cm
29
258 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

205 cm
30
270 lbs
20 - 7 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Puma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauri Kunnas!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puma scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Puma lands a slapping body shot.
Puma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puma misses with a body shot.
Kunnas lands with a kick to the temple. Puma shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kunnas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Puma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kunnas connects with an inside leg kick.
Puma misses with a wild body shot.
Kunnas defending well as Puma loads up on a big left hand.
Puma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kunnas jabs Puma to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunnas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puma.
Puma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kunnas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puma.
Johnny Puma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kunnas throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Johnny Puma has been cut.
Kunnas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Puma misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kunnas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Puma is looking to wear down Kunnas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Puma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kunnas was well out of range. Poor timing from Puma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Puma throws a right and a left that Kunnas avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puma tries to move into range but Kunnas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kunnas wants to land a leg kick but Puma is out of range.
Puma throws the left hand but Kunnas avoids the punch easily.
Puma throws the left hand but Kunnas avoids the punch easily.
Kunnas slips a jab from Puma.
Kunnas tries a head kick but it misses.
Kunnas throws a leg kick which misses Puma's front leg but catches the back leg as Puma tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas moves out of range as Puma strikes.
Kunnas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kunnas avoids the body shot from Puma.
Puma throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kunnas counters with a left to the body.
Puma lands a nice shot that snaps Kunnas's head back.
Puma thows a body shot but no joy.
Kunnas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kunnas scores with a jab.
Kunnas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kunnas slips under a jab from Puma.
Kunnas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kunnas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Puma in his tracks.
Puma swings for the body but Kunnas moves out of range.
Kunnas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kunnas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puma.
Kunnas lands a leg kick that knocks Puma off balance momentarily.
Puma misses with a body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas tries to clinch but Puma moves out of range.
Kunnas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Puma. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Puma. Those never looked like landing.
Kunnas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kunnas is looking to slow Puma down with leg kicks.
Puma is breathing heavily.
Puma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kunnas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kunnas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kunnas tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Puma misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas throws a head kick that misses.
Puma rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kunnas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Puma takes a swing at Kunnas's ribcage but misses.
Puma takes a swing at Kunnas's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puma bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kunnas's head backwards.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kunnas. Puma shrugs it off though.
Kunnas throws a nice head kick!
Puma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kunnas sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That kick from Kunnas tenderised Puma's leg. Puma is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kunnas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kunnas feints and then cracks Puma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puma down.
Kunnas tries to close the distance and clinch but Puma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kunnas connects with a solid leg kick.
Kunnas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Puma just misses with a punch to the body.
Puma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kunnas avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Puma throws a lazy uppercut
and Kunnas counters with a good, hard body kick but Puma shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kunnas.

Kunnas clinches with his opponent.
Kunnas lands a nice uppercut.

Kunnas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Puma has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kunnas.
Puma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kunnas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puma's calf.
Kunnas connects with a solid leg kick.
Kunnas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Johnny Puma's cut is getting worse.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puma.
Kunnas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kunnas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Puma's head backwards.
Kunnas throws a shot to the body.
Puma tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kunnas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puma takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kunnas lands with a kick to the temple. Puma shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Kunnas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Puma's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kunnas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Puma doesn't seem bothered though.
Puma rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kunnas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Puma misses the shot to the body.
Kunnas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kunnas dodges the punch combination from Puma.
Kunnas scores with a body shot.
Kunnas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Puma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Kunnas moves into the clinch.
Puma taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Puma tries to stall but Kunnas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas prevents Puma from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Puma lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Kunnas breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kunnas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kunnas.
Puma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puma circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Kunnas.
Kunnas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Puma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kunnas.
Kunnas is looking to slow Puma down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Puma.

Johnny Puma's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kunnas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kunnas lands with a right hand.
Puma throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kunnas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Puma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kunnas can pounce on him.
Kunnas fakes the leg kick and cracks Puma in the body.
Kunnas scores with a body shot.
Kunnas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kunnas lands with a slapping head kick.
Kunnas throws a good cross that connects.

Jeez, Johnny Puma's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A shot to the liver by Kunnas. Beautiful body shot.
Puma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kunnas can pounce on him.
Puma takes a head kick and keeps coming.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Puma's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mauri Kunnas!