PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kullervo Pelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Ruggiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pelli's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Juha Vainio - Nakkila. Kullervo Pelli has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pelli
vs
Ruggiero

193 cm
22
266 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
272 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kullervo Pelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benjamin Ruggiero!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruggiero tries to clinch up but Pelli circles away and keeps his distance.
Pelli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch but Pelli is avoiding it.
Ruggiero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruggiero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pelli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pelli throws a series of punches but Ruggiero avoids them all with ease.
Ruggiero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Pelli.
Pelli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruggiero throws a head kick but Pelli moves out of range.
Ruggiero takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pelli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pelli works Ruggiero's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Pelli misses the target.
Ruggiero tries to clinch up.
A lazy body kick from Pelli

and Ruggiero moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruggiero connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pelli's face.
Pelli misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruggiero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelli avoids it.
Pelli has had enough of the clinch but Ruggiero keeps him there for the moment.
Pelli is trying to break the clinch but Ruggiero is controlling him.
Ruggiero looking to throw knees to the head but Pelli is blocking nicely.

Pelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruggiero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelli.
Ruggiero checks a low kick from Pelli.
Ruggiero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch but Pelli is avoiding it.
Pelli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ruggiero.
Pelli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ruggiero checks it well.
Pelli misses with a series of wild punches.

Ruggiero closes the distance and clinches.
Ruggiero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ruggiero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruggiero connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pelli's face.
Pelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruggiero looking to throw knees to the head but Pelli is blocking nicely.
Ruggiero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Kullervo Pelli has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruggiero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruggiero tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelli avoids the damage to the body.
Ruggiero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pelli is defending well for now.
Pelli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pelli is trying to break the clinch but Ruggiero has him pressed against the cage.
Ruggiero scores with a knee to the head.
Ruggiero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelli's efforts to push away.
Ruggiero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelli's efforts to push away.
Ruggiero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pelli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Pelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruggiero moves in looking to clinch but Pelli pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruggiero was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelli.
Pelli with a nice cross.
Pelli lands a jab to the nose.
Ruggiero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Ruggiero.
Ruggiero slips a jab and a cross from Pelli.
Ruggiero wants to clinch up but Pelli keeps it at a distance.
Pelli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch.
Pelli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruggiero avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pelli tries to bum rush Ruggiero with a series of wild strikes but Ruggiero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Pelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ruggiero slips a jab and a cross from Pelli.
Pelli misses with a lunging right hand
and Ruggiero counters with a big head kick but Pelli shrugs it off.
Ruggiero moves to clinch but Pelli breaks away
and Pelli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruggiero checks a leg kick nicely.
Ruggiero moves in looking to clinch but Pelli pushes him off.
Ruggiero takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ruggiero blocks a head kick by Pelli.
Ruggiero is looking to clinch.
Pelli throws a low kick but Ruggiero avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruggiero takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ruggiero tries to clinch but Pelli is having none of it.
Pelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruggiero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kullervo Pelli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kullervo Pelli's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ruggiero wants to clinch but Pelli slips to the side
and Pelli counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Ruggiero has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kullervo Pelli!
Kullervo Pelli seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.