PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilmari Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam comes to the cage accompanied by Military Soviet Hymn . Bam Bam has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bam
vs
Laine

190 cm
22
250 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

209 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bam Bam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ilmari Laine!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bam shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Laine's guard.
Bam tries to free his leg and advance position but Laine is retaining full guard.
Laine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bam's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Laine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Laine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bam striking off his back but it's not causing Laine any problems.
Laine's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Bam working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Laine doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Laine manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bam is trying to keep Laine in close.
Bam is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Bam throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Laine trying to control but Bam is working from the bottom.
Laine lands a couple of elbows.
Laine not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bam throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam is trying to control the position but Laine postures up.
Bam bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Laine's guard.
Laine lands some strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laine looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bam in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Bam drops back looking for a leg! Laine is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Laine manages to kick Bam off! Bam jumps back into Laine's guard.
Bam stopping the sweep attempt from Laine.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Laine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bam!
Bam is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bam wants to control but Laine is having none of it.
Bam 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.
Laine with shots to the head and body - Bam looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bam is breathing heavily.
Bam is in a horrible position here. Laine smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Laine landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bam is trying desperately to improve position.
Laine lands a nice shot to the head.
Laine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Laine lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bam is looking to get to half guard.
Laine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bam taking shots to the head.
Laine is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bam can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Bam is rocked!
Laine lands a heavy elbow.
Laine lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bam can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Laine.
Laine landing shots from mount.
Bam throwing hammer fists to the chest of Laine. What's that going to do exactly?
Laine controlling from mount.
Laine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bam looks a forlorn figure.
Laine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Laine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice elbow there by Laine.
Laine trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Laine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Laine dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bam working to try and regain half guard.
Laine avoids the attempt from Bam to control.
Laine working Bam over with strikes here.
Laine cracks Bam with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Laine raining down shots from the mount!
Laine blocks Bam's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Laine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bam's face.
Laine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Laine trying to control but Bam is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bam can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilmari Laine dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fighters circling - Laine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laine with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bam counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bam.
Bam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Laine throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Bam landing with the ground and pound.
Laine keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Bam content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Bam drops back looking for a leg! Laine is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Laine manages to kick Bam off! Bam jumps back into Laine's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Laine can do anything to dispel that myth.
Laine is trying to control the position but Bam postures up.
Bam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Laine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Laine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laine controls Bam momentarily but Bam frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam wants to control from the top but Laine keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bam shoots and misses
and Laine counters with a straight right hand.
Laine throws a series of punches but Bam moves out of range.
Laine thows a body shot but no joy.
Laine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bam fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Laine misses the body punch

and Bam counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bam.
Bam postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bam lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Laine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Laine is trying to control the position but Bam postures up.
Bam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Laine's head.
Bam working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ilmari Laine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bam connects with a couple of short punches.
Bam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Laine is on top in guard.
Bam is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Bam has his foot on Laine's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Laine works his way back into a safe position though.
Bam looking for a sweep. Not yet Bam, not yet.
Bam is trying to keep Laine in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bam looking for a sweep. Not yet Bam, not yet.
Laine stands up over Bam, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Laine works over Bam with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Laine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Laine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bam keeping moving, preventing Laine from controlling successfully.
Laine stands and throws Bam's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Laine creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Laine scoring with punches from side control.
Laine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bam misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Bam is trying to get back to half guard.
Bam takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Laine working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bam misses with a strike from the bottom.
Laine landing strikes.
Bam is looking for a sweep.
Bam takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Laine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Laine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bam might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Laine scores with punches from side control.
Bam manages to get back to half guard.
Laine is looking to take a break and control but Bam is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Laine trying to mount his opponent but Bam defends it.

Bam looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bam tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ilmari Laine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Laine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bam counters with a takedown into side control.
Laine tries to buck Bam off but Bam is having none of it.

Bam tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Bam is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Laine has escaped the position, nice work there.
Laine wants to control but Bam postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laine is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bam's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Bam is trying to work for a kimura but Laine is defending well.
Laine is looking for a sweep. Bam is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine wants to control but Bam is keeping busy.
Laine missing with punches from the bottom.
Laine is trying to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Laine shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Laine prevents Bam from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bam manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bam trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bam striking off his back but it's not causing Laine any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine trying to control but Bam is working from the bottom.

Bam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Laine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bam thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Laine trying to control but Bam is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Laine thows a body shot but no joy.
Laine lands a jab to the nose.

Laine looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Laine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bam is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bam taking some punishment here, with Laine in his half guard.
Bam on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Laine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Laine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Laine slips a nice elbow through Bam's hands, connecting with Bam's forehead.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bam misses with a takedown attempt

and Laine counters with a single leg into guard. Bam didn't expect that.
Bam scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Laine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Laine stands up out of Bam's guard for a moment - Bam manages to land a nice upkick.
Laine trying to control but Bam is working from the bottom.
Laine stands up over Bam, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bam is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bam tries to strike from the bottom.
Laine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Laine looks to land a right hand but Bam moved out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Laine. No joy for Bam on that attempt.

Laine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bam trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bam Bam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ilmari Laine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ilmari Laine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilmari Laine!