PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bu Laia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Hackalugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laia comes to the cage accompanied by ""E Ala E" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Bu Laia has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Laia
vs
Hackalugi

172 cm
24
167 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
169 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Supersize Me

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bu Laia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruno Hackalugi!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hackalugi thuds a left hand into Laia's body.
Hackalugi lands a jab to the nose.
Laia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hackalugi checks a low kick from Laia.
Hackalugi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hackalugi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Laia has closed the distance and engaged Hackalugi in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Laia.
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Laia.

It looks like Bruno Hackalugi has been cut.
Laia lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Laia.
Laia trying to land knees to the body.
Hackalugi tries to circle away but Laia has him pinned against the cage.
Laia is working Hackalugi over against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hackalugi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hackalugi avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia lands an uppercut.
Laia lands a nice elbow.
Laia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hackalugi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Laia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hackalugi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hackalugi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Laia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Laia lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hackalugi looks gassed!
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hackalugi.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Laia lands a damaging elbow.
Hackalugi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackalugi has Laia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Laia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hackalugi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Laia manages to break the clinch.
Laia throws out a loose jab but Hackalugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hackalugi swings for the body but Laia moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laia.
Bruno Hackalugi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laia works Hackalugi's body with a nice hook.
Laia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hackalugi avoids the head kick by Laia.
Nice body kick from Laia.
Laia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Laia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hackalugi.
Laia with a nice cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Laia.
Hackalugi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laia.
Laia lands a head shot.
Laia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hackalugi if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice body kick from Laia.
Laia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters circling a little - Laia finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laia jabs Hackalugi right on the nose. Hackalugi blinks but takes it well.
Laia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laia, right into the meat.
Bruno Hackalugi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laia shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hackalugi sprawls well. Hackalugi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laia gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackalugi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laia. Laia obviously looking to wear him down.

Laia has closed the distance and engaged Hackalugi in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Laia.
Hackalugi wants a takedown.
Bu Laia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Hackalugi.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Laia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Laia.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bu Laia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Hackalugi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Laia misses with a hook. Hackalugi ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Laia does it's job there.
Hackalugi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Laia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hackalugi avoids the body shot from Laia.
Hackalugi throws a lazy right hand but Laia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hackalugi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laia manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Laia.
Laia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Laia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Laia's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia is keen to just control but Hackalugi is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Laia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Laia is working for a kimura but Hackalugi is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hackalugi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Laia.
Laia trying to control the action but Hackalugi is working from the bottom.
Laia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hackalugi lands a jab to Laia's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hackalugi throws a big shot that misses.
Hackalugi scores with a shot to the body.
Hackalugi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hackalugi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hackalugi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bu Laia is winning the standup battle so far.
Laia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hackalugi misses with an uppercut.

Laia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laia stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Laia seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Hackalugi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hackalugi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laia pushes Hackalugi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laia works on Hackalugi's body with a couple of short punches.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hackalugi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hackalugi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laia crunches a lovely knee into Hackalugi's ribcage.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hackalugi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hackalugi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Laia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Laia has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hackalugi is trying to keep an underhook but Laia manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Laia works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bu Laia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Hackalugi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Laia rushes Hackalugi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Laia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hackalugi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hackalugi tries to circle away but Laia has him pinned against the cage.
Hackalugi is trying to force a seperation but Laia has the dominant position.
Laia lands an elbow inside.
Hackalugi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laia trying to land knees to the body.
Hackalugi can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laia lands a damaging elbow.
Laia can't get the takedown.
Hackalugi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hackalugi can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Hackalugi managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Hackalugi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia lands an elbow inside that Hackalugi shrugs off.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laia is pushing Hackalugi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Laia with a knee to the head.
Laia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hackalugi is defending well for now.

Laia manages to break the clinch.
Laia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Laia fakes the leg kick and cracks Hackalugi in the body.
Laia scores with a kick to the body.
Hackalugi takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hackalugi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Laia.
Laia scores with a kick to the body.
Laia throws a good cross that connects.

Laia instigates a clinch.
Laia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hackalugi's face.
Laia keeps control of Hackalugi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hackalugi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Laia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hackalugi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hackalugi is defending well for now.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hackalugi managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laia.
Bruno Hackalugi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bu Laia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laia.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hackalugi is working for takedown but Laia is calmly controlling the position for now.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hackalugi is trying to force a seperation but Laia has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Hackalugi fails to land.
Nice elbow from Laia.
Laia lands an elbow just above Hackalugi 's eye.
Laia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hackalugi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Laia as the two fighters clinch.
Laia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hackalugi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hackalugi tries to break the clinch but Laia is controlling the position.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laia is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Laia lands an elbow inside that Hackalugi shrugs off.

Laia manages to break the clinch.
Laia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hackalugi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bu Laia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bu Laia!