PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pro Ject (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Torni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torni comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Ject
vs
Torni

189 cm
24
195 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pro Ject!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Torni!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torni cracks Ject with a right hand to the side of the head.
Torni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ject throws a right hand that misses
and Torni counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ject's knee momentarily.
Ject misses with a left hand
and Torni counters with a body kick that stops Ject in his tracks momentarily.
Torni shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ject misses with a hook
and Torni counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ject's knee momentarily.

Torni clinches up with Ject and pushes him back against the cage.
Torni trying to land knees to the body.
Ject can't break the clinch.
Ject avoids the elbow strike from Torni, against the cage.
Ject looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torni prevents Ject from breaking the clinch.
Torni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ject's face.
Ject wants to break free but Torni has control.

Torni breaks from the clinch.
Torni slips under a jab.

Torni moves into the clinch successfully.
Ject is trying to break the clinch but Torni is controlling him.
Torni lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ject has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Torni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ject has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torni looking to throw knees to the head but Ject is blocking nicely.
Torni lands an elbow inside.
Torni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ject's defenses.
Torni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ject has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ject takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ject is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Torni unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Torni with a knee to the head.

Torni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ject uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torni.
Torni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ject throws a body kick that misses.
Ject misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Torni takes the fight into the clinch.
Torni has Ject pressed against the cage, preventing Ject from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Torni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Torni misses its intended target.
Torni connects with a solid leg kick.
Ject scores with a one two! Torni had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ject rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Torni counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torni tries a head kick but it misses.
Torni slips under a jab.
Ject moves out of range as Torni strikes.

Torni moves into range and clinches up with Ject.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Torni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ject's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni throws an elbow but it misses.

Torni breaks the clinch.
A left lands for Ject.
Ject thows a left - swing and a miss!
Torni tries to work over Ject's front leg with a kick but Ject checks it.
Torni wants to slow Ject down by chopping away at his legs.
Torni tries to work over Ject's front leg with a kick but Ject checks it.
Ject misses with a double jab
and Torni counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ject's knee momentarily.
Torni lands with a good body shot.
Torni throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ject.
Ject takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ject was well out of range. Poor timing from Torni.
Ject throws a leg kick
and Torni counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ject.
Torni lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ject will feel that in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ject is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Torni.
Ject throws a right hand that misses
and Torni counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ject is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Torni misses with an uppercut
and Ject counters with a three punch combo that has Torni backing up. Torni nods at Ject to acknowledge the strikes.
Torni lands with a good body shot.
Ject is breathing heavily.
Torni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Ject blocks the low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torni.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ject misses with a hook
and Torni makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ject misses with a right hand
and Torni counters with a nice uppercut.
Torni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Torni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ject doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ject throws a right hand that misses
and Torni counters with a three punch combo that has Ject backing up. Ject nods at Torni to acknowledge the strikes.
Torni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torni scoring well with a low kick there.
Ject throws the kick towards the body but Torni avoids it.
Ject takes one to the side of the head.
Torni throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ject's head.
Ject scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Torni with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ject is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ject gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Torni.
Ject takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Torni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ject moves forwards but Torni connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Torni scores with a sloppy right hand. Ject should have avoided that one.
Ject takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lauri Torni seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni connects with a leg kick. Ject looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ject avoids the head kick by Torni.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ject walks into a jab.
Ject takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ject swings widly with a right hand
and Torni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torni scores with a jab. Ject acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torni looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torni connects with a solid leg kick.
Pro Ject seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crunch! Torni slams his shin into Ject's torso.
Torni with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Torni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Torni drives through and clinches with Ject against the cage.
Knees to the body from Torni.

Torni breaks the clinch.
Torni throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Torni.
Torni scores with a head kick.
Torni lands with a shot to the body.
Torni lands a nice looking body shot.
Torni scores with a head kick.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Torni lands a nice hook to Ject's body. Ject takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ject on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ject tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torni. That's going to slow Ject down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torni throws a head kick that half lands.
Torni digs a good body shot into Ject's ribs.

Torni moves into the clinch.
Torni is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Torni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ject avoids it.
Ject takes an elbow to the temple.

Torni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Torni, right into the meat.
Torni scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Torni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Torni with a nice cross.
Torni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Ject.
Ject takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Torni lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ject misses with a hook to the body

and Torni counters by clinching up.
Ject tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torni's elbow.

Torni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ject misses with a series of wild punches.

Torni instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Torni.
Ject managing to block the knees to the body from Torni.
Ject blocks the elbow strike.
Torni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Torni throws a jab when Ject was well out of range.
Torni fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Torni fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ject has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ject lands with a shot to the body.
Ject throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Torni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ject checks the leg kick.
Ject throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ject takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ject misses with a jab to the body
and Torni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Torni lands a jab to Ject's midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torni fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni scores with a hook.
Torni scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ject moves out of range of the leg kick from Torni.
Ject doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ject throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torni counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ject is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A head kick misses from Torni.
Ject walks into a stiff left hand from Torni.
Torni takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Torni shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ject eats them both and turns towards Torni to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Torni is looking to slow Ject down with leg kicks.
Ject misses with a lunging right hand
and Ject takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ject throws a right hand that misses
and Torni counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ject takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ject lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ject rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Torni counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torni connects with an inside leg kick.
Torni connects with an inside leg kick.
Ject walks into a jab.
Ject misses with a right hand

and Torni counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Torni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ject avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Torni throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Torni.

Torni breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Ject misses
and Torni counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ject avoids the body shot from Torni.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torni. That's going to slow Ject down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ject swings widly with a right hand
and Torni counters with a big head kick but Ject shrugs it off.
Torni catches Ject with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ject uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torni.
Nice cross by Torni.
Torni looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torni lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Torni feints and then cracks Ject's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ject down.
Ject swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torni counters with a low kick, right behind Ject 's knee.
Torni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torni looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Torni fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ject has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torni stuns Ject with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torni displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torni with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ject on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Torni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torni lands a head shot.
Ject on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torni. Torni obviously looking to wear him down.
Ject rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ject takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ject takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Torni scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torni fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Torni scores with a leg kick.
Torni lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ject's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Torni, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni really dominated that round.
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.

Torni scoring well with a low kick there.
A right-left combo lands from Torni.
Ject is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Torni.
A head kick misses from Ject.
Torni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torni throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torni throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Torni throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torni lands a head kick. Ject smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Torni lands a leg kick that knocks Ject off balance momentarily.
Ject tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Torni cracks a nice hook into Ject's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ject with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Torni to score with a decent uppercut.
Torni throws a series of punches but Ject moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Torni.
Ject tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ject swings away with a body shot that misses
and Torni counters with a good low kick that Ject was not able to check.
Ject takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Torni lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Torni clinches up with Ject and pushes him back against the cage.
Ject looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Torni lands an elbow just above Ject 's eye.
Torni misses with a knee to the head.
Torni using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Torni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ject tries to keep at a distance but Torni has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torni tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torni scores with a knee to the head.

Torni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Ject 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A low kick from Ject misses
and Torni counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Torni misses.
Ject misses with a hook
and Torni counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice combination there by Torni.
Torni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ject stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torni sizes up Ject with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Torni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torni lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Torni.
Torni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ject paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ject misses with a lunging right hand

and Torni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Torni.

Torni breaks from the clinch.
Torni walks into a straight right hand from Ject.
Ject takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Donk. Ject catches Torni right on the button with a cross.
Ject misses with a lunging right hand
and Torni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torni wants to slow Ject down by chopping away at his legs.
Ject throws a lazy uppercut
and Torni counters with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Torni.
Ject connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ject swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Torni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torni lands with a slapping head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torni.
Torni feints and then cracks Ject's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ject down.
Torni lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torni misses with a head kick.
Torni throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ject throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ject takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ject misses with a lunging right hand
and Torni counters with a big head kick but Ject shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ject throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torni makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torni.
Torni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ject misses with a hook

and Torni counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Torni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torni lands with a nice body punch.
Torni connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Torni moves into the clinch.
Torni landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Torni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ject's defenses.
Ject managing to block the knees to the body from Torni.
Torni landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Torni trying to land knees to the body.
Torni lands a damaging elbow.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Torni breaks the clinch.
Torni lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ject misses with a lunging right hand
and Torni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Torni lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ject's sensitive parts.
Ject will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torni moves into range and clinches up with Ject.
Ject is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Torni misses with a knee strike.
Torni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Torni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ject misses with a body kick.
Torni thumps Ject with a low kick.

Torni moves into range and clinches up with Ject.
Torni throws a knee to the head but misses.
Torni scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Torni.
Nice elbow from Torni.
Torni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ject.

Torni breaks from the clinch.
Torni connects with a solid leg kick.
Pro Ject has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torni misses with a two punch combination.
Torni dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ject. That did some damage!
Ject throws a lazy uppercut
and Torni counters with a low kick, right behind Ject 's knee.
Torni pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ject takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ject dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Ject misses.
Ject throws a lazy uppercut
and Torni makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Torni bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ject misses with an uppercut
and Torni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ject throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ject lands with a nice combination. Torni backs away looking to recover.
Torni throws a one two combo.
Torni misses with a head kick.
Torni throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Torni throws a nice inside leg kick.
Torni on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ject misses with a hook
and Torni counters with an inside leg kick.
Ject throws a leg kick that is checked
and Torni counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ject misses with a right hand
and Torni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ject takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Torni.
Lauri Torni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Torni.
Torni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ject counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ject on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torni. Torni obviously looking to wear him down.
Torni digs a good hook to Ject's body.

Torni rushes Ject and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lauri Torni seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Torni lands an elbow inside that Ject shrugs off.

Torni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Torni finds it's way through Ject's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torni lands a head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A thudding body kick lands there by Torni!
Torni cracks the inside of Ject's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lauri Torni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Torni 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 42:50
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 42:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 42:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lauri Torni!
Lauri Torni is the new middleweight champion!