PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiao Macale (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! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Macale
vs
Torni

173 cm
30
177 lbs
29 - 9 - 1

189 cm
24
190 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 29 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Torni!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Macale throws a leg kick but Torni checks it.
Macale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Macale will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Torni throws a solid leg kick but Macale takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Torni.
Macale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Torni momentarily.
Torni takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Macale misses with a double jab.
Macale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torni throws out the jab.
Torni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torni on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tiao Macale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macale just misses with a punch to the body.
Macale pivots, looking for a leg kick but Torni is out of range and Macale settles back down.
Macale looks to score with a jab to the body but Torni is just out of range.
Macale throws a hook but Torni avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Macale.
Macale bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torni's head backwards.
Macale slips under a jab from Torni.
Torni throws a leg kick but Macale sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torni works Macale's body with a nice hook.
Macale lands a nice looking kick to the body. Torni takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Torni looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Macale closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Macale checks a leg kick.
Macale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Macale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Macale was well out of range. Poor timing from Torni.
Torni lands a nice leg kick that just misses Macale's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Macale. Torni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Macale looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Macale is breathing heavily.
Macale motions for Torni to come forward. Macale throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torni attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Macale is looking to land body kicks.
Torni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Torni misses with a wild body shot.
Macale dodges the punch combination from Torni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Torni drives through and clinches with Macale against the cage.
Come on Torni - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Macale wants to stall.
Torni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Torni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Macale's defenses.
Torni lands an elbow just above Macale 's eye.
Macale digs a right hand into Torni's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Torni's gas tank.
Macale blocks an elbow strike from Torni.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Torni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Macale's brow.
Macale blocks an elbow strike.
Torni has Macale pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macale avoids it.
Macale is trying to maintain a safe position but Torni gets an underhook and turns Macale into the cage.
Torni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macale trying to stall but Torni improves his position.
Torni misses with a knee to the head.
Torni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Torni tries to land knees in the clinch but Macale avoids the damage to the body.
Macale looking to stall.
Torni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macale is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale avoiding damage as Torni throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Torni as Macale tries to tie him up.
Torni throws a knee to the head but misses.
Macale is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Torni trying to land knees to the body.
Macale tries to stall but Torni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Macale seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Torni is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tiao Macale.

Torni darts in and clinches Macale up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Torni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Macale goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Macale misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni dominated that round.
That's time! Macale's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Torni throws a hook but Macale blocks it.
Torni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Torni wants to clinch.
Macale wants to land a leg kick but Torni is out of range.
That kick from Macale tenderised Torni's leg. Torni is trying to keep his angry face on.
Torni is looking to score with low kicks.
Macale thuds his right hand into Torni's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Macale checks a leg kick.
Lauri Torni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torni misses with a low kick.
Torni misses with a body shot.
Torni on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Torni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Macale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Torni momentarily.
Torni doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Torni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Macale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale catches Torni with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A solid leg kick lands there for Torni.
Macale throws a shot to the body.

Torni forces Macale back against the cage and clinches.
Torni looking to throw knees to the head but Macale is blocking nicely.
Torni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macale.
Torni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Macale has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Torni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Macale. That snapped Torni's head back.
Macale shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Macale scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Macale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torni moves away.
Macale takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Torni takes a swing at Macale's ribcage but misses.
Macale scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torni looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale misses with a hook.
Torni tries a head kick but it misses.
Torni motions for Macale to come forward. Torni throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Macale has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torni.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Torni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Macale throws a leg kick but Torni moved away.
Macale lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Torni throws a leg kick
and Macale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torni has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Torni throws a head kick that misses.
Macale tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Macale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Macale keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Torni.
Macale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Macale throws an overhand right that lands on Torni's shoulder, as Torni tries to avoid the shot.
Macale takes a swing at Torni's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Torni misses.
A big right from Torni misses.
Macale fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torni checks it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Macale, as that shot connected.
Torni lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Torni closes the distance and clinches.

Torni breaks the clinch.
Torni tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Torni lands a nice looking kick to the body. Macale takes a step back to recover.
Macale blocks a head kick by Torni.
Macale's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Macale duly obliges.
A jab from Macale misses.
A low kick from Torni misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macale checks a leg kick nicely.
Macale is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Torni tries a head kick but it misses.
Torni pivots, looking for a leg kick but Macale is out of range and Torni settles back down.
Macale lands with a thumping leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Macale
and Torni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Torni tries to land a front kick but Macale steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Macale avoids the body shot from Torni.
Macale misses with a kick to the body.
Macale misses with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Torni.
A punch combination from Torni misses.
Macale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torni blocks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Macale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torni doesn't seem phased though.
Macale uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torni.
Torni misses with a low kick.
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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A good leg kick by Torni.
Torni avoids the head kick by Macale.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torni.
Macale scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Torni pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torni connects with a leg kick. Macale looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good shot there by Macale.
Torni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Macale.
Macale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torni.
Torni throws a half hearted mid kick.
Macale does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Torni jabs Macale to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Macale lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Macale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torni misses with a low kick.
Torni throws a leg kick but Macale sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Torni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torni lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Macale has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Macale and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Torni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Macale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Macale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Macale loads up on a big right hand but Torni slips the punch.
Torni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Torni rushes Macale and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Macale tries to stall but Torni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Torni throws an elbow but it misses.
Torni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macale is defending well for now.
Macale managing to block the knees to the body from Torni.
Torni pressing his opponent against the cage.
Torni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale taking a breather.
Torni missing with knees to the body.

Torni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Torni misses with a wild combination.
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Macale throws a series of punches but Torni avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Torni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torni throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macale throws a right and a left that both miss.
Macale lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torni takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale just misses with a punch to the body.
Torni takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Macale blocks the leg kick.
Torni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torni uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macale.
Torni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Macale throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Macale misses
and Torni counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Torni clinches up with Macale and pushes him back against the cage.
Torni crunches a lovely knee into Macale's ribcage.
Torni utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Torni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torni lands an elbow just above Macale 's eye.
Torni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Macale's face.
Lauri Torni is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torni landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torni missing with knees to the body.
Tiao Macale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torni lands an elbow just above Macale 's eye.
Torni missing with knees to the body.
Torni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Macale misses with the head strike.
Torni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macale.
Torni manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torni tries to land knees in the clinch but Macale avoids the damage to the body.

Torni manages to break the clinch.

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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lauri Torni!
Lauri Torni took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Undead clothing. All items 10$ for their support in the buildup to the fight.