PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Sleek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Laitamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sleek comes to the cage accompanied by Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best. Laitamo has chosen Cypress Hill - Marijuana Locos as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sleek
vs
Laitamo

187 cm
22
201 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

199 cm
21
218 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Sleek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stanislav Laitamo!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laitamo misses with a hook. Sleek ducked under it nicely.
Laitamo looks for the body kick but Sleek saw that one coming.
Sleek misses with a series of wild punches.
Laitamo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stanislav Laitamo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laitamo throws a body punch but Sleek moves out of range.
Sleek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laitamo catches Sleek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Laitamo lands a nice shot to the body.
Laitamo lands a really nice looking cross but Sleek seems unphased.

It looks like Jay Sleek has been cut.
Laitamo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sleek on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left and a right from Laitamo both land. Nice combination.
Sleek shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A jab from Laitamo does it's job there.
Laitamo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Sleek is rocked!
Sleek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laitamo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laitamo scores with a punch to the head.
Laitamo with a jab.
Oh Sleek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sleek shoots in for a takedown but Laitamo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sleek seems to have got his legs back now.
Sleek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sleek fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Sleek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laitamo lands a nice shot that snaps Sleek's head back.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Sleek. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Laitamo misses with a two punch combination.

Sleek gets a clinch.
Laitamo taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Laitamo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laitamo.
Laitamo misses with an elbow over the top.
Sleek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Laitamo's efforts to push away.
Sleek lands a good knee to the midsection. Laitamo won't want to take too many of those.

Laitamo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laitamo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laitamo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laitamo throws a series of punches but Sleek avoids them all with ease.
Laitamo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sleek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sleek blocks a jab.

Laitamo rushes Sleek and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Laitamo tries to circle away but Sleek has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sleek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laitamo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laitamo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sleek is trying to pull guard but Laitamo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sleek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laitamo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laitamo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sleek.
Sleek prevents Laitamo from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laitamo lands with a short shot to the head.

Jay Sleek's cut is getting worse.
Laitamo is trying to break free.
Laitamo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Laitamo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sleek has a takedown stuffed.
Laitamo with a jab.

Sleek scores with a takedown into Laitamo's guard.

Laitamo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laitamo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sleek manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleek avoids the head kick by Laitamo.
Sleek lands with a cross.
Sleek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sleek tries to score a power double leg takedown but Laitamo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sleek somewhat.
A head kick misses from Laitamo.
That kick from Sleek tenderised Laitamo's leg. Laitamo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sleek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Laitamo defends it nicely.
Laitamo throws a hook to the side of Sleek's head but Sleek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sleek throws a one two combo.
Sleek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laitamo.
A head kick misses from Laitamo.
Laitamo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sleek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanislav Laitamo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Sleek's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Laitamo misses with a hook

and Sleek counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sleek looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sleek looking to pass the guard.
Laitamo is looking to stand up but Sleek isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Sleek decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Laitamo, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laitamo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sleek counters with a low kick, right behind Laitamo 's knee.
Laitamo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Laitamo gets caught flat footed, as Sleek shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sleek wants to control from the top but Laitamo keeps moving.

Sleek gets to his feet. Laitamo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sleek tries to clinch but Laitamo is having none of it.
Jay Sleek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sleek throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Laitamo's waist but Laitamo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sleek off to one side.
Sleek throws a low kick but it's checked well by Laitamo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleek throws a body punch but Laitamo moves out of range.
Laitamo scores with a nice right hand.
A head kick from Laitamo lands but Sleek takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laitamo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sleek misses with a body shot.

Sleek shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sleek showed some decent athleticism there.
It looks like Sleek is going to stand back up.
Laitamo is trying to maintain the position but Sleek is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laitamo is looking to escape.
Sleek controlling the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice uppercut there from Laitamo.

Jay Sleek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Laitamo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Laitamo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Laitamo tries to clinch up.
Laitamo scores with a hook.
Donk. Laitamo catches Sleek right on the button with a cross.
Laitamo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sleek doesn't manage to clinch there - Laitamo circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laitamo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sleek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laitamo lands a head kick. Sleek smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sleek swats away the attempt to clinch by Laitamo.
Laitamo leaves Sleek with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Laitamo misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Laitamo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Laitamo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sleek throws an overhand right that lands on Laitamo's shoulder, as Laitamo tries to avoid the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sleek 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A clash of legs there as Laitamo blocks the low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sleek connects with a right hand. Laitamo shakes it off.
Sleek shoots for a double leg takedown but Laitamo sprawls well. He's pushed Sleek's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Sleek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laitamo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jay Sleek will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jay Sleek's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sleek throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Laitamo's waist but Laitamo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sleek off to one side.
Stanislav Laitamo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sleek misses with a leg kick.
Laitamo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Laitamo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Laitamo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Laitamo pushes Sleek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sleek wants a takedown but no success here.
Sleek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laitamo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laitamo working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Laitamo fails to land.
Laitamo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sleek misses with the head strike.
Laitamo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleek keeps control of Laitamo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stanislav Laitamo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laitamo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sleek is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Laitamo is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Sleek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sleek presses Laitamo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sleek tries to break free but Laitamo pushes him back against the cage.
Laitamo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sleek's elbow.
Laitamo lands a hook that snaps the head of Sleek backwards.

Jeez, Jay Sleek's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Sleek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Laitamo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sleek doesn't seem phased though.
Sleek misses with a takedown
letting Laitamo counter with a right hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jay Sleek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Stanislav Laitamo!
Our winner, Stanislav Laitamo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.