PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mihail Mansurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rehti Ladi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mansurov's entrance music is Kreator - Impossible Brutality. A fine choice. Ladi has chosen You Will Never Walk Alone as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Mansurov
vs
Ladi

178 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
191 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mihail Mansurov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rehti Ladi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansurov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mansurov misses with a lunging right hand
and Mansurov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ladi lands with a straight right. Mansurov didn't see that one coming.
Ladi moves out of range as Mansurov strikes.
Mansurov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mansurov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ladi avoids it really well and circles away.
Ladi throws a sloppy head kick and Mansurov moves out of range easily.
Ladi moves away from the strike by Mansurov.
Mansurov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mansurov takes a swing at Ladi's ribcage but misses.
Mansurov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ladi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladi lands with a cross.

Mansurov gets the takedown into side control.
Ladi parries the strikes from Mansurov easily there. Mansurov is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ladi to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mansurov landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mansurov wants to control for a moment but Ladi uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Ladi gets full guard.
Mansurov stands and throws Ladi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ladi stops Mansurov from passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladi tries to buck Mansurov off but Mansurov is having none of it.
Mansurov misses with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ladi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mansurov.
Mansurov trying to control the action but Ladi is working from the bottom.
Ladi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mansurov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ladi defending well though.
Mansurov throws a strike but Ladi avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Mansurov is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansurov trying to control but Ladi is working from the bottom.
Ladi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mansurov trying to hold on to Ladi's head to control him but Ladi postures up.
Mansurov holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Ladi blocks the strikes from Mansurov.
Mansurov trying to hold on to Ladi's head to control him but Ladi postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladi working over Mansurov with some ground and pound. Mansurov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ladi prevents Mansurov from improving his position.
Ladi lands strikes from half guard.
Mansurov has a hand on Ladi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ladi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Ladi prevents Mansurov from getting the reversal.
Mansurov is working hard here to advance position.
Mansurov 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mihail Mansurov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ladi tries to land a front kick but Mansurov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good work by Mansurov as he checks the leg kick.
Ladi lands a nice shot that snaps Mansurov's head back.
Mansurov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ladi.
A big right from Ladi misses.
Ladi avoids the body shot from Mansurov.
Ladi catches Mansurov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ladi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mansurov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ladi moves away.
A big right from Ladi misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ladi misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladi just misses with a punch to the body.
Mansurov swings for the body but Ladi moves out of range.
Ladi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ladi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mansurov avoids the head kick by Ladi.
Ladi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ladi throws a head kick but Mansurov moves out of range.
Mansurov throws the left hand but Ladi avoids the punch easily.
Ladi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ladi lands a head shot.
Mansurov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ladi was well out of range. Poor timing from Mansurov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladi slips a jab and a cross from Mansurov.
Mansurov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ladi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mansurov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mansurov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mansurov misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ladi jabs at Mansurov's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ladi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mansurov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ladi misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansurov misses the jab.
Ladi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mansurov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ladi scores with a decent looking hook.
Mansurov throws out a loose jab but Ladi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ladi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ladi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ladi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ladi. Mansurov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ladi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ladi scores with a jab.

Mansurov is rocked!
Rehti Ladi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ladi throws a powerful right kick. Mansurov tried to block low but the kick was high! Mansurov was taken right off of his feet! Ladi jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rehti Ladi!
Rehti Ladi looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Winning Mihail doesnt remove the fact that we have to spend another 12h together on our jet flight. "Mihail do this, Mihail do that. Mihail wants ice cream. Mihail wants to fly the jet." What an imbecile. I hate those fucking soviets! So thanks, Vegas, a lot for this shit..'.