PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ruud Van Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ismo Laippela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Hall comes into the arena with Nico Vega - Beast blaring out of the sound system. Ruud Van Hall could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ismo Laippela's chin.

Van Hall
vs
Laippela

189 cm
22
198 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

202 cm
27
209 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Powerful

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ismo Laippela!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Hall motions for Laippela to come forward. Van Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laippela slips a jab and a cross from Van Hall.
Van Hall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Laippela gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laippela takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Hall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laippela counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Ruud Van Hall has been cut.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laippela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laippela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Hall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laippelas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Laippela moves out of range.
Van Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laippela dodges the punch combination from Van Hall.
Laippela throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Laippela misses with a wild body shot.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Laippela moves out of range.
Van Hall cracks Laippela with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Hall looks to land a combination. Laippela sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Hall moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laippela moves away.
Van Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laippela.
Ismo Laippela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Hall connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laippela tries to move into range but Van Hall moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Van Hall thows a body shot but no joy.
Van Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laippela is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Van Hall.
Van Hall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Hall cracks Laippela with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Laippela takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laippela blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laippela takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laippela takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Hall lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Van Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Hall duly obliges.
Van Hall throws a hook but Laippela avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but Laippela is just out of range.
Van Hall jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laippela attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Van Hall is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Van Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laippela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Hall.
Van Hall throws a combination that misses
and Laippela counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Hall connects with a right hand. Laippela shakes it off.
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laippela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Hall throws a one two combo.
Van Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laippela avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laippela lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donk. Van Hall catches Laippela right on the button with a cross.
Van Hall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Laippela eats them both and turns towards Van Hall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Van Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Laippela takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Hall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laippela fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Hall is breathing heavily.
Van Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laippela throws out the jab.
Laippela throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Hall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud Van Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruud Van Hall's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Van Hall scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Laippela doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Hall misses with a double jab.
Van Hall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Van Hall here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Van Hall cracks Laippela with an open hand slap.
Van Hall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Hall defending well as Laippela loads up on a big left hand.
Laippela misses with an uppercut. Van Hall saw that one coming.
Van Hall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laippela.
Van Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Van Hall does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Van Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laippela manages to avoid it.
Van Hall lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Laippela throws a jab when Van Hall was well out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Hall!
Van Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laippela manages to avoid it.
Van Hall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laippela circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laippela uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Hall.
Van Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Van Hall catches Laippela right on the button with a cross.
Van Hall misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Laippela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall clobbers Laippela with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laippela slips a jab and a cross from Van Hall.
Van Hall scores with a jab to the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Hall as he connects with a hook.
Laippela slips under a jab from Van Hall.
No joy there for Van Hall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Hall scores with a hook.
Van Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laippela.
Van Hall misses with a combination
enabling Laippela to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall scores with a hook.
Van Hall cracks Laippela with an open hand slap.
Laippela slips a jab and a cross from Van Hall.
Van Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Hall misses with an uppercut.
Van Hall is looking to chop away at Laippela's legs.
Laippela's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Hall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laippela scrambles back to his feet.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall moves into range and connects with a jab.
Van Hall throws out a loose jab but Laippela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruud Van Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Hall throws a right and a left that Laippela avoids nicely.
Laippela will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Laippela avoids the head kick by Van Hall.
Laippela looks to throw the jab but Van Hall is out of range.
Van Hall misses the shot to the body.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Van Hall looks to land a right hand but Laippela moved out of range.
Van Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Hall is working the combinations to good effect here.
Van Hall throws a right hand that Laippela ducks under and follows up with a left that Laippela also avoids with ease.
Laippela has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laippela on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Hall throws a right hand that misses
and Laippela counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Hall swings for the body but Laippela moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud Van Hall dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruud Van Hall's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Van Hall throws a nice looking combination but Laippela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Hall misses the shot to the body.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Hall ducks under a wild hook from Laippela.
Van Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laippela swings for the body but Van Hall moves out of range.
Van Hall lands a head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Laippela 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Laippela avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall throws a nice looking combination but Laippela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laippela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Hall moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Laippela moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Van Hall stalks Laippela and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Laippela's face. Laippela staggers backwards, shaken.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Van Hall tries to bum rush Laippela with a series of wild strikes but Laippela uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laippela thuds a left hand into Van Hall's body.
Laippela is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Hall.
Laippela misses with a double jab.
Van Hall lands with a straight right. Laippela didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laippela.
Van Hall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laippela counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big right from Van Hall misses.
Laippela misses with a double jab.
A combination from Van Hall does no damage.
Laippela throws a jab when Van Hall was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Van Hall.
Ismo Laippela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laippela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Laippela.
Van Hall takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left and a right from Van Hall both land. Nice combination.
Laippela misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laippela throws an overhand right that lands on Van Hall's shoulder, as Van Hall tries to avoid the shot.
Laippela takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Laippela throws a front kick aimed at Van Hall's knee but Van Hall avoids it well.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laippela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Hall.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Van Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Van Hall misses with a double jab.
Jab, jab by Van Hall - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Hall.
Laippela is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Van Hall.
Laippela misses the jab.
Laippela blocks a head kick by Van Hall.
Van Hall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Laippela avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall wants to slow Laippela down by chopping away at his legs.
Laippela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Hall.
Ruud Van Hall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laippela moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laippela with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Hall misses with a few strikes there.
Laippela takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ruud Van Hall.
Well Van Hall 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruud Van Hall!
Ruud Van Hall took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.