PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rehti Ladi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ladi comes to the cage accompanied by You Will Never Walk Alone. Rehti Ladi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Augusto Soto's chin.

Ladi
vs
Soto

195 cm
27
191 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

181 cm
26
193 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

DJs Locker
Perkele!

Sparta Fightware

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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rehti Ladi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Augusto Soto!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soto throws a leg kick
and Ladi counters with a head kick. That will keep Soto thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Soto moves into the clinch successfully.
Soto takes a shot to the head.
Soto letting Ladi take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ladi.
Soto misses with some punches.
Soto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ladi's elbow.
Ladi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Soto.

Ladi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Soto is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Ladi to the mat. Ladi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Soto slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ladi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Soto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ladi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soto trying to control but Ladi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladi wants to sweep here but Soto controlling him for the moment.
Ladi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ladi is working hard here to advance position.
Soto trying to control the position from guard on top but Ladi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ladi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Soto's guard.
Ladi stopping the sweep attempt from Soto.
Ladi looking to sit in guard and control but Soto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soto preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ladi is on top in guard.
Ladi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Soto's head.
Ladi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ladi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ladi is looking to work some ground and pound but Soto has wrist control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ladi postures up.
Ladi wants to control from the top but Soto keeps moving.
Ladi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soto swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soto wants to sweep here but Ladi controlling him for the moment.
Soto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ladi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soto is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Soto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ladi tries to work over Soto's front leg with a kick but Soto checks it.
Ladi lands a nice shot to the body.
Soto swinging wildly here.
Ladi wants to clinch.
Ladi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ladi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soto backwards.
Ladi trying to control the position but instead, Soto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ladi into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rehti Ladi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ladi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Soto lands a slapping body shot.
Ladi scores with a decent looking hook.
Ladi moves in looking to clinch but Soto pushes him off.
Soto looks to score with a jab to the body but Ladi is just out of range.
Soto throws a looping overhand right but Ladi ducks down to avoid it.
Soto tries to clinch there but Ladi circles away.
Soto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Soto is rocked!
Ladi lands a nice hook to Soto's body. Soto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soto misses with a kick to the body.
Soto looks up at the clock. Bad move! Ladi lands a right hand from hell, dropping Soto. Ladi pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rehti Ladi!
Rehti Ladi tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.