PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Laputa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tua's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Freak on a Leash by Korn. Laputa has chosen Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tua
vs
Laputa

184 cm
36
269 lbs
35 - 25 - 0

195 cm
36
264 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fatu Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirk Laputa!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua connects with a body shot.
Tua blocks a leg kick.
Fatu Tua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laputa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laputa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laputa.
Laputa punishes Tua's body with a nice straight punch.
Laputa misses the body punch
and Laputa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Kirk Laputa has been cut.
Tua lunges at Laputa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laputa's hand.
Tua throws a hook to the side of Laputa's head but Laputa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laputa cracks the inside of Tua's front leg.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Laputa ducks down to avoid it.
Tua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laputa.
Tua misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laputa moves away.
Laputa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tua.
Laputa tries to work over Tua's front leg with a kick but Tua checks it.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Laputa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laputa slips a straight right by Tua.
Laputa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laputa misses with a hook. Tua ducked under it nicely.
Tua scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tua lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laputa at a distance.
Jab, jab by Laputa - just one landing.
Laputa slips a straight right by Tua.
Tua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laputa.
Tua seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Laputa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tua.
Laputa tries to clinch up.
Tua smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big right from Tua misses.
Laputa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tua.
Tua ducks right into an uppercut from Laputa.
Laputa loads up on a big right hand but Tua slips the punch.
Tua throws a hook but Laputa avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Tua misses with a straight left.
No joy there for Laputa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tua throws a series of punches but Laputa avoids them all with ease.
Tua throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laputa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tua under the eye.
Nice cross by Laputa.
Laputa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laputa misses with a low kick.
Laputa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Laputa misses with a body shot
and Tua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laputa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tua swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tua throws a jab when Laputa was well out of range.
A big right from Tua misses.
Laputa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tua.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Tua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Laputa is just out of range.
Tua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laputa throws a looping overhand right but Tua ducks down to avoid it.
Laputa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tua swings for the body but Laputa moves out of range.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
Tua scores with a nice head shot.
Tua is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Laputa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laputa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tua throws a body punch but Laputa moves out of range.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Tua scores with a punch to the head.
Tua punishes Laputa's body with a nice straight punch.
Tua swings for the body but Laputa moves out of range.
Laputa tries to counter with a clinch but Tua shakes him off and moves away.
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!
Tua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Laputa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua throws a body shot but no joy.
Laputa wants to counter with a clinch but Tua pushes him away.
Laputa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tua.
Laputa throws a body punch but Tua moves out of range.
Laputa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Laputa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Tua on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tua misses with a series of wild punches.
Tua drops his hands momentarily and Laputa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tua feints and then cracks Laputa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laputa down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tua throws a jab when Laputa was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Laputa. That snapped Tua's head back.
Tua takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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 Fatu Tua will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kirk Laputa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tua fails to land with a series of punches.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
Laputa moves out of range as Tua strikes.
Laputa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tua scores with a jab to the head.
Tua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laputa.
It looked like Tua wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tua lands with a hook. Laputa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tua walks into a stiff left hand from Laputa.
Laputa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tua digs a good hook to Laputa's body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laputa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tua has got the better of the exchanges.

Laputa feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tua sprawling to the canvas! Tua rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Laputa finish him?!

Tua is rocked!
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!
Laputa fakes the body blow, causing Tua to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Tua goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kirk Laputa!
Kirk Laputa took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I have a second chance, and I'm not going to blow the opportunity.'.