PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quiet Monkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monkey has chosen Epic - Faith No More as his entrance music. Taneli Hauki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Quiet Monkey's chin.

Hauki
vs
Monkey

188 cm
34
197 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

199 cm
36
199 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taneli Hauki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quiet Monkey!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey scores with a hook to the body. Hauki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Monkey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hauki moves away from the strike by Monkey.
An attempted straight right counter from Hauki misses the target.
Monkey smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Monkey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Monkey tries a head kick but it misses.
Hauki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Quiet Monkey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monkey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hauki scores with a hook.
Monkey darts in looking for a takedown but Hauki gets double underhooks and turns Monkey into the cage.
Monkey just misses with a punch to the body.
Hauki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monkey.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Monkey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hauki.
A nice left hand lands by Hauki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki tries a body shot but Monkey blocks it.
Hauki taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Hauki.
Hauki misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hauki.
Hauki throws a head punch that misses.
Hauki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hauki swings wildly with an uppercut but Monkey uses good head movement to avoid it.

Monkey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Monkey has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Hauki lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hauki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monkey changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Monkey blocks a jab.
Hauki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Monkey.

Monkey forces Hauki back against the cage and clinches.
Hauki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Monkey backwards.
Hauki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hauki is struggling to control the position.
Monkey has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hauki after a bit of a struggle.
Taneli Hauki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quiet Monkey.
Hauki blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Hauki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hauki stalls.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Monkey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Monkey.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
Hauki working aggressively here.
Hauki has a couple of punches blocked by Monkey.
Hauki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Monkey being controlled against the cage.
Monkey blocks an uppercut.
Hauki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Monkey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hauki taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Hauki fails to land.
Hauki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Monkey up against the cage.
Hauki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hauki misses with the head strike.
Hauki working aggressively here.
Hauki swings wildly with an uppercut but Monkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hauki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taneli Hauki 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.

Monkey looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Monkey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hauki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Monkey throws a shot from downtown. Hauki moves away and avoids it.
Monkey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hauki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hauki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hauki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Monkey.
Monkey throws a good cross that connects.
Hauki swats away the attempt to clinch by Monkey.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Monkey.
A jab from Hauki finds it's way through Monkey's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Hauki misses.
Monkey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Monkey slips under a jab.
Monkey feints the counter takedown.
Monkey misses with a looping left.

Monkey throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hauki was covering up waiting for the punch and Monkey finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monkey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hauki is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki pulls Monkey in to control the position.
Hauki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Monkey can do to turn this around?
Hauki keeping moving, preventing Monkey from controlling successfully.
Hauki trying to keep a closed guard but Monkey is proving a slippery customer.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hauki holds on and takes a little breather.
Monkey sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hauki is trying to control the position but Monkey postures up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hauki ducks under a wild hook from Monkey.
Monkey closes the distance but Hauki moves to the side
and Hauki counters with a straight right hand.
Monkey misses with a body shot.
Monkey scores with a punch to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Monkey as he connects with a hook.
Hauki throws a nice head kick!
Hauki misses with a hook. Monkey ducked under it nicely.
Monkey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Monkey fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hauki to the ground. Monkey is now in Hauki's guard.
Hauki is controlling Monkey's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monkey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hauki keeping moving, preventing Monkey from controlling successfully.
Hauki working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey trying to control the position from guard on top but Hauki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Monkey might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hauki haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Monkey content to stall in guard here.
Hauki keeping moving, preventing Monkey from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hauki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Monkey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hauki seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Monkey has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Monkey avoids the body shot from Hauki.
Monkey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Quiet Monkey seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hauki misses with a head kick.
Monkey throws out a loose jab but Hauki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hauki blocks the body kick.
Hauki slaps away a takedown attempt from Monkey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Taneli Hauki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quiet Monkey.

Hauki lands a big head kick that sends Monkey tumbling to the mat! Hauki takes a step backwards and waves Monkey back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Quiet Monkey has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hauki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Monkey to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Hauki is looking for a triangle but Monkey pushes his legs off easily.
Monkey not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hauki keeping full guard, as Monkey tries to pass.
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 Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quiet Monkey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hauki slaps away a takedown attempt from Monkey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hauki slips a straight right by Monkey.
Monkey misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hauki counter with a right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hauki.
Hauki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monkey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Monkey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Monkey clinches up against the cage.
I was talking to Hauki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Monkey.
Monkey avoiding damage.
Hauki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hauki misses with some punches.
Hauki is struggling to control the position.
Hauki pushes Monkey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hauki.
Monkey takes a shot to the head.
Hauki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hauki avoids the elbow strike from Monkey, against the cage.
Hauki tries to throw a body punch but Monkey avoids it by throwing Hauki back against the cage.
Hauki controlling the action here for a moment.
Hauki lands an uppercut.
Hauki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Monkey.
Hauki lands a hook that snaps the head of Monkey backwards.
Still in the clinch, Hauki scores with a nice short uppercut.

Monkey is rocked!
Hauki unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Monkey! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hauki is unloading with more strikes now! Monkey drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taneli Hauki!
A very excited looking Taneli Hauki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Quiet Monkey stepped up to the mic, saying 'Did I just poop my pants?'.