PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lath Hoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artturi Soturi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Go Ninja-Vanilla Ice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hoy
vs
Soturi

190 cm
19
197 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
184 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lath Hoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Artturi Soturi!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soturi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoy manages to avoid it.
Soturi misses with a looping left.
Hoy scores with a nice head shot.
Soturi connects with a nice looking jab.
Soturi throws a head kick but Hoy moves out of range.
Soturi looks to land a combination but Hoy avoids it well.
Soturi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Artturi Soturi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hoy scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Soturi struggling a bit here.
Soturi is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Soturi can't do much from the bottom here.
Soturi is not content to let Hoy control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoy taking a breather here.
Soturi stops Hoy from passing to mount.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hoy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hoy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Soturi as he jumps to the side.
Hoy walks into a straight right hand from Soturi.
Soturi throws a series of punches but Hoy avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soturi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hoy avoids the body shot from Soturi.
A slow jab from Soturi misses its intended target.
Hoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Hoy scores with a takedown into Soturi's guard.
Soturi tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Hoy has gone for a leg lock! Soturi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hoy's guard.
Soturi is stalling in the full guard.
Soturi trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hoy's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soturi tries to free his leg and advance position but Hoy is retaining full guard.

Hoy is looking for a triangle here but Soturi uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Soturi decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hoy to his feet.

Hoy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hoy looking to pass the guard.
Soturi controls Hoy momentarily but Hoy frees himself.

Hoy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Soturi dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hoy is looking for a triangle but Soturi pushes his legs off easily.
Hoy keeping moving, preventing Soturi from controlling successfully.
Soturi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hoy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hoy controls Soturi momentarily but Soturi frees himself.
Hoy keeping moving, preventing Soturi from controlling successfully.
Soturi thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lath Hoy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hoy avoids the body shot from Soturi.
Soturi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lath Hoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soturi catches Hoy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Horrible takedown by Hoy or perhaps it was just good defense by Soturi which made him look bad.
Hoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soturi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hoy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Soturi misses.
Soturi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hoy rather than just go for the knockout.
Soturi throws a nice looking combination but Hoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoy looks for a takedown but Soturi sprawls well.
Hoy slips a jab and a cross from Soturi.
Nice body punch from Soturi.
Hoy shoots in and drives through. Soturi sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lath Hoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soturi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoy shoots in for a double leg but Soturi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hoy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Soturi pinned against the cage. Soturi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hoy slips under a jab from Soturi.
Soturi cracks Hoy with a good jab.
Soturi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Artturi Soturi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soturi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hoy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soturi.
Hoy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soturi.
Hoy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soturi missing with a left hand there. Hoy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soturi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Soturi connects with a body shot.
Hoy moves out of range as Soturi strikes.
Hoy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Soturi as Hoy shoots in.
Soturi misses with a body shot.
Soturi throws a hook but Hoy avoids it easily.
Hoy tries to clinch there but Soturi circles away.
Soturi throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoy.
Soturi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Soturi. No joy for Hoy on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoy shoots in for a takedown but Soturi shows good takedown defense.
The fighters circling - Soturi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoy tries for a takedown but Soturi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Soturi scores with a nice right hand.
Hoy drops his hands momentarily and Soturi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hoy shoots for a takedown but Soturi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Soturi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Soturi throws a sloppy head kick and Hoy moves out of range easily.
Soturi catches Hoy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hoy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Soturi's waist but Soturi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hoy off to one side.
Soturi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Soturi misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoy has a takedown stuffed.
Hoy tries for a takedown but Soturi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Soturi throws a shot from downtown. Hoy moves away and avoids it.
Soturi thows a body shot but no joy.
Hoy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Soturi lands with a hook. Hoy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Soturi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Soturi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hoy shoots in for a double leg but Soturi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soturi misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artturi Soturi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Soturi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Good shot there by Soturi.
Hoy shoots in but no luck this time.
Hoy fails with the takedown.
Hoy moves forwards but Soturi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Soturi misses with a hook.
Hoy closes the distance and clinches up with Soturi, looking for a takedown. Hoy pushes Soturi against the cage but Soturi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lath Hoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoy avoids the head kick by Soturi.
Soturi throws a body punch but Hoy moves out of range.
Soturi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hoy shoots in and bounces Soturi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hoy preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soturi keeping full guard, as Hoy tries to pass.
Hoy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Soturi is trying to keep Hoy in close.
Hoy content to stall in guard here.

Soturi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hoy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Soturi working a defensive guard but Hoy passes into half guard.
Hoy wants to pass to mount but Soturi is defending the position.
Soturi trying to control here.

Soturi actively working from the bottom here.

Hoy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soturi is trying to control but can't.
Hoy trying to mount his opponent but Soturi defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Soturi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoy manages to avoid it.
Soturi misses with an uppercut. Hoy saw that one coming.
Hoy shoots in but Soturi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hoy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Soturi swivels and escapes.
Hoy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Soturi swivels and escapes.
Soturi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A head kick misses from Soturi.
Soturi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoy moves away.

Hoy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soturi, pushing him back against the cage.

Soturi breaks from the clinch.
Hoy shoots in looking for a takedown. Soturi tries to sprawl out of it but Hoy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Soturi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Soturi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Soturi lands a lovely overhand right.
Soturi throws a jab when Hoy was well out of range.
Hoy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hoy takes a body punch but keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Artturi Soturi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Soturi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Artturi Soturi!