PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pako Laine (ranked 227 p4p, 30 weight class) and Jesus Chico Grande (ranked 346 p4p, 40 weight class). Laine comes to the cage accompanied by Nikke Ankara - Värifilmi. Grande has chosen Dead By Dawn by Deicide as his entrance music. Jesus Chico Grande is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Laine
vs
Chico Grande

174 cm
35
146 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

165 cm
32
145 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pako Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Chico Grande!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Grande. Beautiful body shot.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grande.
Laine tries a head kick but it misses.

Grande gets a clinch.

Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Grande.
Grande is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laine.
Grande takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A bone on bone clash there as Grande blocks the leg kick.
Grande pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laine misses with a looping right.
Laine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grande.
An inside leg kick lands from Grande.
Laine tries to work over Grande's front leg with a kick but Grande checks it.
Grande has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Laine misses with a straight left.
Grande checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laine moves away from the strike by Grande.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Laine moves away and avoids it.
Laine swings for the body but Grande moves out of range.
Laine throws a nice looking combination but Grande bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Laine.
Laine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Laine has taken the fight to the clinch.
Laine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Laine lands a knee to the head.
Grande lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grande.
Laine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grande lands with a light punch inside.
Laine lands a good knee to the midsection. Grande won't want to take too many of those.
Grande misses with the head strike.
Laine missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grande lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grande or not.
Laine takes a shot to the head.
Grande struggles to land a body shot inside as Laine controls his hands.
Grande swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
Grande struggles to land a body shot inside as Laine controls his hands.
Grande managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Grande tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laine's elbow.
Laine scores with a shoulder strike.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laine has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Grande is trying to keep an underhook but Laine manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Laine wants to work for an arm triangle but Grande is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Laine tries to pass to full mount but Grande defends it.
Laine moves into full mount! Grande won't be happy about that!

Grande defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Laine.
Grande wants to try and get back to his feet.
Grande is controlling an arm, preventing Laine from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

Laine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Grande is now in Laine's guard. A big mistake from Laine there, giving up the dominant position!
Grande really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Laine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Laine working for submissions but it's allowed Grande to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grande stands up and beckons Laine to join him on the feet.
Laine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grande. That did some damage!

Laine has managed to clinch.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laine lands a right hand.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Grande pushes Laine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grande tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grande lands a nice uppercut.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Laine.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grande lands with a light punch inside.
Grande blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Grande.
Grande lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Laine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine is trying to pull guard but Grande turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Laine tries to score a body lock takedown but Grande shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Laine breaks from the clinch.
Grande misses with an uppercut. Laine saw that one coming.
Grande scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Grande lands with a good body shot.
Laine connects with a nice looking jab.
Laine bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grande throws a shot to the body.
Jesus Chico Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Laine shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Laine showed some decent athleticism there.

Laine is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Laine is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Grande is just riding it out for now. Laine eventually gives up the hold.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine wants to pass to mount but Grande is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jesus Chico Grande will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Laine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Laine shoots in for a takedown but Grande shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Grande misses.
Grande scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grande connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grande wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grande darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grande avoids the head kick by Laine.
A shot to the liver by Grande. Beautiful body shot.
Laine tries to land a leg kick but Grande saw it coming and moves away.
Grande bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grande throws a shot to the body.
Grande scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande avoids the head kick by Laine.
Grande lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Laine backs up against the cage.
Laine wants to clinch up but Grande keeps it at a distance.
Laine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Grande throws a low kick but Laine moves out of range easily.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
Laine is looking to land body kicks.
Laine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Grande 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grande.
Grande feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laine's calf.
Grande takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jesus Chico Grande seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grande throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Grande uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grande lands with a thumping leg kick.
Grande on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Laine fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grande is out of range.
Grande defending well as Laine loads up on a big left hand.
Good leg kick by Laine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grande counters with a thumping low kick.
Grande takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grande feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laine's calf.
Grande throws a lazy uppercut

and Laine counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Grande!
Grande is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande regains half guard, as Laine was trying to land strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laine wants to advance to full mount but Grande doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Laine is pushing down on Grande's leg trying to pass to half guard. Grande is fighting to maintain full guard but Laine has managed to sneak the leg through.
Laine trying to pass the guard but Grande defending well.
Laine prevents Grande from standing back up.
Laine wants to pass to mount but Grande is defending the position.
Laine moves nicely into side control.
Laine prevents Grande from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Laine goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Grande rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Laine's guard! Nice work there by Grande!

Grande gets to his feet - Laine follows without any prompting.
Laine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grande is out of range and Laine settles back down.
Grande swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Laine.
Grande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Grande throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grande misses with an uppercut.
Laine misses with a looping right.
A big left from Grande misses.
Laine with a hook.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Grande 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grande connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a wild body shot.
Grande lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grande misses with a body shot.
Laine moves away from the strike by Grande.
Grande lands a body shot.
Grande punishes Laine's body with a nice straight punch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Laine.
Grande feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Laine moves into range and clinches up with Grande.
Grande blocking some punches.
Laine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laine missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laine.
Laine misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laine.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grande fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grande scores with a hook.
Laine throws a low kick but Grande moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Chico Grande showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Grande digs a good body shot into Laine's ribs.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grande swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grande keeps the fight on the outside.
Laine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Laine throws out a loose jab but Grande uses good head movement to avoid it.
No luck for Laine with that takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grande.
Laine throws a chopping leg kick but Grande manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grande takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grande tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Grande.
Grande throws a head kick that Laine semi-blocks.
Laine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grande.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grande checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sloppy strikes from Laine. Those never looked like landing.
Laine lands a leg kick that knocks Grande off balance momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Laine as he connects with a hook.
Laine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grande throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grande takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grande.
Laine throwing a counter right hand but Grande manages to avoid it.
Laine misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grande!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Grande throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grande misses with a body kick.
Laine steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Grande. That one must have hurt.
Laine wants to slow Grande down by chopping away at his legs.
Laine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Pako Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laine is out of range and Grande settles back down.
Grande throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laine on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Laine misses the jab.
Grande throws out a counter right but Laine avoids it with no problem.
Grande misses with a straight left.
Grande looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Grande tries a head kick but it misses.
Laine misses the body punch
and Grande counters with a nice body shot.
Grande throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laine.
Grande stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laine.
Grande connects with a solid leg kick.
Grande lands a right hook to the body.
Grande avoids the head kick by Laine.
Grande moves out of range as Laine throws a body kick.
It seemed like Grande was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grande moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some bone on bone action there as Grande checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande blocks a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Grande as he connects with a hook.
Laine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grande.
Grande uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laine.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Grande was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grande's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grande. That's going to slow Laine down.
Laine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grande.
Laine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grande lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laine misses the jab.
Grande looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
That kick from Grande tenderised Laine's leg. Laine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grande dodges the punch combination from Laine.
Grande slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Laine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick from Laine misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande punishes Laine's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Grande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
It looked like Laine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grande scores with a shot to the body.
Laine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grande throws out the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Grande checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grande.
Grande checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grande dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laine. That did some damage!
Laine wants to land a leg kick but Grande is out of range.
Grande misses the shot to the body.
Grande looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Grande throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Laine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grande on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grande lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the liver by Grande. Beautiful body shot.
Laine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grande.
Grande looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Laine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grande slips under a jab.
Grande doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Laine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grande sees it coming and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Chico Grande comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Grande winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Chico Grande!
Post fight, an emotional Jesus Chico Grande said 'Stop saying that I look like Goofy! In Colombia, I am known as La Bestia! Stop saying that I look like the Disney character! '.