PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tree Fortay (ranked 1214 p4p, 1431 weight class) and Muuka Laine (ranked 132 p4p, 152 weight class). Fortay comes into the arena with The Choice Is Yours blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fortay
vs
Laine

177 cm
30
146
16 - 5 - 0

176 cm
41
146
27 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Muuka Laine!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortay with a nice calf kick.
Fortay tries to score with a low kick but Laine moves his leg out of the way.
Fortay lands a nice shot that snaps Laine's head back.
Fortay has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fortay there as he acknowledges the shot.
Laine defending well as Fortay loads up on a big left hand.
Fortay throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Laine throws out a counter right but Fortay avoids it with no problem.
Fortay wants to land a leg kick but Laine is out of range.

Fortay clinches with his opponent.
Fortay misses with a knee strike.
Fortay throws a head punch that misses.
Fortay lands a right hand.
A short right from Fortay.
Laine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Laine throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortay tries to land a knee to the head but Laine blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Fortay.
Fortay tries a knee to the head but Laine blocks it.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortay's elbow.
Laine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fortay lands a nice uppercut.
Fortay lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Fortay lands with a right hand.
Fortay misses with a body shot.
Fortay misses with a straight right.
Laine counters with a body kick.
Fortay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortay scores with a decent looking hook.
Fortay scores with a punch to the head.
Fortay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laine tries to land a front kick but Fortay steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fortay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Laine connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fortay scrambles back to his feet.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Fortay swings widly with a right hand
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fortay on the side of the head.
Fortay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
Laine throws out a counter right but Fortay avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot by Fortay.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fortay lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Laine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a series of strikes that have Laine backpedaling.
Fortay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laine with the inside leg kick.
Laine slips under a jab from Fortay.
Fortay slips under a jab.
Laine throws the left hand but Fortay avoids the punch easily.
Fortay gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fortay avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice shot lands for Fortay.
Fortay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fortay throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fortay moves forwards but Laine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laine throws a series of punches but Fortay avoids them all with ease.
Fortay tries to score with a low kick but Laine moves his leg out of the way.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Fortay.
Fortay throws a right hand that misses
and Laine counters with a right hand to the body.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Fortay.
Fortay digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Laine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fortay checks a leg kick.
Laine ducks right into an uppercut from Fortay.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
Fortay half committed to a counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Laine blocks the leg kick.
Fortay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And Laine responds with a good body kick, but Fortay manages to step out the way in time.
A head kick misses from Fortay.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Fortay looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
That kick from Fortay tenderised Laine's leg. Laine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fortay thumps Laine with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Fortay. Beautiful body shot.
Good work by Fortay as he checks the leg kick.
Fortay swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fortay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Fortay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fortay thumps Laine with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laine.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortay lands with a straight right. Laine didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine moves out of range as Fortay strikes.
Fortay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.

Fortay moves into the clinch.
Laine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fortay has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fortay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laine misses with the head strike.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Fortay avoids the damage to the body.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine tries a body shot but Fortay blocks it.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay lands with a short shot to the head.
Laine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laine blocks it with crossed arms.
Laine misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tree Fortay dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fortay tries to work over Laine's front leg with a kick but Laine checks it.
Laine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fortay moves away from the strike by Laine.
Tree Fortay is winning the standup battle so far.
Fortay wants to clinch up but Laine keeps it at a distance.
Laine is looking to chop away at Fortay's legs.
Fortay seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fortay lands an overhand right.
Laine misses with an uppercut. Fortay saw that one coming.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
Laine slips under a jab from Fortay.
Fortay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fortay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laine moves away from the strike by Fortay.

Fortay moves into the clinch.
Fortay swings wildly with an uppercut but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laine can do to turn this around?
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine presses Fortay against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Laine.
Fortay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laine blocks a low kick nicely.
Laine checks a low kick from Fortay.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fortay checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fortay connects with a good right hand that stumbles Laine. Laine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fortay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laine throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.

Fortay has managed to clinch.
Fortay tries to land knees in the clinch but Laine avoids the damage to the body.
Fortay working aggressively here.
Laine blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Fortay.
Laine misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay looking to throw knees to the head but Laine is blocking nicely.
Laine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with some punches.
Fortay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortay working aggressively here.
Fortay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fortay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortay's elbow.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine working aggressively here.
Laine lands a shoulder strike.
Laine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fortay avoids it.

Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laine slips a straight right by Fortay.
Laine follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fortay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Laine's head backwards.
Laine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fortay throws a right hand that misses
and Fortay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fortay throws a leg kick that misses.
Laine lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Fortay slips a straight right by Laine.
Fortay thows a leg kick but Laine checks it
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Laine.
Fortay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laine circles away quickly and effectively.
Fortay throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Laine throws the left hand but Fortay avoids the punch easily.

Fortay forces Laine back against the cage and clinches.
Tree Fortay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortay managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Fortay looking to throw knees to the head but Laine is blocking nicely.
Fortay has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Laine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fortay throws a punch but it's blocked by Laine.
Fortay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laine tries to work over Fortay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laine lands an uppercut.
Laine is leaning against Fortay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fortay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laine lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Fortay fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Laine.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laine misses with a knee to the head.
Laine lands with a left to the head.
Fortay misses with the head strike.
Laine lands a nice shot to the body.
Fortay blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Laine.
Fortay takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fortay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Fortay controls his hands.
Fortay misses with a knee to the head.
Laine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Tree Fortay has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fortay misses with some punches.
Fortay misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tree Fortay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tree Fortay's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fortay throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A leg kick checked by Laine.
Fortay tries to clinch up but Laine circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortay misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Laine throws a leg kick but Fortay moved away.
Fortay lunges at Laine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laine's hand.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fortay.
Laine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fortay darts in trying to clinch
and Laine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laine lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine moves out of range as Fortay strikes.
Laine has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Laine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fortay throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Fortay wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fortay.
Fortay misses the shot to the body.

Fortay rushes Laine and presses him up against the cage.
Laine tries to work over Fortay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortay managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Fortay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay has Laine pressed against the cage, preventing Laine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Fortay.
Laine scores with a shot to the side of Fortay's head.
Laine misses with some punches.
Fortay blocks the elbow strike.
Laine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Fortay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laine blocks it with crossed arms.
Fortay blocks a body shot from Laine.
Fortay blocks an elbow strike from Laine.
Laine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fortay.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muuka Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fortay avoids the elbow strike from Laine, against the cage.

Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Fortay with a jab.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laine misses with a straight left.
Fortay tries to counter by clinching up but Laine breaks away and moves out of range.
Fortay chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laine can pounce on him.
Fortay is looking to clinch but Laine is avoiding it.
Fortay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine scores with a kick to the body.
Fortay throws a leg kick but Laine moved away.
Fortay connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Laine.
Laine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch but Laine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fortay lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fortay walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Laine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fortay checks a leg kick nicely.
Laine throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.
Fortay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
Laine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch but Laine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and Fortay moves out of range easily.
Fortay tries to clinch there but Laine circles away.
Laine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Laine - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fortay blocks a body shot from Laine.
Fortay misses with a punch to the body.
Fortay has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Still in the clinch, Fortay scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Laine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fortay's brow.
Fortay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fortay takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fortay gets through Laine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laine looking to throw knees to the head but Fortay is blocking nicely.
Fortay dodges an elbow strike from Laine.
Fortay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine lands with a right to the head.
Fortay lands with a light punch inside.
Fortay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Fortay lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muuka Laine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fortay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tree Fortay!
After winning the bout, Tree Fortay thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.