PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oulu Laine (ranked 61 p4p, 138 weight class) and Yuvraj Singh (ranked 10 p4p, 24 weight class). Laine comes to the cage accompanied by Peti - Oulu Shangri-la. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Laine
vs
Singh

199 cm
36
248
19 - 6 - 0

188 cm
37
270
31 - 14 - 1

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oulu Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yuvraj Singh!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Singh throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Singh ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Singh misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laine tried to counter with a leg kick but Singh avoided it.
Laine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Singh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Singh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Singh takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Singh misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Laine was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Singh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine dips to his left and cracks Singh with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Singh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Singh blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by Laine's head coaches at FF Forever that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Singh misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Laine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Singh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Singh scores with a nice strike.
Laine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Singh's hands.
Laine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Singh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Singh misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Laine misses the target.
Yuvraj Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh blocks a jab.
Singh tries to land a front kick but Laine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Singh counters with a stiff right hand.
Laine cracks Singh with a right hand to the side of the head.
Singh has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Laine finds it's way round the side to connect with Singh's head.

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!

Singh closes the distance and pushes Laine back into the cage.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Singh trying to land knees to the body.

Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine fails to land with a series of punches.
Singh scores with a punch to the head.

Singh instigates a clinch.
Singh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laine lands a shot to the body.
Singh tries a body shot but Laine blocks it.
A short right from Laine.
Laine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laine blocks a body shot from Singh.
Laine jumps guard but Singh stands there with Laine around his waist. Laine gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Laine tries to throw a body punch but Singh avoids it by throwing Laine back against the cage.
Singh struggles to land a body shot inside as Laine controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
Laine pushes Singh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Laine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Singh's shoulder, as Singh tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. Singh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine connects with a crisp jab.
Singh shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Laine misses with a body shot.
Singh throws a hook but Laine avoids it easily.
Singh slips under a jab from Laine.
Laine connects with a solid leg kick.

Laine darts in and clinches Singh up against the cage.
Singh prevents a body shot from Laine.
Laine tries to work over Singh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh tries to land a knee to the head but Laine blocks with his arms.
Laine pushes Singh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laine blocks a body shot from Singh.
Singh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine blocking some punches.
Laine blocks a body shot from Singh.
Laine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine prevents a body shot from Singh.
A shot in the inside from Singh.
Laine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laine working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh throws an elbow but misses.

Laine breaks the clinch.
Laine scores with a jab. Singh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Singh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Laine throws a hook but Singh blocks it.
Laine avoids a kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oulu Laine 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.

Laine tries to close the distance and clinch but Singh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Singh closes the distance and clinches.
Laine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Singh can do to turn this around?
Laine tries to work over Singh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Singh lands a right hand.

Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Singh throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Singh throws a leg kick which misses Laine's front leg but catches the back leg as Laine tries to avoid it.
Singh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Singh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Singh swings widly with a right hand
and Laine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Laine misses with a right hand
and Singh counters with a nice body kick.
Laine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Singh has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh throws an elbow but it misses.
Laine blocking some punches.
Laine is trying to push Singh away but Singh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Singh.
Laine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Singh tries a body shot but Laine blocks it.
Laine scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laine.
Singh landing knees to the body.
Singh tries a body shot but Laine blocks it.
Singh lands a body punch in the clinch.
Laine can't find room to land a body shot as Singh controls the action.
Singh pushes Laine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Laine.
Laine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Singh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laine blocks the elbow strike.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Singh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Singh looking to throw knees to the head but Laine is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Singh controls his hands.
Singh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Singh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laine lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine tries to throw a body punch but Singh avoids it by throwing Laine back against the cage.
Singh tries to throw a body punch but Laine avoids it by throwing Singh back against the cage.
Singh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laine lands a hook that snaps the head of Singh backwards.
Singh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Singh swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Singh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Singh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Singh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a straight left.
Singh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Singh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Singh jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laine throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Yuvraj Singh has been cut.
Singh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Laine slips a jab and a cross from Singh.
Laine throws a quick counter kick to the body but Singh avoids it.
Singh throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. Singh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine moves out of range of the body kick.
Laine slips a jab and a cross from Singh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Singh misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Laine to counter with a crisp jab.
Oulu Laine is winning the standup battle so far.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Singh tries to clinch but Laine is having none of it.
It looked like Laine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Singh with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Singh throws a right hand that misses
and Laine counters with a good, hard body kick but Singh shrugs it off.
Laine lands a jab to the nose.
Singh cracks Laine with a right hand to the side of the head.
Laine misses with a head kick.
Singh stuns Laine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laine lands the left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yuvraj Singh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yuvraj Singh's cut.
That's time! Laine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Laine moves out of range as Singh throws a body kick.
Laine throws a push kick but Singh slaps the foot to one side.
Laine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Singh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Singh digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Laine avoids the body shot from Singh.
Laine cracks Singh with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh throws a sloppy head kick
and Laine counters with a nice uppercut.
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.
Laine swings widly with a right hand
and Singh counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Singh.
Laine looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Singh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Singh tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laine quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Singh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Singh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laine throws a hook but Singh blocks it.
Nice body kick from Singh.
Singh tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Laine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Singh lands a really nice looking cross but Laine seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh misses with a hook.
Singh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Laine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Singh thinking.
A cross from Laine lands.
Laine sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Singh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine misses with a hook. Singh ducked under it nicely.
Laine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Singh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Laine misses with a looping left.

Laine moves into range and clinches up with Singh.
Laine misses with a short punch on the inside.

Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine is looking to clinch.
Singh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Laine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Singh. Laine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Singh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Singh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Laine will feel that in the morning.
Laine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Singh.
Laine will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Singh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Singh.
Laine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Singh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Laine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Singh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Laine takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Singh clinches.
Singh lands a body shot.
Laine is leaning against Singh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Singh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Laine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Singh.
Laine tries a body shot but Singh blocks it.
Singh misses with a knee to the head.
Singh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Singh lands a nice knee to the body.
Singh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Singh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Singh tries to land knees in the clinch but Laine avoids the damage to the body.
A body shot lands from Singh.
Singh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laine backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yuvraj Singh.
I think Singh 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuvraj Singh!
A very excited looking Yuvraj Singh 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.