PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luimunaama Lare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Kauri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lare's entrance music is AC/DC - Hell's Bells. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lare
vs
Kauri

178 cm
28
220 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

194 cm
21
217 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

FULL METAL GEAR ($9.99 Morale Tee/Trunk)
FULL METAL GEAR ($9.99 Morale Tee/Trunk)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luimunaama Lare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Kauri!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lare throws a sloppy body shot
letting Kauri counter with a right hand.
Lare misses with a left hand
letting Kauri counter with a right hand.
Lare throws a combination that misses
and Kauri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lare misses with an uppercut
and Lare takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kauri shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lare defends it nicely.
Lare throws a lazy uppercut

and Kauri counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lare is looking to stand up but Kauri isn't so interested in that idea.
Kauri postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kauri working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lare looking for a sweep. Not yet Lare, not yet.
Kauri stops Lare from standing up.
Lare trying to control the position.
Kauri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kauri trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kauri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lare is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Lare is working an open guard so Kauri takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lare swings widly with a right hand
and Kauri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lare with a poor takedown
and Kauri counters with a nice body shot.
Kauri is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Kauri gets a takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Kauri there.
Kauri is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lare is trying to stand back up but Kauri is controlling him
Kauri is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lare pushes Kauri off looking to stand but Kauri dives back in and keeps control.
Kauri slips a nice elbow through Lare's hands, connecting with Lare's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kauri scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lare wants to control but Kauri is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kauri seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kauri landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kauri lands a nice short elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kauri lands strikes from half guard.
Kauri is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kauri misses with a head shot. Lare uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lare is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kauri chips away with some ground and pound.
Lare preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kauri tries to free his leg and advance position but Lare is retaining full guard.
Kauri lands a couple of elbows.
Kauri with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kauri is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kauri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lare works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kauri is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kauri thows a big elbow that misses.
Kauri is looking to work some ground and pound but Lare has wrist control.
Kauri throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kauri working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lare's head.
Lare working a defensive guard here.
Lare wants to stand up but Kauri is controlling him.
Kauri postures up and lands a big shot to Lare's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kauri stands up over Lare, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kauri throws a big right hand that misses.
Kauri postures up and lands a big shot to Lare's brow.
Kauri working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lare's head.
Kauri lands a couple of digs.
Kauri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lare manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kauri tries to hold on but Lare pushes him away.
Lare landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lare throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lare thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lare misses with some ground and pound and Kauri recovers position to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Kauri 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.

Lare misses with a shot to the body
letting Kauri counter with a right hand.
Lare misses with an uppercut
and Kauri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lare with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kauri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kauri jabs Lare right on the nose. Lare blinks but takes it well.
Lare throws a lazy uppercut
and Kauri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lare lands a jab to the nose.
Kauri stuns Lare with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lare tries to clinch up but Kauri circles away and keeps his distance.
Kauri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lare doesn't seem bothered though.
Kauri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lare misses with a left hand
enabling Kauri to counter with a crisp jab.
Kauri takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lare throws a poor cross that misses
and Kauri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lare swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kauri.
Lare throws a lazy uppercut
and Kauri counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lare thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lare misses with a combination
and Kauri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lare throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kauri decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lare's guard.
Kauri trying to control the position from guard on top but Lare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kauri won't allow Lare to get back to his feet.
Lare has momentary wrist control but Kauri slips an elbow through the middle.
Kauri scoring with some ground and pound.
Lare wants to sweep but no luck.
Kauri scoring with some ground and pound.
Kauri is working Lare over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lare keeping moving, preventing Kauri from controlling successfully.
Lare might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lare looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kauri puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lare is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kauri is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kauri is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lare is refusing to be controlled, as Kauri sits in half guard.
Kauri working over Lare with some ground and pound. Lare looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kauri lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kauri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lare has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kauri is working away from the top position though.
Lare tries to get to full guard but Kauri has control of the leg.
Kauri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kauri looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lare with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lare is looking to control Kauri's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lare avoid being mounted?
Kauri works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kauri landing strikes from the mount.
Lare on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lare tries to get out of the position.
Kauri punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kauri looking to finish Lare with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lare!
Kauri cracks Lare with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kauri with shots to the head and body - Lare looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kauri lands a nice shot to the head.
Lare is trying to escape the mount.
Lare regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kauri seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lare keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Kauri there.
Kauri landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kauri wants to pass the guard but Lare is defending well.
Lare is trying to stand up here but Kauri is controlling him well.
Lare wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kauri missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lare is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kauri scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lare on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Kauri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lare misses with a combination
and Kauri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lare misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Kauri counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lare wants to improve his position but Kauri is controlling well.
Lare has hold of Kauri's hands but Kauri slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kauri working Lare over with strikes.
Lare avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kauri.
Kauri not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kauri scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kauri seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kauri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kauri lands a nice short elbow.
Kauri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kauri moves into full mount! Lare won't be happy about that!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kauri working the ground and pound effectively.
Lare taking shots to the head.
Kauri landing shots from mount.
Kauri fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kauri lands with some strikes.
Kauri avoids the attempt from Lare to control.
Kauri putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kauri punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kauri with the ground and pound from mount.

Lare is rocked!
Kauri connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Lare is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kauri postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Lare bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Kauri and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommi Kauri!