PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Censor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Lau has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stevie Censor's chin.

Censor
vs
Lau

185 cm
27
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Determined

DJs Locker

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stevie Censor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Lau!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Censor clinches.
Censor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lau tries to land a knee to the head but Censor blocks with his arms.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lau.
Censor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Censor lands a nice knee to the body.
Censor looking to throw knees to the head but Lau is blocking nicely.
Lau tries to land a knee to the head but Censor blocks with his arms.
Lau looks winded!
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Censor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Censor avoids the elbow strike from Lau, against the cage.
Lau with a knee to the head.
Censor avoids the elbow strike from Lau, against the cage.
Censor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lau tries to stall but Censor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Censor lands an elbow just above Lau 's eye.
Lau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Censor wants to stall.
Lau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Censor wants to break free but Lau has control.
Censor landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Censor lands an elbow inside.
Censor throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Censor.
Censor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lau's defenses.
Lau misses with a knee strike.
Censor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lau throws a knee to the head but misses.
Censor scores with a knee to the head.
Censor misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Censor.
Censor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lau is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Censor trying to land knees to the body.
Censor lands a nice elbow.
Censor tries to break the clinch but Lau is controlling the position.
Censor misses with a knee to the head.
Censor misses with a knee to the head.
Lau comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lau lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lau takes an elbow to the temple.
Censor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lau lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Censor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Censor avoids it.
Lau trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lau throws an elbow but misses.
Censor misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Censor.
Censor lands a nice elbow.
Lau lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Stevie Censor has been cut.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Censor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau trying to land knees to the body.
Censor lands a damaging elbow.
Censor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lau takes an elbow to the forehead.
Censor lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Censor.
Censor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Censor.
Lau prevents Censor from breaking the clinch.
Censor crunches a lovely knee into Lau's ribcage.
Censor avoiding damage as Lau throws knees to the body.
Lau misses with a knee strike.
Censor putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lau in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Censor landing knees to the head.
Censor lands an elbow that stopped Lau in his tracks for a moment.
Censor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Censor lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Censor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lau creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lau as Censor tries to tie him up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Censor as Lau tries to tie him up.
Censor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lau's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lau missing with knees to the body.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lau missing with knees to the body.
Censor blocks an elbow strike from Lau.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lau just misses with a elbow thrown towards Censor's brow.
Lau tries to land a knee to the head but Censor blocks with his arms.
Censor lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Censor.
Censor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Censor landing knees to the head.
Lau blocks the elbow strike.
Lau taking a breather.
Censor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Censor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Censor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Censor throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Censor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Censor's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lau throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Censor pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Censor clinches up with Lau and pushes him back against the cage.
Lau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Censor takes an elbow to the temple.
Censor tries to land knees in the clinch but Lau avoids the damage to the body.
Censor with a knee to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lau in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Censor managing to block the knees to the body from Lau.
Lau prevents Censor from breaking the clinch.
Censor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lau lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lau blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lau throws an elbow but misses.
Lau takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lau is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Censor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Censor blocks it with crossed arms.
Lau throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Censor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lau.
Censor lands an elbow inside that Lau shrugs off.
Lau takes a knee to the side of the body.
Censor managing to block the knees to the body from Lau.
Censor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lau blocks an elbow strike from Censor.
Lau wants to stall.
Censor managing to block the knees to the body from Lau.
Censor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Censor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lau takes a knee to the side of the body.
Censor lands an elbow inside.
Lau takes an elbow to the forehead.

Censor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Censor throws a nice head kick!

Lau is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Censor pushes Lau up against the cage in a clinch.
Lau is still on wobbly legs! Can Censor finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Censor scores a nice knee to the body.
Censor lands an elbow inside that Lau shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Censor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lau's brow.
Censor blocks an elbow strike from Lau.
Lau creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Censor misses with an elbow over the top.
Lau takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lau creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Censor blocks the elbow strike.
Censor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lau blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Censor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lau's brow.
Censor misses with a knee to the head.
Lau seems to have recovered his senses.
Censor pushes off an throws an elbow but Lau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Censor avoids it.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lau landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lau missing with knees to the body.
Lau throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Censor landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Censor misses with a knee strike.
Lau using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Censor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Censor is trying to stall.
Censor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Censor.
A knee to the head by Censor.
Lau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Censor landing knees to the head.
Censor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lau throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lau is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Censor is defending well for now.
Censor working hard to break the clinch.
Lau comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Censor lands an elbow that stopped Lau in his tracks for a moment.
Lau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Censor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lau blocks it with crossed arms.
Lau tries a knee to the head but Censor blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Censor misses with an elbow strike.
Censor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Censor is trying to break the clinch but Lau has him pressed against the cage.
Censor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Censor looking to throw knees to the head but Lau is blocking nicely.
Censor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lau trying to land knees to the body.
Stevie Censor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Censor pushes off an throws an elbow but Lau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Censor lands an elbow just above Lau 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Censor working Lau over with knees to the body.
Censor tries a knee to the head but Lau blocks it.
Lau blocks an elbow strike from Censor.
Lau taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Censor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Censor's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Censor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Censor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lau's calf.
Censor throws a head kick that misses
and Lau counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A good leg kick by Lau.

Censor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Censor trying to land knees to the body.
Lau slows down the pace here.
Lau throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Censor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lau takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lau throws an elbow but misses.
Lau lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Censor lands a knee to the body.
Lau dodges an elbow strike from Censor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Censor throws an elbow that misses.
Censor avoids a wild elbow strike from Lau.
Lau is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Censor is defending well for now.
Censor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Censor tries to circle away but Lau has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Censor.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lau.

Censor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Censor bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Censor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Censor throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Censor.
Lau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Censor can pounce on him.
Lau avoids the head kick by Censor.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Censor closes the distance and clinches.
Lau is trying to maintain a safe position but Censor gets an underhook and turns Lau into the cage.
Censor lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Censor lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lau.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lau just misses with a elbow thrown towards Censor's brow.
Censor is looking to break free of the clinch but Lau has double underhooks.
Censor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Censor tries a knee to the head but Lau blocks it.
Lau lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lau lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Lau.
Lau throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Censor blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Censor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lau's brow.
Lau avoiding damage.
Censor trying to land knees to the body.
Censor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Censor with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Censor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lau with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Censor tries to break the clinch but Lau is controlling the position.
Censor lands a knee to the head.
Lau lands an elbow just above Censor 's eye.
Lau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Censor scores with a knee to the head.
Lau trying to land knees to the body.
Censor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lau's defenses.
Censor looking to slow down the pace here.
Lau lands an elbow that stopped Censor in his tracks for a moment.
Lau avoids a wild elbow strike from Censor.
Censor connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lau's face.
Lau looking to throw knees to the head but Censor is blocking nicely.
Censor blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Censor throws an elbow that misses.
Censor crunches a lovely knee into Lau's ribcage.
Censor throws an elbow but it misses.
Censor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lau can do to turn this around?
Censor lands a good knee to the midsection. Lau won't want to take too many of those.
Censor has had enough of the clinch but Lau keeps him there for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lau tries to stall but Censor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Censor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Censor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lau with a knee to the head.
Lau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Censor is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Censor avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Censor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnny Lau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevie Censor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the fighters up against the cage, Censor throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie Censor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Censor 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Censor!