PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ismo Laitela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Jee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laitela
vs
Jee

180 cm
24
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ismo Laitela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toni Jee!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laitela fails to land the takedown.
Jee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Laitela.
Jee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laitela really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Laitela tries for a takedown but Jee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismo Laitela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jee feints and then cracks Laitela's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laitela down.
Jee throws a head kick but Laitela moves out of range.
Jee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jee leaves Laitela with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Laitela blocks a head kick by Jee.
Toni Jee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jee connects with a solid leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Jee.

Laitela shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jee really wants to buck Laitela off and get back to his feet.

Jee bucks Laitela off and manages to get back to his feet!
Laitela tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jee swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laitela takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Laitela shoots for a takedown but Jee saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Laitela is breathing heavily.
Jee scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Laitela is rocked!
Laitela stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jee.
Jee throws a nice looking combination but Laitela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laitela fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jee avoids it really well and circles away.
Jee with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laitela stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jee.
Jee throws a sloppy head kick and Laitela moves out of range easily.
Laitela avoids the body shot from Jee.
Laitela has a takedown stuffed.
No luck for Laitela with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laitela shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jee as he jumps to the side.
Laitela throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jee's waist but Jee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Laitela off to one side.
Jee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laitela. That did some damage!
Jee lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laitela shoots for a takedown but Jee saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jee scores with a spinning back kick!
Jee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toni Jee 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.

Jee lands with a shot to the body.
A shot to de liver by Jee. Beautiful body shot.
Laitela on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Laitela closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jee circles away.
Jee swinging wilding here.
Jee throws a sloppy head kick and Laitela moves out of range easily.
Laitela dodges the punch combination from Jee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jee throws a nice head kick!
Jee swings for the body but Laitela moves out of range.
Jee leaves Laitela with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jee throws a sloppy head kick and Laitela moves out of range easily.
Ismo Laitela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laitela shoots in but Jee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismo Laitela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee throws a hook but Laitela blocks it.
Toni Jee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jee swinging wilding here.
Laitela is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jee misses with a hook.
Jee fails to land with a series of punches.
Laitela blocks a head kick by Jee.
Jee lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laitela shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jee jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laitela looks for a takedown but Jee sprawls well.
Jee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jee leaves Laitela with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The fighters circling - Jee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laitela misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jee is looking to land body kicks.
Jee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jee throws a sloppy head kick and Laitela moves out of range easily.
Jee stuffs the takedown attempt from Laitela. Laitela gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toni Jee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Laitela shoots in for a double leg but Jee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laitela.
Jee throws a nice inside leg kick.
A cross from Jee lands.
Jee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oh Laitela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jee connects with a nice cross there... Laitela is looking wobbly and Jee recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Laitela to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Jee jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Toni Jee!