PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kong Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uiva Nakki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes into the arena with Sweep the Leg blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nakki's choice of entrance music: Pulkkinen - Ruusulaulu. The key to victory for Kong Le has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Le
vs
Nakki

180 cm
21
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

163 cm
23
183 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Cobra Kai Nutrition (St. Pete's Best)

FinnFighters Nutrition
FinnFighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kong Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uiva Nakki!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakki throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Nakki misses with a low kick.
Nakki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Le keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nakki.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nakki misses with a hook.
Nakki scores with a sloppy right hand. Le should have avoided that one.
Nakki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Le lands a big head kick that sends Nakki tumbling to the mat! Le takes a step backwards and waves Nakki back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Nakki is rocked!

It looks like Uiva Nakki has been cut.
Nakki missing with a left hand there. Le was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Nakki misses.
Nakki connects with a solid leg kick.
Le gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le throws a hook to the side of Nakki's head but Nakki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Uiva Nakki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a sloppy head kick and Nakki moves out of range easily.
Nakki misses with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Le 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nakki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Le swivels and escapes.
Nice cross by Nakki.
Le displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakki throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nakki.
Le scores with a leg kick.

Nakki closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Le to the mat! Le manages to get full guard.
Le avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nakki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Le works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nakki is looking to work some ground and pound but Le has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Le preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le keeping full guard, as Nakki tries to pass.
Le will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nakki thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nakki throwing strikes from guard but Le blocks nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nakki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Le. That's going to slow Nakki down.
Nakki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Le blocks the low kick.
A big right from Nakki misses.
Le throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nakki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nakki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nakki fails with a takedown attempt.
Kong Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uiva Nakki.

Nakki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Le's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is looking to stand up but Nakki isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nakki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nakki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Le wriggles free and stands up.
Le is breathing heavily.
Nakki lands a with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Nakki misses its intended target.
Nakki throws a shot from downtown. Le moves away and avoids it.

Nakki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Le was covering up waiting for the punch and Nakki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nakki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le wants to stand and escape but Nakki is having none of it.
Nakki throwing strikes but missing.
Nakki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Le swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nakki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Le is looking to stand up but Nakki isn't so interested in that idea.
Le trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Nakki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Le is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nakki is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nakki thows a leg kick but Le checks it
and Le counters with a head kick. That will keep Nakki thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Le.
Nakki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nakki takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kong Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uiva Nakki's cut.
That's time! Le's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nakki shoots in but Le avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nakki misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Le gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nakki throws a hook but Le avoids it easily.
Le slips under a jab from Nakki.
Nakki blocks a head kick by Le.
Le moves out of range of the body kick from Nakki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakki throws a body kick the misses
and Le counters with a thumping low kick.
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nakki has his takedown stuffed
and Le cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakki throws an overhand right that lands on Le's shoulder, as Le tries to avoid the shot.
Nakki keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kong Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le scores with a jab to the head.
Nakki misses with a low kick.
Nakki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kong Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uiva Nakki.
Nakki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Le.
Nakki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Nakki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Le looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nakki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Le is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nakki wants to pass to mount but Le is defending the position.
Le avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nakki.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nakki's sensitive parts.
Nakki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Le.
Nakki avoids the head kick by Le.
Le defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nakki.
Nice body punch from Nakki.

Nakki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nakki won't allow Le to get back to his feet.
Nakki is in close to Le's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Le manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nakki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakki fails with the takedown.
Kong Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Nakki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Le sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nakki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Le circles away.
The fighters circling - Nakki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakki connects with the punch.
Le stuffs the takedown.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Nakki misses
and Le counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nakki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nakki loads up on a big right hand but Le slips the punch.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakki wants to slow Le down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nakki throws a sloppy body shot
and Le counters with a head kick. That will keep Nakki thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Le takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nakki.
Le moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Nakki drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nakki won't allow Le to get back to his feet.
Nakki distracts Le with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nakki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Le wants to get back to his feet but Nakki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nakki forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kong Le will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Uiva Nakki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nakki throws a leg kick which misses Le's front leg but catches the back leg as Le tries to avoid it.
Nakki lands with a shot to the body.
Nakki throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
Nakki throws a leg kick but Le sees it coming and moves out of range.
Le throws a head kick that half lands.

Nakki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Le looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Le prevents Nakki from improving position.

Nakki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Le is trying to buck Nakki off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakki tries to score with some ground and pound. Le controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Le is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nakki asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nakki landing a few strikes.
Nakki throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Le takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Le is pushing Nakki's head away, looking to escape. Nakki manages to hold on to the position though.

Nakki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nakki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Nakki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Le is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Le prevents Nakki from improving position.
Uiva Nakki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Uiva Nakki has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakki is trying to ground and pound but Le uses the momentary lack of control by Nakki to regain half guard.
Le wants to get back to his feet.

Le pushes Nakki off and gets back to his feet.
Nakki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nakki misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Nakki throws out a leg kick but Le moves out of range and Nakki only half commits.
Nakki tries to land a leg kick but Le saw it coming and moves away.
Nakki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nakki 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 Le has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Le and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
A cross from Nakki lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le throws an overhand right that lands on Nakki's shoulder, as Nakki tries to avoid the shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nakki.
Nakki in side control, throwing shots but Le defends.
Le is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Nakki tries for a kimura but Le is defending well.
Le is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nakki is controlling him well.
Nakki lands some shots froms side control.
Le takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nakki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nakki in side control, throwing shots but Le defends.
Nakki throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Nakki working the ground and pound.

Nakki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nakki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nakki tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Le wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Nakki drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nakki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kong Le is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nakki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Le wants to get back to his feet but Nakki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nakki cracks Le with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uiva Nakki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Le has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kong Le!