PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sam Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ismo Laitela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stout's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, How we do. Sam Stout could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ismo Laitela's chin.

Stout
vs
Laitela

185 cm
21
143 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Stout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ismo Laitela!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stout pushes Laitela up against the cage in a clinch.
Stout pushes Laitela back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laitela tries for a takedown but Stout manages to get underhooks.
Stout trying to land knees to the body.

Stout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Stout has taken the fight to the clinch.
Laitela is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stout pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Laitela wants a takedown but no success here.
Sam Stout has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ismo Laitela.

Stout decides to pull guard.
Laitela wants to pass the guard but Stout is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Laitela postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Stout is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Laitela, into his guard.
Stout's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Stout has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stout trying to control the position from guard on top but Laitela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stout really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Stout got a little sloppy there for a moment and Laitela has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stout has managed to get both his arms back between Laitela's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laitela is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stout looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Laitela is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stout is aware though and is defending well.

Laitela is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stout defends well.
Laitela looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Laitela tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Laitela looking for subs off his back but Stout has passed one foot through into half guard.
Laitela gets full guard.
Stout keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Laitela's head.

Stout stands and steps away. Laitela gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stout has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stout creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Laitela's defenses.
Laitela fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Laitela takes an elbow to the temple.

Stout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laitela takes one to the side of the head.

Stout bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Stout wants to stand but Laitela is controlling his arm.
Stout knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Laitela on the ground.
Laitela is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Stout is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Laitela is working to get back to half guard.
Stout looking to control but Laitela is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laitela is working to get back to half guard.
Stout content just to control the position here.
Stout prevents Laitela from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Stout dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stout gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Laitela tries to pull guard but Stout won't allow it.
Stout is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stout lands a nice elbow.
Laitela looking for a takedown.
Laitela wants a takedown but no success here.
Sam Stout has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ismo Laitela.
Laitela fails to pull guard.
Laitela jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stout walks away with a smile on his face. Laitela gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Laitela shoots in but Stout avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stout is looking to clinch but Laitela is avoiding it.

Stout clinches up against the cage.
Laitela takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stout is trying to maintain a safe position but Laitela gets an underhook and turns Stout into the cage.
Stout gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Laitela.

Stout pulls guard.

Stout pushes Laitela off and scrambles back to his feet.
Laitela is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Laitela has Stout pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Stout manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Stout breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laitela shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stout as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stout closes the distance and pushes Laitela back into the cage.
Stout trying to stall but Laitela improves his position.
Laitela tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Stout breaks from the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stout.

Stout has managed to clinch.
Stout makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laitela takes an elbow to the temple.
Laitela drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stout lands a knee to the body.
Laitela takes an elbow to the temple.
Laitela gets underhooks to prevent Stout's takedown attempt.
Stout looking to stall.
Stout lands an elbow just above Laitela 's eye.

Stout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laitela shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Stout has Laitela up against the cage in a clinch.

Stout jumps into guard, dragging Laitela to the mat.
Stout can't keep his opponent in guard - Laitela advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laitela looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Laitela is working for a kimura but Stout is defending it quite comfortably.
Laitela trying to control from Stout's half guard. Stout has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout trying to control the position.
Laitela wants to control from the top but Stout keeps moving.
Stout looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Stout keeping moving, preventing Laitela from controlling successfully.
Laitela stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stout swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Laitela shoots in but Stout avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Laitela has his takedown stuffed
and Stout cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laitela tries for a takedown but Stout circles away easily

and Stout moves into the clinch.

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

Stout moves into the clinch successfully.
Laitela fails to pull guard.

Stout breaks the clinch.
Laitela will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Stout clinches up against the cage.
Stout lands an elbow just above Laitela 's eye.
Stout stops a takedown attempt from Laitela.
Laitela tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Stout dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Stout wants to clinch up but Laitela keeps it at a distance.
Ismo Laitela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stout closes the distance and pushes Laitela back into the cage.
Laitela takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stout landing knees to the body.
Stout pushes Laitela back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stout lands a nice elbow.
Stout lands a knee to the body.

Stout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Stout fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laitela, pushing him back against the cage.
Stout gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stout just leaning against Laitela, taking a breather.
Laitela tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Laitela is trying to drag Stout to the mat but Stout just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Stout comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stout lands a damaging elbow.
Stout lands an elbow just above Laitela 's eye.

Stout's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sam Stout is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laitela is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stout sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sam Stout has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ismo Laitela.
Laitela gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stout.
Stout lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laitela closes the distance and clinches up with Stout, looking for a takedown. Laitela pushes Stout against the cage but Stout circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Stout lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laitela takes a step back to recover.

Stout feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laitela is looking for a triangle but Stout pushes his legs off easily.

Laitela looking for subs off his back but Stout has passed one foot through into half guard.
Stout trying to control the action but Laitela is working from the bottom.
Laitela moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Laitela is trying to control the position but Stout postures up.

Laitela is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stout defends well.
Laitela looking to control.

Laitela working for a triangle but Stout defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Laitela looking for a guillotine here but Stout defends easily.
Laitela tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sam Stout is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laitela is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Laitela trying to control from half guard but Stout is working away.
Stout lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Laitela perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Stout showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stout 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Stout!