PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuai Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to CKY - Chinese Rap. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lai
vs
Draper

195 cm
22
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

187 cm
21
217 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuai Lai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Draper!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lai tries a head kick but it misses.
Draper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Draper lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Kuai Lai has been cut.
Draper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lai moves away.
Lai is looking to clinch.
Draper lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draper blocks a head kick by Lai.
Draper jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lai throws a head kick but Draper moves out of range.

Draper has closed the distance and engaged Lai in a clinch.
Draper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lai lands a hook that snaps the head of Draper backwards.
Draper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Draper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper is trying to break free.
Lai missing with knees to the body.
Lai misses with a knee strike.
Draper working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Draper fails to land.
Lai lands a nice elbow.

Draper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lai manages to avoid it.
Draper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Draper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lai.
Lai throws a head kick but Draper moves out of range.
Lai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Draper.
Draper moves out of range of the body kick.
Draper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lai tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Lai.
Draper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lai throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Draper to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuai Lai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Lai.
A head kick misses from Lai.
Draper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Draper.
Lai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draper doesn't manage to clinch there - Lai circles away.
Draper scores with a jab to the body.
Lai is breathing heavily.
Draper avoids the head kick by Lai.
Draper throws the left hand but Lai avoids the punch easily.
Draper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lai swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Draper instigates a clinch.
Lai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Draper.
Draper blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lai looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Draper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lai takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Draper.
Draper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Draper tries to break free but Lai pushes him back against the cage.
Draper pushes Lai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Draper is trying to break free.
Draper lands a body shot.
Draper tries to break free but Lai pushes him back against the cage.
Draper misses with some punches.
Draper working aggressively here.
Lai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Draper's efforts to push away.
Lai misses with a knee to the head.
Draper swings wildly with an uppercut but Lai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Lai.
Draper misses with the head strike.
Lai connects with a knee to the head.
Lai has a couple of punches blocked by Draper.
Draper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Draper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lai backwards.
Lai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draper lands a hook that snaps the head of Lai backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Lai is rocked!
Draper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Lai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from Draper.
Draper working aggressively here.
Draper throws a big uppercut that drops Lai! More strikes from Draper and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lai lies dazed against the cage as Draper celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Draper!
Don Draper is the new light heavyweight champion!