PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sweet Child of Mine. 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.

Taalasmaa
vs
Larson

190 cm
24
220 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

185 cm
22
218 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Larson!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taalasmaa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Taalasmaa moves into range and clinches up with Larson.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dan Larson has been cut.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larson tries to circle away but Taalasmaa has him pinned against the ropes.
Taalasmaa pushes Larson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taalasmaa with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Taalasmaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Larson backwards.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the body.
Larson looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the body.
Taalasmaa lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa lands with a light punch inside.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taalasmaa lands a nice uppercut.
Taalasmaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taalasmaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taalasmaa crunches a lovely knee into Larson's ribcage.
Taalasmaa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Taalasmaa scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taalasmaa.
Larson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
Larson managing to block the knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Larson breaks from the clinch.
Taalasmaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larson.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but Larson is having none of it.
Taalasmaa lands a head kick. Larson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Larson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Taalasmaa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Larson takes a shot to the head.
Taalasmaa digs a right hand into Larson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larson's gas tank.
Larson managing to block the knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Larson avoids the damage to the body.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Larson avoids the damage to the body.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larson is trying to break free.
Taalasmaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larson is defending well for now.

Larson manages to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch up but Larson circles away and keeps his distance.
Larson throws out a leg kick but Taalasmaa moves out of range and Larson only half commits.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but Larson moves out of range.
Larson keeps the fight on the outside.
Taalasmaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taalasmaa slips a straight right by Larson.
Taalasmaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larson throws out the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Taalasmaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larson tries to circle away but Taalasmaa has him pinned against the ropes.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Larson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Taalasmaa throws a head punch that misses.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Larson avoids the damage to the body.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Larson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Taalasmaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Larson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Larson swats away the attempt to clinch by Taalasmaa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Larson lands a nice looking body shot.
Larson misses with a series of wild punches.
Larson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice shot by Larson.
Dan Larson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taalasmaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larson.
Larson throws a head kick but Taalasmaa moves out of range.

Taalasmaa clinches with his opponent.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.

Larson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taalasmaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Larson circles away.
Taalasmaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Larson throws a hook to the side of Taalasmaa's head but Taalasmaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taalasmaa wants to clinch up but Larson keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Larson does no damage.
Taalasmaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Larson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson throws a front kick aimed at Taalasmaa's knee but Taalasmaa avoids it well.

Taalasmaa pushes Larson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Taalasmaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taalasmaa misses with some punches.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taalasmaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Larson can't break the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Larson blocking some punches.
Larson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Larson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larson looks to land a combination but Taalasmaa avoids it well.
Taalasmaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Larson should have avoided that one.

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.
Larson misses with a wild combination.

Taalasmaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Taalasmaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Larson can't break the clinch.
Taalasmaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Larson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taalasmaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Larson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Seppo Taalasmaa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Larson avoids it.
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Larson tries to break free but Taalasmaa pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taalasmaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.
Taalasmaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Taalasmaa lands a shoulder strike.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the head.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larson can't break the clinch.
A short right from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taalasmaa tries to throw a body punch but Larson avoids it by throwing Taalasmaa back against the cage.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four 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.
Larson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.

Larson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taalasmaa wants to clinch.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch there but Larson circles away.
Larson blocks a head kick by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throws a head kick but Larson moves out of range.
A combination from Larson does no damage.
Taalasmaa fails in his attempt to clinch.

Taalasmaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Taalasmaa has a couple of punches blocked by Larson.
Taalasmaa scores with a knee to the head.

Larson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taalasmaa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Larson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Larson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Taalasmaa tries to clinch but Larson is having none of it.
Taalasmaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Larson keeps the fight on the outside.

Taalasmaa closes the distance and clinches.
Taalasmaa lands with a right to the head.
Taalasmaa working Larson over with knees to the body.
Taalasmaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Larson can't break the clinch.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the head.
Larson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Larson blocking some punches.
Taalasmaa misses with some punches.
Taalasmaa missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa can't find room to land a body shot as Larson controls the action.
Taalasmaa has Larson pressed against the ropes, preventing Larson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.

Larson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taalasmaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larson misses with a head kick.
Larson scores with a decent looking hook.
Taalasmaa is looking to clinch.
Larson lands a nice shot to the body.
Larson misses with a straight left.
Larson throws a hook but Taalasmaa blocks it.
Larson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taalasmaa fails in his attempt to clinch.

Taalasmaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larson, pushing him back against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larson managing to block the knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Larson or not.
Taalasmaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Larson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Larson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Larson managing to block the knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taalasmaa.
Larson takes a shot to the head.

Larson breaks the clinch.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Taalasmaa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A short left from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larson is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa lands a nice uppercut.
Taalasmaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa lands with a light punch inside.
Taalasmaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Larson avoids the damage to the body.
Larson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larson is trying to force a seperation but Taalasmaa has the dominant position.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Taalasmaa tries a body shot but Larson blocks it.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Taalasmaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larson is trying to break free.
Taalasmaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larson blocks it with crossed arms.
Larson can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa working aggressively here.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larson can't break the clinch.
Larson takes a shot to the head.
Larson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larson takes a shot to the head.
Taalasmaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Taalasmaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.
Taalasmaa misses with some punches.
Taalasmaa missing with knees to the body.
Taalasmaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Taalasmaa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taalasmaa 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seppo Taalasmaa!