PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harald Loe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reijo Laamanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loe comes to the cage accompanied by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "bulls on parade". Harald Loe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Loe
vs
Laamanen

187 cm
25
216 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

207 cm
26
217 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Loe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Laamanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laamanen tries a low kick but Loe avoids it.
Laamanen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Loe throws out a loose jab but Laamanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laamanen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Loe is looking to clinch but Laamanen is avoiding it.
Laamanen tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Loe counter with a right hand.
Laamanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Loe - that will leave a mark!
Laamanen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laamanen connects with a right hand. Loe shakes it off.
Reijo Laamanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laamanen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laamanen moves out of range as Loe throws a body kick.
Loe throws a jab but it's blocked by Laamanen.
Laamanen tries to clinch but Loe moves away
and Loe counters with a low kick, right behind Laamanen 's knee.
A nice inside leg kick there by Loe. That's going to slow Laamanen down.
Loe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Loe throws a front kick aimed at Laamanen's knee but Laamanen avoids it well.
Loe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Loe misses the target.
Laamanen digs a good body shot into Loe's ribs.
Laamanen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Loe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laamanen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Loe can pounce on him.
Loe is looking to chop away at Laamanen's legs.
Loe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laamanen.
A low kick from Laamanen is predictable there
and Loe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laamanen looks gassed!
Laamanen tries to clinch but Loe moves away
and Loe counters with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Loe.
Loe misses with a series of wild punches.
Loe throws a head kick that misses
and Laamanen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Loe lunges at Laamanen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laamanen's hand.

It looks like Reijo Laamanen has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loe throws a head kick that Laamanen semi-blocks.
Loe lands an overhand right.
Loe looks to land a body kick but Laamanen moved away.
Loe lands a high kick!
Loe throws a head kick that misses.
Loe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loe wants to clinch up but Laamanen keeps it at a distance.
Laamanen closes the distance but Loe moves to the side
and Loe counters with a head kick. That will keep Laamanen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Loe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laamanen's calf.
Loe throws a body kick that misses.
Laamanen ducks under a wild hook from Loe.
Laamanen looks to land a combination but Loe avoids it well.
Laamanen misses with a hook. Loe ducked under it nicely.
Laamanen wants to clinch but Loe slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Loe throws a leg kick which misses Laamanen's front leg but catches the back leg as Laamanen tries to avoid it.
Loe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laamanen avoids the head kick by Loe.
Loe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Loe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laamanen moves away.
Loe wants to land a leg kick but Laamanen is out of range.
A head kick misses from Loe.
Laamanen cracks the inside of Loe's front leg.
Loe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laamanen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laamanen throws a lazy right hand but Loe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Laamanen tries to keep at a distance but Loe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Loe lands a shoulder strike.
Laamanen stops a takedown attempt from Loe.
Laamanen trying to land knees to the body.

Laamanen manages to break the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Loe blocks the low kick.
Loe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laamanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Loe.
Laamanen lands a really nice looking cross but Loe seems unphased.
Loe looks to score with a jab to the body but Laamanen is just out of range.
Laamanen blocks the body kick.
Loe doesn't manage to clinch there - Laamanen circles away.
Loe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Laamanen checks a leg kick.
Loe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Laamanen.
Loe swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laamanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laamanen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Loe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laamanen clinches but Loe breaks the clinch
and Loe counters with an inside leg kick.
Laamanen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Loe clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laamanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laamanen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laamanen avoids it.
Laamanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laamanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Loe backwards.

Loe breaks from the clinch.
Loe circles away from the clinch attempt

and Loe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Loe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reijo Laamanen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Laamanen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Loe - that will leave a mark!
Laamanen clinches but Loe breaks the clinch
and Loe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Loe wants to clinch.

Laamanen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laamanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laamanen is looking to break free of the clinch but Loe has double underhooks.
Laamanen trying to land knees to the body.
Loe takes an elbow to the forehead.

Loe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laamanen wants to land a leg kick but Loe is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Laamanen.
Laamanen swings for the body but Loe moves out of range.
Laamanen darts in trying to clinch

and Loe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laamanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Loe.

Loe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Loe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Loe throws a leg kick
and Laamanen counters with a nice uppercut.
Loe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Laamanen is breathing heavily.
Loe closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laamanen looks to land a left hand but Loe moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Loe.
Loe tries a head kick but it misses.
Laamanen tries to clinch but Loe moves away
and Loe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laamanen tries to clinch up but Loe circles away and keeps his distance.
Loe thows a body shot but no joy.
Loe lands with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Laamanen is predictable there
and Loe counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Loe.

Loe drives through and clinches with Laamanen against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laamanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laamanen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Loe obliges.
Loe lands a damaging elbow.
Laamanen takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Reijo Laamanen's cut even more.
Laamanen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loe works on Laamanen's body with a couple of short punches.

Loe breaks from the clinch.
Loe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laamanen can do to turn this around?
Loe throws the kick towards the body but Laamanen avoids it.
Loe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laamanen misses with a looping right.
Loe ducks under a wild hook from Laamanen.
Laamanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Laamanen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Loe.
Laamanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Loe.
Loe moves out of range of the strikes.

Loe has managed to clinch.
Laamanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laamanen misses with a hook to the ribs.

Loe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loe, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loe circles away from the clinch attempt

and Loe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Loe lands a body shot.
Laamanen blocks an elbow strike.
Loe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Laamanen blocks the elbow strike.
Laamanen managing to block the knees to the body from Loe.
Loe connects with a knee to the head.

The cut above Reijo Laamanen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Loe lands an elbow just above Laamanen 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Loe throws an elbow but misses.

Loe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Loe throws a push kick but Laamanen slaps the foot to one side.
Loe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laamanen. That did some damage!
Laamanen blocks a head kick by Loe.
Laamanen wants to clinch
and Loe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Laamanen wants to clinch
and Loe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laamanen's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laamanen manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Loe.
Loe with a hook.
Laamanen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Loe throws a head kick but Laamanen moves out of range.
Laamanen defending well as Loe loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loe, right into the meat.
Loe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Loe wants to clinch up but Laamanen keeps it at a distance.
Laamanen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Loe.
Laamanen tries to clinch up
and Loe counters with a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Loe has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Loe.

Reijo Laamanen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Laamanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Loe's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Loe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Reijo Laamanen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Laamanen avoids the head kick by Loe.
Laamanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loe manages to avoid it.
Laamanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laamanen misses with a hook to the body
and Loe counters with an outside leg kick.
Loe wants to clinch up but Laamanen keeps it at a distance.
Loe throws a head kick that misses.
Laamanen is looking to clinch but Loe is avoiding it.
Laamanen misses with a hook. Loe ducked under it nicely.
Laamanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Loe.
Loe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Laamanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laamanen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Loe looks to land a body kick but Laamanen moved away.
Laamanen scores with a nice head shot.
Harald Loe is winning the standup battle so far.
Loe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laamanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Loe cracks Laamanen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Loe lands a jab to the nose.
Loe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Loe wants to land a leg kick but Laamanen is out of range.
Laamanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laamanen throws a lazy head kick
and Loe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loe, right into the meat.
Loe misses with a two punch combination.
Loe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Loe misses with a leg kick
enabling Laamanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Reijo Laamanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the body from Laamanen misses
and Loe counters with a thumping low kick.
Laamanen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Loe clinches up against the cage.
Loe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Laamanen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Loe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loe pushes off an throws an elbow but Laamanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Loe.
Nice elbow from Loe.
Loe blocks an elbow strike from Laamanen.
Loe lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loe trying to land knees to the body.
Harald Loe has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Loe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laamanen swats away the attempt to clinch by Loe.
Laamanen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Loe counters with a slapping leg kick.

Loe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Loe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Laamanen misses with a short punch on the inside.

Loe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laamanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Loe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laamanen throws a leg kick

and Loe counters by moving into the clinch.
Laamanen is looking to break free of the clinch but Loe has double underhooks.
Loe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Laamanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laamanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Loe's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loe throws an elbow that misses.
Loe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laamanen backwards.
Loe lands an elbow inside that Laamanen shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Reijo Laamanen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Harald Loe!