PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Loka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil High had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

High
vs
Loka

205 cm
25
289 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
285 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil High!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Loka!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Loka.
A nice leg kick lands there from Loka.
High looks to land a left hand but Loka moved out of range nicely.
Loka misses with a low kick.
Loka thumps High with a low kick.
Nice body kick from Loka.
Loka throws a nice inside leg kick.
High is breathing heavily.

Loka rushes High and presses him up against the cage.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Loka stalling against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
High avoids a wild elbow strike from Loka.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Loka avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Loka just misses with a elbow thrown towards High's brow.
High taking a breather.
Loka lands an elbow just above High 's eye.

It looks like Phil High has been cut.
High stalling in the clinch.
High misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
High misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loka missing with knees to the body.
Loka stalls.
High can't find room to land a body shot as Loka controls the action.
High struggles to land a body shot inside as Loka controls his hands.
High tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Loka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Loka displaying some good clinch control by pressing High up against the cage.
Loka lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Loka.
High misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Loka obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loka lands an elbow just above High 's eye.
Loka slowing the pace effectively.
Loka connects with a nasty looking knee right to High's face.
Loka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Loka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has High in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
High on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Come on Loka - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Loka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Loka missing with knees to the body.
Loka misses with an elbow strike.
Loka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
High avoids a wild elbow strike from Loka.
Loka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
High takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loka slowing the pace effectively.
Loka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Loka stalls.
Loka landing knees to the body.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.
High dodges an elbow strike from Loka.
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Loka obliges.
High takes an elbow to the temple.
High takes an elbow to the temple.
Loka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Loka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Loka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.
Loka tries a knee to the head but High blocks it.
High lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Loka.
High takes a knee to the side of the body.
Loka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Loka lands an elbow just above High 's eye.
Loka effectively controlling the action here.
Loka continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Loka misses with a knee to the head.
High lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Loka.
Loka blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Loka crunches a lovely knee into High's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loka connects with a knee to the head.
Loka blocks an uppercut.
Loka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has High in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Loka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Loka lands a nice knee to the body.
Loka landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Loka.
Loka blocks an uppercut.
Loka lands a nice elbow.
Loka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
High letting Loka take a breather here.
Loka lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
High trying to stall but Loka improves his position.
High tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Loka's elbow.
Nice elbow from Loka.
Loka stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Loka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phil High's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

High takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Loka in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Loka looks for the body kick but High saw that one coming.
Loka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
High thows a body shot but no joy.
High swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loka moves out of range of the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Loka.
Loka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to High's calf.
Loka tries to clinch up but High circles away and keeps his distance.
High tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Loka connects with an inside leg kick.
Erik Loka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loka moves out of range of the strikes.
Loka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Loka closes the distance and pushes High back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from High.
Loka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Loka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loka.
High can't find room to land a body shot as Loka controls the action.
Loka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.
Loka dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
High is trying to break free.
Loka lands a damaging elbow.
High blocks an elbow strike from Loka.
High is trying to stall.
Loka lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
High has had enough of the clinch but Loka keeps him there for the moment.
Loka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Loka.
High on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Loka looking to throw knees to the head but High is blocking nicely.
Loka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Loka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. High is defending well for now.
High stalling in the clinch but Loka improves position.
Loka working High over with knees to the body.
Loka lands an elbow inside.
Loka missing with knees to the body.
High takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loka is stalling here.
Loka throws an elbow but it misses.
Loka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Loka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
High is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Loka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loka trying to land knees to the body.
Loka has High pressed against the cage, preventing High from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
High is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loka scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Loka.
Loka stalling against the cage.
High is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loka displaying some good clinch control by pressing High up against the cage.
Loka throws a knee to the head but misses.
High working aggressively here.
Loka lands an elbow inside.
High struggles to land a body shot inside as Loka controls his hands.
Loka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loka is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for High.
Loka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Loka is struggling to control the position.
Loka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
High avoiding damage as Loka throws knees to the body.
Loka missing with knees to the body.
High takes an elbow to the forehead.

Phil High's cut is getting worse.
High is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loka with a knee to the head.
Loka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Loka leaning against his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
High managing to block the knees to the body from Loka.
High wants to get back to striking at distance but Loka won't allow it.
Loka misses with an elbow strike.
Loka has High pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Loka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Phil High'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. This is the final round!

High misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loka.
Loka slips under a jab from High.
High lands a nice shot to the body.
Loka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
High checks a low kick from Loka.
Loka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Loka tries to clinch up but High circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Loka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
High throws a hook but Loka avoids it easily.
Loka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Loka cracks the inside of High's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
High misses with a hook. Loka ducked under it nicely.
High checks a leg kick nicely.
Loka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loka throws a leg kick which misses High's front leg but catches the back leg as High tries to avoid it.
Loka throws a nice inside leg kick.

Loka has managed to clinch.
Loka dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice elbow from Loka.
Loka lands a nice knee to the body.
Loka working High over with knees to the body.
Loka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. High is defending well for now.
Loka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Loka lands an elbow just above High 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
High managing to block the knees to the body from Loka.
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through High's defenses.
High taking a breather.
Loka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and High avoids it.
Loka has High pressed against the cage.
Loka lands an elbow that stopped High in his tracks for a moment.
Erik Loka seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Loka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
High tries to work over Loka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loka slowing the pace effectively.
High takes an elbow to the forehead.
High on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
High misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Loka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Loka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but High blocks it with crossed arms.
High fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
High is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Phil High has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
High wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
High working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Loka as High tries to tie him up.
High tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Loka's elbow.
Nice elbow from Loka.
Loka blocking some punches.
Loka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loka missing with knees to the body.
Loka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
High misses with a short punch on the inside.
Loka content to slow the pace in the clinch.
High wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
High tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Loka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Loka misses with an elbow strike.
Loka trying to land knees to the body.
Erik Loka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Loka blocking some punches.
High tries to break free but Loka pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Loka.
Come on Loka - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
High looking to stall.
High tries to work over Loka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
High tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
High is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
High struggles to land a body shot inside as Loka controls his hands.
Loka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
High lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Loka or not.
High trying to control the position but instead, Loka has worked for underhooks and has pushed High into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Loka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Loka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 25:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Loka!