PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Allowin Baaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arne Kaurismaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baaf's entrance music is 'Wild Boys' by Duran Duran. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kaurismaa's choice of entrance music: DJ Neon - Track 5. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Baaf
vs
Kaurismaa

186 cm
27
182 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
179 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Allowin Baaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arne Kaurismaa!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baaf throws a looping overhand right but Kaurismaa ducks down to avoid it.
Kaurismaa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baaf counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kaurismaa thinking.
Kaurismaa throws a sloppy body shot
and Baaf counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kaurismaa thinking.
Kaurismaa takes a swing at Baaf's ribcage but misses.
Arne Kaurismaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaurismaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Baaf cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baaf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaurismaa moves away.
Kaurismaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Baaf.
Kaurismaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baaf takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kaurismaa misses with an uppercut
and Baaf counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot lands for Kaurismaa.
Kaurismaa cracks Baaf with a good jab.
Kaurismaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baaf moves away.
Baaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaurismaa scores with a nice strike.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook
and Baaf counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaf with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kaurismaa throws a right hand that misses
and Baaf counters with a right hand to the body.
Kaurismaa swings for the body but Baaf moves out of range.
Baaf throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook
and Baaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaurismaa lands a body shot.
Kaurismaa wants to slow Baaf down by chopping away at his legs.
Baaf throws a low kick but Kaurismaa avoids it.
Kaurismaa blocks a head kick by Baaf.
Kaurismaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baaf connects with a crisp jab.
Baaf scores with a nice strike.
Baaf takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kaurismaa throws an off balance right hand
and Baaf counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kaurismaa throws a leg kick
letting Baaf counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaf takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kaurismaa misses with an uppercut
and Baaf counters with a low kick, right behind Kaurismaa 's knee.
Baaf connects with a leg kick. Kaurismaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kaurismaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Baaf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baaf tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kaurismaa is able to avoid easily.
Baaf fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kaurismaa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kaurismaa looks gassed!
Kaurismaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baaf.
Baaf throws a lazy uppercut
and Baaf takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baaf fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baaf rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Kaurismaa counter with a right hand.
Baaf swinging wildly here.
A low kick from Kaurismaa is predictable there
and Baaf counters with a right hand to the body.
Baaf throws a big shot that misses.
Kaurismaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baaf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaurismaa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kaurismaa misses with an uppercut
and Baaf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baaf loads up on a big right hand but Kaurismaa slips the punch.
Baaf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kaurismaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Baaf counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kaurismaa misses with a right hand
and Baaf counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kaurismaa misses with a body shot
and Baaf counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baaf lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baaf buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baaf misses with a body kick.
Baaf connects with a leg kick. Kaurismaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kaurismaa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Baaf swings for the body but Kaurismaa moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaurismaa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baaf counters with a straight right hand.
Baaf looks to land a left hand but Kaurismaa moved out of range nicely.
Kaurismaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Baaf makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kaurismaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baaf moves away.
Kaurismaa throws a good cross that connects.
Good leg kick by Baaf there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baaf swings for the body but Kaurismaa moves out of range.
Baaf lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baaf scores with a nice strike.
Kaurismaa staying out of range there.
Baaf connects with a body shot that sends Kaurismaa's belly button to the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaurismaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Baaf.
Baaf lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaurismaa's sensitive parts.
Baaf throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allowin Baaf dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kaurismaa misses with a left hand
enabling Baaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaurismaa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kaurismaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baaf counters with a thumping low kick.
Baaf throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kaurismaa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kaurismaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Baaf throws a head kick that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kaurismaa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Baaf - the referee stops the clock and Kaurismaa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Baaf. Kaurismaa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook
and Baaf counters with a straight right hand.
Kaurismaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Baaf waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kaurismaa.
Good exchange - Kaurismaa coming out on top.
A big left from Kaurismaa misses.
Kaurismaa is breathing heavily.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook
letting Baaf counter with a right hand.
Kaurismaa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baaf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaf finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kaurismaa throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kaurismaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kaurismaa cracks a nice hook into Baaf's ribs.
Kaurismaa misses with a body punch
and Baaf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaurismaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baaf.
Baaf throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kaurismaa throws the left hand but Baaf avoids the punch easily.
Baaf throws a leg kick but Kaurismaa checks it.
Kaurismaa throws a chopping leg kick but Baaf manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Baaf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kaurismaa throws a body punch but Baaf moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaurismaa scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Kaurismaa misses its intended target.
Baaf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Baaf cracks Kaurismaa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Baaf takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kaurismaa throws a sloppy body shot
and Baaf makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kaurismaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Baaf throws the kick towards the body but Kaurismaa avoids it.
Jab from Kaurismaa.
Kaurismaa cracks a nice hook into Baaf's ribs.
Kaurismaa tests Baaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kaurismaa lands an overhand right.
Kaurismaa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Baaf finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaurismaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Baaf counters with a nice uppercut.
Baaf loads up on a big right hand but Kaurismaa slips the punch.
Allowin Baaf is winning the standup battle so far.
Kaurismaa misses the body punch
and Baaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaurismaa connects with the punch.
Kaurismaa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Baaf takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kaurismaa takes a swing at Baaf's ribcage but misses.
Baaf thuds his shin into the meat of Kaurismaa's side.
Baaf takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kaurismaa lands with an overhand left.
Kaurismaa scores with a jab to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baaf.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook
and Baaf counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kaurismaa's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaurismaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baaf.
Kaurismaa dodges the punch combination from Baaf.
Baaf lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Baaf gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kaurismaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kaurismaa misses with a shot to the body
and Baaf counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaurismaa cracks Baaf with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kaurismaa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baaf falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kaurismaa counters with a nice body shot.
Kaurismaa misses with an uppercut
and Baaf counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allowin Baaf dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kaurismaa scores with the left hand. Baaf knows he should have avoided that one.
Baaf slips a jab and a cross from Kaurismaa.
Baaf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kaurismaa can do to turn this around?
Kaurismaa swings widly with a right hand
and Baaf counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaurismaa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baaf. Baaf circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Baaf looks for the body kick but Kaurismaa saw that one coming.
Kaurismaa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baaf.
Kaurismaa throws an off balance right hand
and Baaf counters with an inside leg kick.
Baaf misses with an uppercut
and Kaurismaa counters with a straight right hand.
Baaf scores with a jab to the body.
Baaf uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaurismaa.
Baaf connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kaurismaa momentarily.
Kaurismaa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baaf's hands.
Crunch! Baaf slams his shin into Kaurismaa's torso.
Kaurismaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kaurismaa misses with a hook to the body
enabling Baaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Crunch! Baaf slams his shin into Kaurismaa's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baaf cracks Kaurismaa with an open hand slap.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Baaf.
Baaf scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kaurismaa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A shot to the body from Kaurismaa misses
and Baaf makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kaurismaa really felt that one!
Kaurismaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kaurismaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baaf thows a body shot but no joy.
Kaurismaa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kaurismaa misses with a left hand
and Baaf counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kaurismaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Baaf counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kaurismaa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Baaf fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kaurismaa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baaf cracks Kaurismaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A head kick misses from Baaf.
Kaurismaa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Baaf stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to the body from Kaurismaa misses
and Baaf counters with a one-two to the body.

Kaurismaa is rocked!
Baaf cracks Kaurismaa with a hook to the temple - Kaurismaa is on wobbly legs here! Baaf swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Kaurismaa falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Baaf wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Allowin Baaf!