PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Laboy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Laboy's choice of entrance music: It's Amazing by Kanye West. Damian Laboy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pukki
vs
Laboy

170 cm
25
146 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

170 cm
24
141 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damian Laboy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pukki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Laboy with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Pukki counter with a right hand.
Laboy ducks under a wild hook from Pukki.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Pukki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Laboy shoots and misses
and Pukki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Laboy shoots and misses
and Pukki counters with a nice uppercut.
Raimo Pukki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Laboy.
Pukki throws a series of strikes that have Laboy backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laboy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pukki counters with a leg kick.
Laboy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pukki counters with a straight right hand.
Laboy misses with a takedown
and Pukki counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Laboy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pukki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pukki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laboy fails with the takedown
and Pukki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laboy slips a jab and a cross from Pukki.
Pukki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laboy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pukki is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Laboy tries for a takedown but Pukki circles away easily
and Pukki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Laboy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pukki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laboy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pukki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Pukki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pukki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pukki throws a shot from downtown. Laboy moves away and avoids it.
Laboy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pukki counters with a nice uppercut.
Laboy with a poor takedown
and Pukki counters with a straight right hand.
Pukki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laboy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Laboy looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Pukki is avoiding damage well.
Laboy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pukki struggling a bit here.

Laboy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Laboy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Laboy in side control, throwing shots but Pukki defends.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laboy has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Laboy landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laboy avoids the attempt from Pukki to control.
Pukki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Laboy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pukki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Laboy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Laboy misses with a head shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki is working to get back to half guard.
Pukki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Laboy looking to isolate an arm here. Pukki doesn't see it coming and as Laboy extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Laboy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damian Laboy!