PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hero Tasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van der Laan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do. Hero Tasaki has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Van der Laan
vs
Tasaki

185 cm
29
195 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

186 cm
28
197 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very strong

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™

Adrenaline

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hero Tasaki!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van der Laan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tasaki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van der Laan scores a nice knee to the body.
Tasaki looks gassed!
Tasaki looking to stall.
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!
Tasaki is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling him.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tasaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van der Laan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tasaki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van der Laan connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hero Tasaki has been cut.

Van der Laan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van der Laan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tasaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Van der Laan counters with a straight right hand.

Tasaki is rocked!
Van der Laan scores with a jab.
Tasaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Van der Laan finish him?
Van der Laan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Van der Laan has Tasaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Van der Laan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van der Laan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan lands an elbow that stopped Tasaki in his tracks for a moment.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van der Laan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Van der Laan breaks from the clinch.
Van der Laan chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Van der Laan clinches up against the cage.
Van der Laan jerks Tasaki's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Tasaki drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Van der Laan goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Van der Laan because Tasaki was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Andre Van der Laan!
Andre Van der Laan retains his middleweight title!
Andre Van der Laan very nearly forgot to thank Fight Club Clothing™ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.