PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Basti Haddl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Puukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Basti Haddl could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lauri Puukko's chin.

Haddl
vs
Puukko

175 cm
22
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
180 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY
[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Basti Haddl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Puukko!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haddl looks to land a left hand but Puukko moved out of range nicely.
Puukko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Puukko blocks a jab.
Puukko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haddl listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Lauri Puukko has been cut.
Haddl scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lauri Puukko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puukko walks into a stiff left hand from Haddl.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Haddl misses.
Puukko defending well as Haddl loads up on a big left hand.
Puukko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Puukko is rocked!
Puukko feints and then cracks Haddl's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Haddl down.
Puukko tries to clinch but Haddl moves out of range.
Puukko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Puukko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haddl missing with a left hand there. Puukko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haddl throws a good cross that connects.

That has opened up Lauri Puukko's cut even more.
Puukko tries to move into range but Haddl moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Haddl clobbers Puukko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Haddl takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haddl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haddl lands with a nice combination. Puukko backs away looking to recover.
Haddl throws a lazy uppercut
and Puukko counters with a leg kick.
Puukko tries to clinch there but Haddl circles away.
Puukko blocks a jab.
Haddl circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haddl swings for the body but Puukko moves out of range.
Puukko tries to clinch up
and Haddl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Puukko moves to clinch but Haddl breaks away
and Haddl counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Puukko misses with a series of wild punches.
Haddl throws an overhand right that lands on Puukko's shoulder, as Puukko tries to avoid the shot.

Puukko pushes Haddl up against the cage in a clinch.
Haddl avoiding damage as Puukko throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puukko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haddl blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Puukko.
Haddl goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haddl trying to stall but Puukko improves his position.
Puukko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Puukko missing with knees to the body.
Haddl takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haddl lands a body shot.
Puukko landing knees to the body.
Haddl has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haddl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puukko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puukko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haddl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puukko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haddl blocks it with crossed arms.
Haddl managing to block the knees to the body from Puukko.
Haddl avoiding damage.
Haddl can't find room to land a body shot as Puukko controls the action.
Haddl wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Puukko missing with knees to the body.
Haddl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haddl avoids it.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
Puukko tries to land knees in the clinch but Haddl avoids the damage to the body.
Haddl works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Puukko prevents a body shot from Haddl.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puukko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haddl managing to block the knees to the body from Puukko.
Puukko trying to land knees to the body.
Puukko missing with knees to the body.
Puukko lands a knee to the head.
Haddl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puukko tries to land knees in the clinch but Haddl avoids the damage to the body.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
Puukko tries to land knees in the clinch but Haddl avoids the damage to the body.
Puukko looks gassed!
Haddl looking to slow down the pace here.
Haddl lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haddl controlling the action here for a moment.
Haddl makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basti Haddl dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lauri Puukko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Haddl just misses with a punch to the body.
Haddl thuds his right hand into Puukko's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

The cut above Lauri Puukko's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A telegraphed right hand from Haddl misses the target.
Haddl looks to land a combination but Puukko avoids it well.
Haddl misses with a right hand
and Puukko counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Puukko tries to close the distance and clinch but Haddl swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Puukko forces Haddl back against the cage and clinches.
Haddl misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Haddl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Puukko - that will leave a mark!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puukko wants to clinch.

Puukko pushes Haddl up against the cage in a clinch.
Puukko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haddl.
Haddl misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puukko looking to throw knees to the head but Haddl is blocking nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haddl tries to throw a body punch but Puukko avoids it by throwing Haddl back against the cage.
Puukko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haddl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Puukko lands a nice knee to the body.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
Haddl is trying to stall.
Puukko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Puukko lands a knee to the head.
Puukko misses with a knee to the head.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the head but Haddl blocks with his arms.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Puukko 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.
Puukko is breathing heavily.
Haddl is trying to break the clinch but Puukko is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haddl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puukko scores with a knee to the head.
Puukko trying to land knees to the body.
Puukko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haddl lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puukko landing knees to the head.
Puukko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haddl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Puukko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haddl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puukko scores with a knee to the head.
Haddl looking to stall.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the head but Haddl blocks with his arms.
Haddl throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haddl looking to stall.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haddl tries to break free but Puukko pushes him back against the cage.
Haddl cracks Puukko with a nice body shot.
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haddl works on Puukko's body with a couple of short punches.
Puukko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haddl blocks it with crossed arms.
Puukko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haddl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haddl avoids it.
Lauri Puukko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haddl stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haddl lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puukko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haddl blocks it with crossed arms.
Haddl is trying to push Puukko away but Puukko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Haddl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haddl gets through Puukko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Haddl is leaning against Puukko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haddl is trying to maintain a safe position but Puukko gets an underhook and turns Haddl into the cage.
Puukko missing with knees to the body.
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haddl lands a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Haddl.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Haddl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haddl throws a nice looking combination but Puukko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haddl checks a low kick from Puukko.
Puukko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Puukko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lauri Puukko's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Haddl misses the jab.
A solid body kick from Puukko.
Haddl smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Haddl's jab looks to have found its range, popping Puukko under the eye.
Puukko delivers a nice body kick.

Puukko moves into the clinch.
Puukko using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Puukko tries to land a knee to the head but Haddl blocks with his arms.
Puukko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haddl avoids it.
Haddl lands a left hand.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
Puukko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Puukko tries to land knees in the clinch but Haddl avoids the damage to the body.
Puukko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haddl pushes Puukko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Haddl.
Puukko looking to throw knees to the head but Haddl is blocking nicely.
Haddl lands with a left to the head.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haddl digs a right hand into Puukko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puukko's gas tank.
Haddl works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Haddl is leaning against Puukko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haddl looking to stall.
Haddl displaying some good clinch control by pressing Puukko up against the cage.
Haddl lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Haddl.
Haddl working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Puukko misses with a knee to the head.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but Haddl blocks it.
Puukko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haddl is defending well for now.
Puukko trying to land knees to the body.
Haddl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puukko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haddl is defending well for now.
Haddl lands a nice uppercut.
Haddl controlling the action here for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puukko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Haddl.
Haddl avoiding damage as Puukko throws knees to the body.
Haddl stalling in the clinch but Puukko improves position.
Haddl is looking to break free of the clinch but Puukko has double underhooks.
Haddl managing to block the knees to the body from Puukko.
Knees to the body from Puukko.
Puukko misses with a knee strike.
Haddl dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Haddl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haddl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puukko trying to land knees to the body.
Puukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haddl misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haddl lands a left hand.

Lauri Puukko's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A right hook to the body lands for Haddl.
Puukko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Puukko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haddl.
Puukko misses with a knee to the head.
Haddl tries to circle away but Puukko has him pinned against the cage.
Haddl lands a body punch.
Puukko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haddl lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haddl cracks Puukko with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puukko looking to throw knees to the head but Haddl is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Haddl.
Haddl has had enough of the clinch but Puukko keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Basti Haddl.
I think Haddl has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Basti Haddl!