PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Laak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laak kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pain - Shut your mouth. Speed has chosen Funky Kingston / Toots And The Maytals as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Laak
vs
Speed

180 cm
29
208 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

188 cm
28
212 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Laak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tanner Speed!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Speed. Laak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laak throws out a loose jab but Speed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laak throws a front kick aimed at Speed's knee but Speed avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Speed. That's going to slow Laak down.
Speed connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Speed throws a leg kick but Laak checks it.
Speed doesn't manage to clinch there - Laak circles away.
Laak throws a wild body kick that Speed sees coming a mile off.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Laak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Laak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Speed on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laak. Laak obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A low kick from Speed is predictable there
and Laak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Speed.
Laak chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Speed can pounce on him.
Speed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speed works over Laak's head and body with a nice combination.
Speed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laak was well out of range. Poor timing from Speed.
Speed throws a hook but Laak avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed misses with a wild body shot.
Laak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Laak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Speed was well out of range. Poor timing from Laak.
Laak on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Speed pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laak is out of range and Speed settles back down.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laak manages to avoid it.
Laak swats away the attempt to clinch by Speed.
Speed throws a front kick that sends Laak stumbling back into the cage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laak.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Speed clinches up against the cage.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Laak blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laak tries to land knees in the clinch but Speed avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed working Laak over with knees to the body.
Laak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
Laak avoiding damage as Speed throws knees to the body.
Speed lands a knee to the body.
Laak is breathing heavily.
Laak works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Laak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laak misses with an elbow strike.
Laak takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Eric Laak has been cut.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
Speed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Speed crunches a lovely knee into Laak's ribcage.
Speed dodges an elbow strike from Laak.
Speed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Speed connects with a knee to the head.
Speed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laak is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Laak blocks it.
Laak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Laak as Speed tries to tie him up.
Speed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laak.
Speed misses with a knee strike.
Laak throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Laak tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Laak back against the cage.
Laak is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Come on Speed - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Speed tries to land knees in the clinch but Laak avoids the damage to the body.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
Speed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laak blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laak tries a body shot but Speed blocks it.
Laak tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Laak back against the cage.
Laak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Speed misses with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Speed obliges.
Laak misses with the head strike.
Speed utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Speed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Speed slowing the pace effectively.
Speed is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Speed misses with a knee to the head.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tanner Speed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Speed tries to clinch but Laak is having none of it.
Laak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Speed. That did some damage!
Speed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Speed tries to clinch up.
Speed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laak.
Laak throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laak doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Speed moves away.

Speed has managed to clinch.
Speed is looking to control Laak's arms but Laak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
Laak tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Laak back against the cage.
Speed has Laak pressed against the cage, preventing Laak from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Laak is blocking nicely.
Speed blocks an elbow strike from Laak.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Speed.

Laak breaks from the clinch.
Laak lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed moves out of range as Laak strikes.
Speed tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Laak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speed is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Laak rather than just go for the knockout.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laak manages to avoid it.
Laak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decent striking displayed by Laak there.
Speed is looking to score with low kicks.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Laak counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Speed stuns Laak with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tanner Speed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laak throws a big shot that misses.
Laak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Speed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Speed wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Speed moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed lands a left hand.
Laak misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laak managing to block the knees to the body from Speed.
Speed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laak blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanner Speed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Speed is trying to maintain a safe position but Laak gets an underhook and turns Speed into the cage.
Speed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laak blocks it with crossed arms.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Laak is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Laak.

Laak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Speed lands with an uppercut that bounces Laak off the cage and back into range.
Laak connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Speed is looking to clinch.
Laak circles away from the clinch attempt
and Laak counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Speed takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Speed tries to clinch
and Laak counters with a body kick that stops Speed in his tracks momentarily.
Speed is looking to clinch but Laak is avoiding it.
Laak takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Speed tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laak needs to keep his hands up - Speed had a free shot at his head there.
Nice defenses there by Laak.
Speed scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Speed moves to clinch but Laak breaks away
and Laak counters with a left to the body.
Laak misses with a straight left.
Laak checks a leg kick.
Laak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Laak. That snapped Speed's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Speed.
Laak throws a big shot that misses.
Laak scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Laak scores with a four punch combination!
Speed misses with the body kick
and Laak counters with a good low kick that Speed was not able to check.
Laak swats away the attempt to clinch by Speed.
Laak punishes Speed's body with a nice straight punch.
Laak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laak. That's going to slow Speed down.
Speed takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Speed is looking to clinch.
Speed lands with an uppercut that bounces Laak off the cage and back into range.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Laak counters with a nice low kick that buckles Speed's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Eric Laak will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Speed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laak scores with the left hand. Speed knows he should have avoided that one.
Speed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Speed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laak.
Laak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laak lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Laak throws a series of punches but Speed avoids them all with ease.
Laak keeps the fight on the outside.
Laak takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Speed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laak fakes the leg kick and cracks Speed in the body.
Laak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speed misses with a double jab.
Speed throws a leg kick but Laak checks it.

Speed has closed the distance and engaged Laak in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Speed obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Speed backwards.
Laak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Speed backwards.
Speed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Speed misses with a body punch.
Laak lands with a left to the head.
Laak lands a right hand.

Speed is rocked!
Laak pushes Speed back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Speed is still on wobbly legs! Can Laak finish him?
Laak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laak pushes Speed against the cage. Laak is working some dirty boxing. Laak pushes off with a quick right hook! Speed goes down! Speed tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Laak moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Laak!
A less than humble Eric Laak misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.