PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ewert Lauringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elvis Ronan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronan has chosen Promised Land as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lauringer
vs
Ronan

197 cm
27
203 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

184 cm
26
195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ewert Lauringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Elvis Ronan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lauringer.
Ronan swings for the body but Lauringer moves out of range.
Ronan walks into a left hand.
Lauringer throws a body punch but Ronan moves out of range.
Lauringer lands a nice shot that snaps Ronan's head back.
Ronan throws a leg kick that misses.
Ronan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ronan lands a jab.
Ronan digs a good hook to Lauringer's body.
Ronan misses with an uppercut
and Lauringer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lauringer tests Ronan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Lauringer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ronan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lauringer has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauringer can't find room to land a body shot as Ronan controls the action.
Ronan avoiding damage.
Ronan is trying to break the clinch but Lauringer has him pressed against the cage.
Ronan stalling in the clinch.
Ronan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lauringer tries a body shot but Ronan blocks it.
Lauringer tries to throw a body punch but Ronan avoids it by throwing Lauringer back against the cage.
Lauringer misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauringer lands a right hand.
Ronan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lauringer up against the cage.
Lauringer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ronan stalling in the clinch.
Ronan blocks a body shot from Lauringer.
Lauringer lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ronan is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lauringer.
Lauringer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lauringer misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauringer tries to circle away but Ronan has him pinned against the cage.
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.
Lauringer misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Lauringer - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Ronan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ronan blocks a body shot from Lauringer.
Lauringer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ronan.
A bit of stalling here from Ronan.
A head punch on the inside from Lauringer fails to land.
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.
Lauringer throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronan blocks a body shot from Lauringer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lauringer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ronan looking to slow down the pace here.
Ronan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right hook to the body lands for Lauringer.
Ronan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ronan.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lauringer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lauringer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ewert Lauringer will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Crunch! Ronan slams his shin into Lauringer's torso.
Ronan misses with a head kick.
Lauringer misses the shot to the body.
Lauringer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ronan tries to score with a low kick but Lauringer moves his leg out of the way.
Lauringer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ronan doesn't seem bothered though.
Ronan jabs Lauringer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lauringer misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lauringer walks into a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Lauringer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lauringer.
Lauringer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ronan.
Elvis Ronan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lauringer lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauringer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lauringer just misses with a punch to the body.
Lauringer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lauringer lands a right hook to the body.
Ronan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronan keeps the fight on the outside.
Lauringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ronan moves away.
Ronan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lauringer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lauringer doesn't manage to clinch there - Ronan circles away.
Lauringer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ronan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ronan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauringer lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Ronan.
Lauringer stalks Ronan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ronan's face. Ronan staggers backwards, shaken.
Lauringer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ronan looks to land a left hand but Lauringer moved out of range nicely.
Ronan is looking to score with low kicks.
Ronan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lauringer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lauringer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ronan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lauringer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A bone on bone clash there as Lauringer blocks the leg kick.
A combination from Lauringer does no damage.
Ronan throws a big shot that misses.
Lauringer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lauringer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ronan throws a hook to the side of Lauringer's head but Lauringer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lauringer misses with a wild body shot.
Ronan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lauringer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lauringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ronan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ronan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lauringer.
Lauringer is looking to wear down Ronan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ronan thuds a left hand into Lauringer's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronan misses with a few strikes there.
Lauringer slips under a jab.
Lauringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ronan.
Lauringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ronan moves away.
Lauringer throws a body punch but Ronan moves out of range.
Lauringer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Lauringer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good work by Lauringer as he checks the leg kick.
Lauringer is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ronan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lauringer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lauringer throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lauringer. Ronan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ronan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Elvis Ronan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ronan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lauringer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ronan.
Ronan tries to move into range but Lauringer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Lauringer clinches.
Ronan prevents a body shot from Lauringer.
Ronan blocking some punches.
Lauringer misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronan controlling the action here for a moment.
Ronan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lauringer is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Ronan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Lauringer as the two fighters clinch.
Ronan gets through Lauringer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Lauringer.
Lauringer tries to throw a body punch but Ronan avoids it by throwing Lauringer back against the cage.
Lauringer misses with a punch to the body.
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.
Lauringer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ronan wants to stall.
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronan stalls.
Ronan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lauringer backwards.
Still in the clinch, Lauringer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ronan stalling the fight.
Lauringer lands an uppercut.
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!
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.
Lauringer tries a body shot but Ronan blocks it.
Lauringer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lauringer tries to throw a body punch but Ronan avoids it by throwing Lauringer back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauringer struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronan controls his hands.

Lauringer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ronan cracks a nice hook into Lauringer's ribs.
Ronan connects with a leg kick. Lauringer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ewert Lauringer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lauringer swings for the body but Ronan moves out of range.
Lauringer throws a lazy right hand but Ronan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ronan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lauringer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ronan.
Lauringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ronan slips a jab and a cross from Lauringer.
Ronan connects with a crisp jab.
Lauringer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ronan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lauringer with a hook.
Lauringer blocks a jab.
Ronan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lauringer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lauringer throws a body punch but Ronan moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Lauringer.
Lauringer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ronan's head backwards.
Ronan throws a hook but Lauringer avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lauringer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lauringer moves away from the strike by Ronan.
Ronan keeps the fight on the outside.
Ronan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ronan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

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 Ewert Lauringer.
I think Lauringer 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Elvis Ronan!
A less than humble Elvis Ronan misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.