PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Laak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laak's entrance music is Pain - Shut your mouth. A fine choice. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wai Khru ram muay. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laak
vs
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich

180 cm
32
193 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

186 cm
29
200 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 9 - 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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich checks a low kick from Laak.
Laak checks the leg kick.
Laak misses with a double jab

and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Laak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with a knee to the head.

It looks like Eric Laak has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich prevents a body shot from Laak.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laak is breathing heavily.
Laak throws a punch but it's blocked by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich taking a breather.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laak's brow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laak's brow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a knee to the head.
Laak takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is struggling to control the position.
Laak blocks an elbow strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich digs a right hand into Laak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laak's gas tank.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes Laak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee calls for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich to work.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laak's brow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to throw knees to the head but Laak is blocking nicely.
Laak takes a knee right on the jaw!

Eric Laak's cut is getting worse.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laak backwards.
Laak tries to land a knee to the head but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laak's brow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks an uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Laak is rocked!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich missing with knees to the body.
Oh Laak is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow that stopped Laak in his tracks for a moment.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laak seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laak.
Laak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Laak wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just leaning against Laak, taking a breather.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich missing with knees to the body.
Laak wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laak avoids the elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich, against the cage.
Laak lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laak tries to break the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is controlling the position.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to work over Laak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laak takes a shot to the head.
Laak avoids a wild elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes Laak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich 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.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow inside that Laak shrugs off.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laak dodges an elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Laak letting Dmitrigorbachovovonovich take a breather here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Laak breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a leg kick
and Laak counters with an inside leg kick.
Laak throws a chopping leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laak on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Laak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but Laak is having none of it.
Laak throws a lazy right hand but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich thuds his shin into the meat of Laak's side.
Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laak lands a jab to Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's midsection.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laak missing with a left hand there. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but Laak moves out of range.
Laak scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laak's brow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Laak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Laak misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to throw knees to the head but Laak is blocking nicely.

Laak breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Laak moves away from the strike by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich rushes Laak and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laak struggles to land a body shot inside as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controls his hands.
Laak lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Laak blocks an elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is leaning against Laak and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a left hand.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich working Laak over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laak with a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just leaning against Laak, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laak takes an elbow to the temple.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow just above Laak 's eye.
Laak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laak is looking to control Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's arms but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laak has his back to the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Eric Laak's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laak avoids a wild elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laak letting Dmitrigorbachovovonovich take a breather here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with some punches.
Laak scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laak blocks an elbow strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laak.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich missing with knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to stall.
Laak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dmitrigorbachovovonovich backwards.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Laak.
Laak wants to get back to striking at distance but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laak tries a low kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laak to score with a decent uppercut.
Laak moves out of range of the body kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick but Laak sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Laak feints and then cracks Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dmitrigorbachovovonovich down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Laak avoids the damage to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laak blocks it with crossed arms.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land a knee to the head but Laak blocks with his arms.
Laak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich 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 one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laak.
Laak managing to block the knees to the body from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Laak can't find room to land a body shot as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controls the action.
Laak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's face.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with the head strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to throw a body punch but Laak avoids it by throwing Dmitrigorbachovovonovich back against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a head punch that misses.
Laak avoids a wild elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
Laak wants to break the clinch but can't.

Laak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laak throws a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laak.
Laak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks the leg kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids the head kick by Laak.
Laak tries to land a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich saw it coming and moves away.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich clinches up against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Laak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
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!
Laak takes an elbow to the temple.
Laak lands a body shot.
Eric Laak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich working Laak over with knees to the body.
Laak dodges an elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich working Laak over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laak misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich prevents a body shot from Laak.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich slowing the pace effectively.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Laak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Laak circles away.
Laak misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Laak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a head kick.
Laak moves out of range of the body kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to work over Laak's front leg with a kick but Laak checks it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laak lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Laak.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laak looks to land a right hand but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moved out of range.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets a clinch.
Laak throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laak avoids a wild elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!