PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uno Louner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hy Wiener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiener has chosen Fok Julle Naaiers as his entrance music. Uno Louner had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Louner
vs
Wiener

178 cm
36
183 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

179 cm
33
181 lbs
23 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uno Louner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hy Wiener!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiener defending well as Louner loads up on a big left hand.
Louner lands with a shot to the body.
Wiener dodges the punch combination from Louner.
A head kick misses from Wiener.
Some wild striking there from Louner.
Wiener fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Louner.
Nice straight punches there by Wiener. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wiener.
Wiener swings for the body but Louner moves out of range.
Louner lands with a hook. Wiener tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wiener slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wiener ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louner moves away.
Louner scores with a jab. Wiener acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wiener showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louner.
We've been told by Louner's head coaches at ACME! Thai Boxing Academy 13 ELITE COACHES & SAUNA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wiener, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiener. Louner does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louner connects with a single shot there.
Louner looks to land a left hand but Wiener moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener staying out of range there.
Wiener throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiener takes a jab right on the kisser.
Louner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wiener throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Louner throws a shot from downtown. Wiener moves away and avoids it.
Louner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wiener.
Louner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wiener misses with a hook.
Louner slips under a jab from Wiener.
Wiener uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Louner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiener. Louner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louner lands with a right hand.
Wiener works Louner's body with a nice hook.
Louner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Louner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Louner looks to land a right hand but Wiener moved out of range.
Wiener has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Louner gets the takedown into side control.
Louner working away.
Louner tries to score with some ground and pound. Wiener controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Louner throwing strikes but Wiener manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Wiener in side control, throwing shots but Louner defends.

Wiener goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Louner rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wiener's guard! Nice work there by Louner!
Louner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wiener bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Louner's guard.
Wiener wants to control from the top but Louner keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wiener is looking to stand up but Louner won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener pushes down on Louner's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Louner wants to get back to full guard.
Wiener wants to pass the guard but Louner is defending well.
Louner is staying active underneath Wiener, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wiener is pressing down on Louner's thigh, looking to free his foot. Louner is holding on for now.
Louner is refusing to be controlled, as Wiener sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Hy Wiener wasn't active enough on the ground.
Louner tries for a takedown but Wiener sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Louner feints and as Wiener raises his hands in defense, Louner changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wiener wants to sweep here but Louner controlling him for the moment.
Louner throwing strikes but missing.
Wiener managing to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiener's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
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 Uno Louner will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Louner lands a body shot.
Wiener tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiener lands a glancing blow to the side of Louner's head.
Uno Louner is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Louner misses.
Louner moves out of range of the body kick from Wiener.
Louner keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiener misses the jab.
Wiener tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wiener takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wiener with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Louner to score with a decent uppercut.
Louner with a hook.
Louner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiener keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiener walks into a straight right hand from Louner.
Wiener misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wiener avoids the head kick by Louner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louner throws an overhand right that lands on Wiener's shoulder, as Wiener tries to avoid the shot.
Louner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wiener circles away quickly and effectively.
Wiener throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hy Wiener seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Louner.
Wiener tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Louner is able to avoid easily.
Louner missing with a left hand there. Wiener was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wiener moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wiener misses with a hook.
Louner throws the left hand but Wiener avoids the punch easily.
Wiener slips a jab from Louner.
Wiener pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wiener wants to clinch but Louner slips to the side
and Louner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wiener avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Louner avoids the head kick by Wiener.
Wiener scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wiener throws a body punch but Louner moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener misses with a wild body shot.
Wiener connects with a jab.
Wiener throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Louner misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiener throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wiener finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wiener thows a body shot but no joy.
Louner misses with a straight left.
Louner misses with a left hand

and Wiener decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Louner's guard.
Wiener tries to free his leg and advance position but Louner is retaining full guard.

Wiener has gone for a leg lock! Louner slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wiener's guard.
Louner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner is looking to work some ground and pound but Wiener has wrist control.
Louner trying to control but Wiener is working from the bottom.
Louner postures up in Wiener's guard and throws a big left but Wiener blocks it.
Louner throws a strike but Wiener rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wiener tries to stand but Louner is controlling from the bottom.
Wiener tries to free his leg and advance position but Louner is retaining full guard.
Louner wants to stand up but Wiener is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wiener postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Louner is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Wiener, into his guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Louner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Louner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Louner throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiener keeping moving, preventing Louner from controlling successfully.
Louner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
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 Uno Louner will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Wiener lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Louner cracks Wiener with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Louner slips a straight right by Wiener.
Wiener throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiener fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Louner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Louner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wiener.
Louner slips under a jab from Wiener.
Wiener is looking to clinch but Louner is avoiding it.
Wiener tries to clinch but Louner is having none of it.
Wiener avoids the body shot from Louner.
Wiener just misses with a punch to the body.
Louner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Louner feints a jab promting Wiener to slip. Louner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wiener slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wiener feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Louners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wiener uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Louner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiener tries to land a leg kick but Louner saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Louner misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiener. Louner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louner misses with a hook. Wiener ducked under it nicely.
Wiener avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hy Wiener is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiener misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louner.
Louner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Louner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Louner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wiener manages to avoid it.
Wiener just misses with a punch to the body.
Wiener throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wiener is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Louner rather than just go for the knockout.
Wiener takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Louner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Louner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A good leg kick by Wiener.
Louner just misses with a punch to the body.

Wiener moves into the clinch.
Louner jumps guard but Wiener stands there with Louner around his waist. Louner gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wiener misses with a short punch on the inside.
Louner fails to pull guard.
Wiener goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Louner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Louner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wiener misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiener tries to work over Louner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Louner can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uno Louner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Louner has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Wiener is trying to keep an underhook but Louner manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Louner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wiener is trying to stand up here but Louner is controlling him well.
Louner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner is keen to just control but Wiener is a slippery customer.
Louner prevents Wiener from standing back up.
Louner throwing shots but Wiener is blocking nicely.
Louner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wiener defending well though.

Louner is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wiener is looking for a sweep. Louner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wiener works his way to full guard. Good work.
Louner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wiener looking for a sweep. Not yet Wiener, not yet.
Louner has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louner trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wiener is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Louner is controlling him.
Wiener takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Louner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wiener working a defensive guard here.
Uno Louner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Louner throwing strikes but missing.
Hy Wiener has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louner controlling from the top position.

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 Uno Louner.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Louner, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Uno Louner!
Uno Louner took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Perkele! for their support in the buildup to the fight.