PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Marko Hanttonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tubo Lard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lard's choice of entrance music: I'm Fat. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tubo Lard enters the ring!

Hanttonen
vs
Lard

171 cm
23
204 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

197 cm
32
223 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!
Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Hanttonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tubo Lard!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanttonen looks to land a body kick but Lard moved away.
Hanttonen misses the shot to the body.
Lard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lard misses with a low kick.
Hanttonen tries to clinch up but Lard circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanttonen. Lard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanttonen thows a body shot but no joy.
Lard blocks the body kick.
Hanttonen blocks a leg kick.
Lard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hanttonen at a distance.
Hanttonen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lard swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Hanttonen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hanttonen throws an elbow that misses.
Hanttonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lard's face.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lard.
Hanttonen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lard backwards.
Hanttonen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanttonen digs a right hand into Lard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lard's gas tank.
Lard prevents a body shot from Hanttonen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanttonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Lard.
Hanttonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Lard fails to land.
Hanttonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Lard controls his hands.
Hanttonen lands a knee to the head.
Hanttonen blocks an uppercut.
Hanttonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hanttonen lands an elbow inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lard.

It looks like Marko Hanttonen has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lard obliges.
Hanttonen prevents Lard from breaking the clinch.
Hanttonen can't find room to land a body shot as Lard controls the action.
Hanttonen misses with a punch to the body.
Lard scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanttonen.
Lard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanttonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hanttonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lard backwards.
Lard throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lard takes a shot to the head.
Hanttonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanttonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hanttonen lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Lard.
Hanttonen scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanttonen presses Lard against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lard takes a shot to the head.
Hanttonen connects with a knee to the head.
Hanttonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lard takes a shot to the head.
Hanttonen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanttonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanttonen lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lard.

Lard breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Hanttonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marko Hanttonen's cut.
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.

Hanttonen tries to work over Lard's front leg with a kick but Lard checks it.
Hanttonen moves forwards but Lard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hanttonen looks to throw the jab but Lard is out of range.
Hanttonen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A solid body kick from Lard.
Lard with a jab.
Hanttonen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hanttonen connects with a body shot that sends Lard's belly button to the back.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hanttonen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lard - the referee stops the clock and Hanttonen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lard. Hanttonen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hanttonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lard. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanttonen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hanttonen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hanttonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lard manages to avoid it.
Lard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanttonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Lard.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hanttonen checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lard lands with a right hand.
Hanttonen misses with a low kick as Lard jumps back.
Lard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hanttonen blocks a head kick by Lard.
Lard scores with a head kick.
Lard tried to score with a low kick but Hanttonen checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lard. Lard obviously looking to wear him down.
Hanttonen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lard in his tracks.
Hanttonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanttonen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lard counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanttonen throws a right hand that Lard ducks under and follows up with a left that Lard also avoids with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lard.
Hanttonen connects with a looping right hand.
Hanttonen works Lard's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lard takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lard checks a leg kick.
Lard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanttonen.
Lard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanttonen blocks a head kick by Lard.
Hanttonen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hanttonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hanttonen pushes Lard away with a front kick.
Lard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hanttonen's hands.
Hanttonen is looking to wear down Lard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanttonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lard.
The fighters circling - Lard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Hanttonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marko Hanttonen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hanttonen tries to clinch up but Lard circles away and keeps his distance.
Hanttonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hanttonen throws a head kick but Lard moves out of range.
Hanttonen misses the jab.

Hanttonen closes the distance and pushes Lard back into the ropes.
Lard lands an elbow inside that Hanttonen shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from Hanttonen fails to land.
Marko Hanttonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hanttonen scores with a shot to the side of Lard's head.
Hanttonen scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hanttonen.

Lard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Lard.
Lard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hanttonen.
Hanttonen looks for the body kick but Lard saw that one coming.
Hanttonen lands a nice hook to Lard's body. Lard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hanttonen.
Lard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hanttonen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanttonen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hanttonen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Hanttonen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Lard blocks the leg kick.
Hanttonen misses with an uppercut
and Lard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hanttonen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marko Hanttonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Lard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lard lands a leg kick that knocks Hanttonen off balance momentarily.
Hanttonen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed right hand from Lard misses the target.
Hanttonen tries to score with a low kick but Lard moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hanttonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanttonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lard misses with a knee to the head.
Hanttonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Hanttonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lard blocks it with crossed arms.
Lard managing to block the knees to the body from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen avoids the elbow strike from Lard, against the ropes.
Lard blocks a body shot from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen connects with a knee to the head.
Hanttonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Hanttonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanttonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Hanttonen.
Lard trying to land knees to the body.
Hanttonen scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Hanttonen clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marko Hanttonen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lard misses with a wild combination.
Hanttonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Hanttonen drives through and clinches with Lard against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Lard.
Lard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanttonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lard's elbow.
Hanttonen missing with knees to the body.
Hanttonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanttonen working Lard over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Lard - that landed with a thud.
Lard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanttonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Lard won't want to take too many of those.
Hanttonen digs a right hand into Lard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lard's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lard.
Hanttonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanttonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanttonen stalling.
Lard is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hanttonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanttonen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tubo Lard has been cut.
A short right from Hanttonen on the inside.
Hanttonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Lard won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanttonen digs a right hand underneath Lard's ribcage. Lard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen lands a body shot.
Hanttonen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lard.
Hanttonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Lard avoids the damage to the body.
Hanttonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Hanttonen as the two fighters clinch.
Lard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hanttonen misses with a punch to the body.
Hanttonen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hanttonen lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Hanttonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanttonen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lard misses with some punches.
Hanttonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hanttonen lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lard.
Lard tries a body shot but Hanttonen blocks it.
Lard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lard blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanttonen prevents a body shot from Lard.
Hanttonen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lard's efforts to push away.
Lard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Hanttonen had his way with Tubo Lard in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Lard misses with a head kick.
Tubo Lard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hanttonen misses with a straight left.
Lard misses with a looping right.
Lard fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanttonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanttonen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lard has time to react.
Nice body kick there by Hanttonen.
A clash of legs there as Lard blocks the low kick.
Hanttonen fakes the leg kick and cracks Lard in the body.
Lard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Lard throws a leg kick that is checked

and Hanttonen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hanttonen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hanttonen.
Hanttonen landing knees to the head.

Lard is rocked!
Hanttonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lard can do to turn this around?
Lard is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lard is still on wobbly legs! Can Hanttonen finish him?
Hanttonen just leaning against Lard, taking a breather.
Lard seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanttonen lands with a left to the head.
Hanttonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lard or not.
Hanttonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hanttonen is leaning against Lard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lards head.
Hanttonen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lard tries a knee to the head but Hanttonen blocks it.
Hanttonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hanttonen lands a hook that snaps the head of Lard backwards.
Hanttonen pushes Lard back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Hanttonen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Hanttonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanttonen gets through Lard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hanttonen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hanttonen managing to block the knees to the body from Lard.
Hanttonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanttonen lands with a light punch inside.
Hanttonen creates a bit of distance and cracks Lard with a big uppercut! Lard goes down! The referee pushes Hanttonen away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Lard make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Hanttonen takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marko Hanttonen!
Marko Hanttonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.