PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Laudrup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laudrup kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is U2- Zoo Station. Snuka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: smoke weed. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laudrup
vs
Snuka

194 cm
36
217 lbs
39 - 28 - 0

192 cm
36
218 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Zipp Zapp

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 39 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hans Laudrup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laudrup lands a really nice looking cross but Snuka seems unphased.
Laudrup tries to clinch but Snuka moves out of range.
Snuka keeps the fight on the outside.
Laudrup circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snuka cracks Laudrup with a good jab.
Snuka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Snuka forces Laudrup back against the cage and clinches.
Laudrup throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Snukas head.
Laudrup creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Snuka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laudrup has a couple of punches blocked by Snuka.
Laudrup lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Laudrup misses with some punches.
Laudrup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laudrup misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Laudrup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laudrup tries to work over Snuka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Laudrup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laudrup stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Laudrup fails to land.
Laudrup lands a body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Laudrup manages to break the clinch.
Laudrup throws a hook but Snuka blocks it.
Snuka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laudrup circles away quickly and effectively.
Laudrup throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laudrup tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Snuka defends well and Laudrup ends up having to push Snuka into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Laudrup tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laudrup tries to throw a body punch but Snuka avoids it by throwing Laudrup back against the cage.
Laudrup struggles to land a body shot inside as Snuka controls his hands.
Snuka blocks a body shot from Laudrup.
Laudrup has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Snuka after a bit of a struggle.
Laudrup stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snuka is trying to push Laudrup away but Laudrup has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laudrup lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Laudrup's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Laudrup lands a hook that snaps the head of Snuka backwards.
Laudrup misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laudrup lands an elbow that stopped Snuka in his tracks for a moment.

Laudrup breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laudrup tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Snuka was well out of range. Poor timing from Laudrup.
Snuka tries to clinch but Laudrup moves out of range.

Snuka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Snuka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laudrup throws a punch but it's blocked by Snuka.
Laudrup misses with a punch to the body.
Snuka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Laudrup escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laudrup stalks Snuka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Snuka's face. Snuka staggers backwards, shaken.
Jimmy Snuka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snuka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laudrup rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Snuka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laudrup fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Laudrup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Snuka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Snuka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Laudrup counters with a left to the body.
Hans Laudrup seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laudrup misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Snuka moves into the clinch.
Snuka lands a good knee to the midsection. Laudrup won't want to take too many of those.
Laudrup works on Snuka's body with a couple of short punches.
Snuka looking to throw knees to the head but Laudrup is blocking nicely.
Snuka throws an elbow that misses.
Laudrup lands a right hand that snaps the head of Snuka backwards.
Laudrup misses with a body punch.
Laudrup lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Snuka backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laudrup is looking for a takedown.
Laudrup misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Snuka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snuka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laudrup lands with a short shot to the head.
Snuka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laudrup.
Laudrup throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laudrup goes for a takedown attempt but Snuka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Laudrup moves into the clinch.
Snuka missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laudrup.
Snuka landing knees to the body.
Snuka prevents a body shot from Laudrup.
Snuka is trying to force a seperation but Laudrup has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Laudrup dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Snuka avoids the body shot from Laudrup.

Snuka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laudrup, pushing him back against the cage.

Laudrup pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laudrup throws a series of punches but Snuka avoids them all with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Laudrup.
Snuka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Laudrup lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Snuka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laudrup momentarily.

Laudrup closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Laudrup works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Snuka breaks the clinch.
Laudrup shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Snuka but Snuka pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laudrup circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snuka tries to clinch
and Laudrup counters with a nice body shot.
Snuka takes one to the chin there.
Snuka defending well as Laudrup loads up on a big left hand.
Laudrup looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Laudrup gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Laudrup is stalling here. Snuka is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Laudrup seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Snuka has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Laudrup bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Laudrup fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Snuka, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup scores with a shot to the side of Snuka's head.
Laudrup doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laudrup lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snuka tries to land knees in the clinch but Laudrup avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laudrup.

Laudrup pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laudrup shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Snuka but Snuka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Laudrup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Snuka scores with a three punch combo!
Laudrup just misses with a punch to the body.
Laudrup thows a body shot but no joy.
Laudrup misses with a hook. Snuka ducked under it nicely.
Snuka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laudrup throws a low kick, looking for Snuka's leg but Snuka calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Snuka takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Laudrup breaks from the clinch.
Snuka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laudrup misses the shot to the body.
Snuka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laudrup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laudrup.
Snuka avoids the body shot from Laudrup.
Laudrup looks for the body kick but Snuka saw that one coming.
Laudrup misses with a body punch
and Snuka counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Laudrup throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laudrup pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hans Laudrup is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup throws a leg kick but Snuka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Snuka stuffs the takedown.
Snuka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laudrup throws a leg kick that misses.
Snuka scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snuka dodges the punch combination from Laudrup.
Snuka wants to clinch.
Laudrup thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laudrup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Laudrup dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Snuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laudrup swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laudrup steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Snuka. That one must have hurt.
A jab from Laudrup does it's job there.
Laudrup misses the shot to the body.
Snuka takes a swing at Laudrup's ribcage but misses.
Snuka is looking to clinch.
Laudrup is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snuka.
Laudrup scores with a body shot.
A big right from Laudrup misses.
Laudrup goes for a double leg but Snuka avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Snuka continues to drive forward.
Laudrup misses with a body punch.

Laudrup breaks from the clinch.
Snuka thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laudrup looks to score with a jab to the body but Snuka is just out of range.
Snuka slips a straight right by Laudrup.
A big right from Laudrup misses.
Snuka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Snuka tries to clinch up.
A shot to the body from Laudrup misses
and Snuka counters with a nice body kick.
Laudrup throws a poor cross that misses
and Snuka counters with a solid body kick.
Snuka lands a jab.
Snuka throws a leg kick which misses Laudrup's front leg but catches the back leg as Laudrup tries to avoid it.
Laudrup shoots in for a takedown but Snuka shows good takedown defense.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Laudrup.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Laudrup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Snuka slips under a jab from Laudrup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laudrup 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 Snuka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Snuka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sloppy strikes from Snuka. Those never looked like landing.
Snuka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Snuka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laudrup moves away.
Snuka throws a head kick that Laudrup semi-blocks.
Snuka walks into a stiff left hand from Laudrup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snuka throws a combination that misses
and Laudrup counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot lands for Laudrup.
Laudrup clobbers Snuka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Laudrup looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Laudrup throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laudrup goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Snuka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laudrup to score with a decent uppercut.
A shot to the body from Laudrup misses
and Snuka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Snuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Snuka slaps away a takedown attempt from Laudrup, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Laudrup there.

Snuka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laudrup misses with a punch to the body.
Laudrup tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snuka's elbow.
Snuka gets underhooks to prevent Laudrup's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snuka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laudrup.
Snuka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laudrup stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Laudrup is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hans Laudrup has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Laudrup misses with a body punch.
Jimmy Snuka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hans Laudrup is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Snuka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snuka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laudrup scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laudrup tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snuka's elbow.
Laudrup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snuka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Laudrup showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laudrup has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Laudrup!
A very excited looking Hans Laudrup made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.