PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Otis Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Laoka's choice of entrance music: The Bell Tolls. Katsu Laoka is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gein
vs
Laoka

190 cm
42
195 lbs
42 - 25 - 2

188 cm
24
202 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 42 - 25 - 2, fighting out of New York, Otis Gein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laoka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laoka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gein is out of range.
Laoka throws a hook but Gein avoids it easily.
Gein dives in for a single leg takedown but Laoka sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Laoka fails to land.
Gein tries for a takedown but Laoka manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Laoka.
Laoka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gein is defending well for now.
Gein avoiding damage as Laoka throws knees to the body.
Laoka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gein is defending well for now.
Laoka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gein is trying to trip Laoka. He has hold of a leg but Laoka is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gein persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Laoka is pulling down on Gein's head to control his posture.
Gein stopping the sweep attempt from Laoka.
Laoka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein tries to free his leg and advance position but Laoka is retaining full guard.
Gein trying to control but Laoka is working from the bottom.
Gein missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gein has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gein with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gein trying to control but Laoka is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Laoka is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gein postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gein wants to control from the top but Laoka keeps moving.
Laoka is trying to control the position but Gein postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Laoka tries to clinch there but Gein circles away.
Laoka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gein definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gein changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Laoka tries to avoid it but Gein manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Laoka to the ground. Laoka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otis Gein. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laoka tries to clinch there but Gein circles away.
Gein shoots in but no luck this time.
Laoka leaves Gein with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Laoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gein.
Laoka 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.
Laoka wants to clinch.

Gein gets tackled into the cage by Laoka. Laoka maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Laoka - that landed with a thud.
Laoka looking to throw knees to the head but Gein is blocking nicely.
Gein fails to pull guard.

Gein tightens his grip and picks Laoka up, before dumping him to the ground. Laoka manages to land in guard.
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!
Gein passes Laoka's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gein throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gein prevents Laoka from improving his position.
Laoka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gein scores with a couple of nice shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gein throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Katsu Laoka 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.

Laoka lands the left hand.
Gein shoots in but no luck this time.
Laoka misses the jab.
Laoka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka tries to clinch up but Gein circles away and keeps his distance.
Gein keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gein or perhaps it was just good defense by Laoka, which made it look bad.
Laoka moves out of range of the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Laoka - the referee stops the clock and Gein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Laoka. Gein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Laoka tries to clinch up but Gein circles away and keeps his distance.
Laoka tries to clinch up but Gein circles away and keeps his distance.
Gein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laoka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laoka slips a straight right by Gein.
Laoka slips a jab and a cross from Gein.
Laoka tries to clinch but Gein moves away
and Gein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Laoka moves into the clinch successfully.
Laoka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laoka missing with knees to the body.
Laoka lands an elbow inside.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gein avoids it.
Laoka tries to land knees in the clinch but Gein avoids the damage to the body.
Gein tries for a takedown but Laoka manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otis Gein. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gein avoids it.
Laoka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gein avoids it.
Gein tries to pull guard but Laoka holds him up against the cage and eventually Gein drops back down to his feet.

Gein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein tries to score a power double leg takedown but Laoka sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gein somewhat.
Katsu Laoka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gein or perhaps it was just good defense by Laoka, which made it look bad.
Laoka wants to clinch.
Laoka lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gein will feel that in the morning.
Laoka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gein finds it's way round the side to connect with Laoka's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laoka misses with a looping left.
Nice body kick there by Laoka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Gein blocks the leg kick.
Laoka is looking to clinch.
Laoka misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laoka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Laoka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Laoka moves in looking to clinch but Gein pushes him off.
Katsu Laoka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laoka.
Laoka tries to clinch there but Gein circles away.
Gein throws a body shot but no joy.
Gein tries to move into range but Laoka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Laoka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laoka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gein throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka connects with a leg kick. Gein looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Laoka lunges at Gein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gein's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laoka throws out a leg kick but Gein moves out of range and Laoka only half commits.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laoka.
Gein takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Laoka darts in and clinches Gein up against the cage.
Laoka trying to land knees to the body.
Laoka lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Laoka.
Laoka lands an elbow just above Gein 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laoka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laoka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsu Laoka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Laoka connects with a crisp jab.
Laoka throws a leg kick but Gein moved away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gein.
Gein scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laoka throws a jab when Gein was well out of range.
Laoka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gein avoids a kick to the body.
Laoka looks to land a left hand but Gein moved out of range nicely.
Laoka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Laoka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laoka doesn't manage to clinch there - Gein circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laoka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein lands with a right hand.
Katsu Laoka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gein circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Gein gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Gein throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Still in half guard, Gein seems content to control.
Gein is trying to control the action in half guard but Laoka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Gein.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laoka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gein.
Gein performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gein.
Gein wants to take a breather but Laoka is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gein is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gein connects with a nice short shot to Laoka's temple.
Gein with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laoka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gein.
Gein trying to control from half guard but Laoka is working away.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gein not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gein trying to control from Laoka's half guard. Laoka has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Gein connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Katsu Laoka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Laoka working a defensive guard here.
Otis Gein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gein throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gein throws a big elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otis Gein showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Laoka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsu Laoka!
Katsu Laoka thanked the fans post fight for their support.