PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cut Killer - Nique La Police. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kakoullis
vs
La Haine

184 cm
26
199 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

182 cm
27
203 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Conquer

Sun-Tzu

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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakoullis throws a lazy right hand but La Haine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kakoullis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La Haine momentarily.
Kakoullis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Kakoullis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Haine.
Kakoullis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Haine now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kakoullis throws a leg kick that misses.
La Haine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kakoullis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot by La Haine.
La Haine misses with a wild body shot.
La Haine looks to land a left hand but Kakoullis moved out of range nicely.
Kakoullis slips a jab from La Haine.
Kakoullis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
La Haine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Haine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
La Haine takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Haine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Kakoullis misses the target.
Kakoullis misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis lands a right hook to the body.
Kakoullis swats away the attempt to clinch by La Haine.
Kakoullis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Haine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La Haine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La Haine lands a head kick!

It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
La Haine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kakoullis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from La Haine.
Kakoullis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice body kick from La Haine.
Kakoullis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kakoullis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La Haine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kakoullis throws a lazy right hand but La Haine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kakoullis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kakoullis misses with a looping right.
La Haine lands with a hook. Kakoullis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kakoullis lands with a straight right. La Haine didn't see that one coming.
La Haine misses with a right hand

and Kakoullis counters with a nice right hand that sends La Haine toppling to the canvas! La Haine scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kakoullis finish him?!

La Haine is rocked!
La Haine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kakoullis counters with a low kick, right behind La Haine 's knee.
La Haine is still on wobbly legs! Can Kakoullis finish him?
Kakoullis lands a leg kick that knocks La Haine off balance momentarily.
Kakoullis stuns La Haine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kakoullis misses with a looping right.
Kakoullis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
La Haine seems to have recovered his senses.
Kakoullis misses the shot to the body.
La Haine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La Haine takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kakoullis throws a solid leg kick but La Haine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kakoullis.
La Haine unleashes a big counter combination but Kakoullis bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis wants to slow La Haine down by chopping away at his legs.
Kakoullis throws a lazy right hand but La Haine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kakoullis slips under a jab from La Haine.
Kakoullis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Haine.
An attempted straight right counter from Kakoullis misses the target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kakoullis - that will leave a mark!
Kakoullis moves out of range as La Haine strikes.
La Haine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kakoullis.
La Haine is looking to clinch but Kakoullis is avoiding it.
Kakoullis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Haine throws a right hand that Kakoullis ducks under and follows up with a left that Kakoullis also avoids with ease.
Kakoullis works La Haine's body with a nice hook.
La Haine throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kakoullis counters with a crisp right hand that drops La Haine! Kakoullis lets La Haine back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kakoullis throws a leg kick but La Haine checks it.
La Haine misses the shot to the body.
Kakoullis swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kakoullis throws a leg kick that is checked
and La Haine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kakoullis takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis digs a good hook to La Haine's body.
Kakoullis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
La Haine looks winded!
Kakoullis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! La Haine crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kakoullis - the referee stops the clock and La Haine gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kakoullis. La Haine manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kakoullis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kakoullis misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and La Haine releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis feints and then cracks La Haine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Haine down.
La Haine takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
La Haine tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kakoullis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La Haine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
La Haine takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La Haine connects with the punch.
Kakoullis misses with a body kick.
La Haine throws out a counter right but Kakoullis avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sotiris Kakoullis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sotiris Kakoullis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Haine is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kakoullis with a body shot.
Kakoullis throws an overhand right that lands on La Haine's shoulder, as La Haine tries to avoid the shot.
Kakoullis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La Haine on the side of the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but La Haine might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kakoullis has got the better of the exchanges.
Kakoullis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kakoullis!
Kakoullis misses with an uppercut. La Haine saw that one coming.
Kakoullis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kakoullis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and La Haine is able to avoid easily.
La Haine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La Haine avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakoullis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La Haine looks to land a right hand but Kakoullis moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kakoullis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La Haine lands a jab to the head.
La Haine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kakoullis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kakoullis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
La Haine is breathing heavily.

Kakoullis drops La Haine with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but La Haine looks back up at him and smiles so Kakoullis waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kakoullis misses with a hook. La Haine ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and La Haine releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kakoullis measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes La Haine! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sotiris Kakoullis!
During a confident post fight interview, Sotiris Kakoullis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.