PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lapu Lapu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine comes to the cage accompanied by Cut Killer - Nique La Police. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

La Haine
vs
Lapu

182 cm
28
203 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

188 cm
27
195 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Sun-Tzu

Spartan Nutrition

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 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lapu Lapu!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lapu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Haine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La Haine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lapu manages to avoid it.
La Haine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Lapu clinches.
La Haine tries a body shot but Lapu blocks it.
La Haine throws a head punch that misses.
Lapu avoids a wild elbow strike from La Haine.
La Haine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lapu backwards.
The referee calls for Lapu to work.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lapu's elbow.
Lapu blocks the elbow strike.
La Haine throws a head punch that misses.
La Haine scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Lapu Lapu has been cut.
La Haine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from La Haine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine can't find room to land a body shot as Lapu controls the action.
Lapu pushes La Haine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lapu blocks an uppercut.
Our sources have told us that La Haine has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapu lands a nice uppercut.
La Haine presses Lapu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lapu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Haine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lapus head.
La Haine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lapu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lapu.
Lapu misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Haine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Haine.
La Haine tries a body shot but Lapu blocks it.
La Haine lands an elbow just above Lapu 's eye.
Lapu's coach down at KAMOT-E 4.5* sparring gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lapu's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
La Haine tries to throw a body punch but Lapu avoids it by throwing La Haine back against the cage.
Lapu takes an elbow to the temple.
Lapu dodges an elbow strike from La Haine.
Lapu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lapu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lapu avoids the elbow strike from La Haine, against the cage.
Lapu stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine scores with a shot to the side of Lapu's head.
Lapu lands a hook that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
La Haine managing to block the knees to the body from Lapu.
La Haine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
La Haine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, La Haine throws an elbow but misses.
Lapu is working La Haine over against the cage.
La Haine swings wildly with an uppercut but Lapu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lapu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
La Haine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Haine misses with a body punch.
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lapu avoids a wild elbow strike from La Haine.
A frustrated look appears on Lapu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lapu is leaning against La Haine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapu blocks a body shot from La Haine.
Lapu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La Haine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Haine misses with an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lapu.
La Haine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Lapu Lapu's cut even more.
Lapu gets through La Haine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lapu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lapu misses with a punch to the body.
La Haine lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Lapu Lapu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lapu misses with a short punch on the inside.
La Haine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
La Haine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lapu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lapu misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapu stalls.
Lapu is pushing La Haine up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lapu receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Lapu is trying to force a seperation but La Haine has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from La Haine fails to land.
La Haine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lapu backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Haine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lapus head.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Haine pushes off an throws an elbow but Lapu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
La Haine can't find room to land a body shot as Lapu controls the action.
La Haine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La Haine working aggressively here.
Lapu is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Haine.
La Haine misses with an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Lapu.
La Haine can't find room to land a body shot as Lapu controls the action.
Lapu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques La Haine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lapu Lapu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

La Haine clinches up with Lapu and pushes him back against the cage.
La Haine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Haine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Haine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lapu misses with a body punch.
Lapu is struggling to control the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
La Haine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lapu can do to turn this around?
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lapu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lapu's elbow.
Lapu is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapu can't find room to land a body shot as La Haine controls the action.
Good body shot from La Haine.
Lapu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lapu lands a left hand that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
La Haine has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
La Haine presses Lapu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine lands a body punch in the clinch.
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Lapu on the inside.
Nice elbow from La Haine.
La Haine tries to work over Lapu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lapu looking to slow down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for La Haine.
Lapu is breathing heavily.
La Haine misses with a punch to the body.
Lapu lands an elbow just above La Haine 's eye.
Nice elbow from La Haine.
La Haine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Haine lands an elbow inside that Lapu shrugs off.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Lapu.
La Haine lands an uppercut.
La Haine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Haine lands with a left to the head.
La Haine is leaning against Lapu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Haine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from La Haine fails to land.
Lapu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Haine.

Lapu Lapu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
La Haine throws an elbow that misses.
Lapu misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Haine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lapu blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Haine.
La Haine misses with a body punch.
Lapu tries a body shot but La Haine blocks it.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lapu's elbow.
La Haine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lapu misses with a punch to the body.
Lapu blocks a body shot from La Haine.
Lapu wants to get back to striking at distance but La Haine won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lapu Lapu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jacques La Haine!
Jacques La Haine spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.