PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward McLauglin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaka Pheu Pheu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McLauglin
vs
Pheu Pheu

190 cm
30
210 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

184 cm
35
207 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edward McLauglin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaka Pheu Pheu!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLauglin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pheu Pheu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLauglin misses with an uppercut.
Pheu Pheu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McLauglin.
Pheu Pheu ducks under a wild hook from McLauglin.
Pheu Pheu only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McLauglin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McLauglin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pheu Pheu.
The fight stays on the outside here - McLauglin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good standup being displayed there by Pheu Pheu as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McLauglin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pheu Pheu counters with an outside leg kick.
We've been told by McLauglin's head coaches at The Coffee Shop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McLauglin moves out of range of the leg kick from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu with a nice cross.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pheu Pheu fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu lands a nice leg kick that just misses McLauglin's sensitive parts.
Pheu Pheu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McLauglin throws a wild body kick that Pheu Pheu sees coming a mile off.
McLauglin checks a leg kick.
McLauglin throws a one two combo.

It looks like Kaka Pheu Pheu has been cut.
McLauglin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pheu Pheu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Edward McLauglin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McLauglin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pheu Pheu. That's going to slow McLauglin down.
Pheu Pheu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McLauglin's calf.
Kaka Pheu Pheu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pheu Pheu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pheu Pheu lands with a straight right. McLauglin didn't see that one coming.
Pheu Pheu connects with an inside leg kick.
McLauglin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin throws the kick towards the body but Pheu Pheu avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu tries to move into range but McLauglin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McLauglin scores with a jab to the jaw.
McLauglin throws a hook but Pheu Pheu avoids it easily.
McLauglin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin dips to his left and cracks Pheu Pheu with an uppercut!
Pheu Pheu takes a swing at McLauglin's ribcage but misses.
Pheu Pheu gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McLauglin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pheu Pheu misses with a left hand
and McLauglin counters with a nice uppercut.
Pheu Pheu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McLauglin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McLauglin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pheu Pheu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McLauglin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pheu Pheu scores with a jab. McLauglin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

McLauglin moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pheu Pheu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin pushes Pheu Pheu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McLauglin tries a body shot but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
McLauglin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pheu Pheu digs a right hand into McLauglin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McLauglin's gas tank.
McLauglin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pheu Pheu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLauglin throws a punch but it's blocked by Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin trying to land knees to the body.
McLauglin has a couple of punches blocked by Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pheu Pheu avoids it.
McLauglin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pheu Pheu is defending well for now.
McLauglin missing with knees to the body.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.
Pheu Pheu takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut even more.
McLauglin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin trying to land knees to the body.
McLauglin misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pheu Pheu swings wildly with an uppercut but McLauglin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pheu Pheu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from McLauglin on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pheu Pheu avoiding damage as McLauglin throws knees to the body.
McLauglin misses with a body punch.
McLauglin misses with some punches.
Pheu Pheu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McLauglin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pheu Pheu can turn it around.
McLauglin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pheu Pheu backwards.
McLauglin misses with a hook from the clinch.
McLauglin prevents a body shot from Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward McLauglin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu'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.

A telegraphed right hand from Pheu Pheu misses the target.
A leg kick checked by McLauglin.
Pheu Pheu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McLauglin checks a leg kick.
McLauglin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good shot there by McLauglin.
McLauglin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu is looking to chop away at McLauglin's legs.
McLauglin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McLauglin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McLauglin fails to land with a series of punches.
McLauglin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McLauglin looks for the body kick but Pheu Pheu saw that one coming.
Pheu Pheu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pheu Pheu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLauglin. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - McLauglin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pheu Pheu blocks the body kick.
McLauglin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pheu Pheu's hands.
Pheu Pheu tries to score with a low kick but McLauglin moves his leg out of the way.
Pheu Pheu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

The cut above Kaka Pheu Pheu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McLauglin misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook. McLauglin ducked under it nicely.
Pheu Pheu misses with a head kick.
McLauglin checks a leg kick nicely.
Pheu Pheu tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McLauglin swivels and escapes.
McLauglin swings for the body but Pheu Pheu moves out of range.
Pheu Pheu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Pheu Pheu clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McLauglin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pheu Pheu can do to turn this around?
McLauglin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McLauglin lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pheu Pheu blocking some punches.
McLauglin lands a body shot.
McLauglin lands a shoulder strike.
McLauglin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McLauglin missing with knees to the body.
McLauglin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edward McLauglin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McLauglin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pheu Pheu misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLauglin.
McLauglin lands with a short shot to the head.
Pheu Pheu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McLauglin looking to throw knees to the head but Pheu Pheu is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin has a couple of punches blocked by Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin lands a good knee to the midsection. Pheu Pheu won't want to take too many of those.
Pheu Pheu is breathing heavily.
McLauglin blocking some punches.
McLauglin stalling in the clinch.
Pheu Pheu blocks an uppercut.
McLauglin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McLauglin misses with a punch on the inside.
McLauglin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pheu Pheu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McLauglin effectively controlling the action here.
Pheu Pheu blocking some punches.
McLauglin works on Pheu Pheu's body with a couple of short punches.
McLauglin throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLauglin trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin stalls.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pheu Pheu avoids it.
Pheu Pheu throws a head punch that misses.
Pheu Pheu tries a knee to the head but McLauglin blocks it.
McLauglin scores a nice knee to the body.
McLauglin lands a good knee to the midsection. Pheu Pheu won't want to take too many of those.
McLauglin digs a right hand into Pheu Pheu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pheu Pheu's gas tank.
McLauglin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pheu Pheu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from McLauglin.
Pheu Pheu avoids the elbow strike from McLauglin, against the cage.
McLauglin lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward McLauglin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu'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.

McLauglin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pheu Pheu.
McLauglin lands with a straight right. Pheu Pheu didn't see that one coming.
Pheu Pheu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pheu Pheu cracks McLauglin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pheu Pheu misses with a low kick as McLauglin jumps back.
A head kick misses from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu is looking to clinch but McLauglin is avoiding it.
McLauglin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McLauglin looks to land a left hand but Pheu Pheu moved out of range nicely.
Good work by Pheu Pheu as he checks the leg kick.
Pheu Pheu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
McLauglin tries to land a leg kick but Pheu Pheu saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pheu Pheu misses with a low kick.
McLauglin throwing a counter right hand but Pheu Pheu manages to avoid it.
Pheu Pheu fails with the takedown.
McLauglin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu tries a low kick but McLauglin avoids it.
McLauglin throws a right and a left that Pheu Pheu avoids nicely.
Pheu Pheu throws a leg kick that is checked
and McLauglin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pheu Pheu scoring well with a low kick there.
Pheu Pheu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McLauglin checks it well.
McLauglin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pheu Pheu sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Left hook, right uppercut from McLauglin.
Pheu Pheu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McLauglin tries to clinch up but Pheu Pheu circles away and keeps his distance.
McLauglin just misses with a punch to the body.
Pheu Pheu jabs McLauglin right on the nose. McLauglin blinks but takes it well.
Pheu Pheu throws a jab but it's blocked by McLauglin.
McLauglin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pheu Pheu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLauglin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pheu Pheu. Pheu Pheu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Pheu Pheu connects with a leg kick. McLauglin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McLauglin dips to his left and cracks Pheu Pheu with an uppercut!
Pheu Pheu throws a body punch but McLauglin moves out of range.
Pheu Pheu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McLauglin throws a hook to the side of Pheu Pheu's head but Pheu Pheu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

McLauglin rushes Pheu Pheu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McLauglin effectively controlling the action here.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pheu Pheu lands a nice shot to the body.
McLauglin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pheu Pheus head.
Pheu Pheu working aggressively here.
Pheu Pheu managing to block the knees to the body from McLauglin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from McLauglin.
McLauglin blocks a body shot from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu blocks a body shot from McLauglin.
McLauglin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Edward McLauglin!
Edward McLauglin retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Edward McLauglin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.