PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 1194 p4p, 123 weight class) and Muuka Laine (ranked 1158 p4p, 120 weight class). La Bor comes to the cage accompanied by Centuries. 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 Bor
vs
Laine

179 cm
35
152 lbs
26 - 16 - 2

176 cm
29
146 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muuka Laine!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine misses with a series of wild punches.
La Bor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Laine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La Bor throwing a counter right hand but Laine manages to avoid it.
Laine loads up on a big right hand but La Bor slips the punch.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and La Bor moves out of range easily.
La Bor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laine's calf.
La Bor sizes up Laine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've been told by La Bor's head coaches at Scotty's Yard that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
La Bor misses with a body kick.
Laine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
La Bor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor throws a body kick that misses.
La Bor lands with a straight right. Laine didn't see that one coming.
Laine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Bor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
Laine connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor slips a straight right by Laine.
La Bor misses with a body punch
and Laine counters with a nice leg kick.
Laine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
La Bor lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La Bor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
Good shot there by La Bor.
Laine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La Bor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laine scrambles back to his feet.
Laine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and La Bor moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Laine.
La Bor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Bor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laine throws a right and a left that La Bor avoids nicely.
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!
La Bor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
Laine lands with a good body shot.
La Bor misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor tries to land a leg kick but Laine saw it coming and moves away.
La Bor throws a wild body kick that Laine sees coming a mile off.
Laine steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from La Bor.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Bor throws a low kick but Laine moves out of range easily.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Laine.
Laine throws a leg kick but La Bor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laine moves in looking to clinch but La Bor pushes him off.
Muuka Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor 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.
Laine motions for La Bor to come forward. Laine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. La Bor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good work by Laine as he checks the leg kick.
La Bor misses with an uppercut.
La Bor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands a slapping body shot.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laine pivots, looking for a leg kick but La Bor is out of range and Laine settles back down.
La Bor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La Bor misses with a straight left.
Laine was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Laine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Laine walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Laine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La Bor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
La Bor misses with a hook.
La Bor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
Laine throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
La Bor misses with an uppercut.
Laine flicks out a counter leg kick but La Bor steps away.
Laine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Laine misses.
La Bor moves out of range of the leg kick from Laine.
A telegraphed right hand from La Bor misses the target.
Laine throws a leg kick but La Bor checks it.
Laine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La Bor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
La Bor throws a good cross that connects.
Laine misses the jab.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
La Bor misses with a looping right.
Laine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Laine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laine throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Bor connects with a single shot there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muuka Laine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

La Bor throws a chopping leg kick but Laine manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether La Bor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
La Bor thows a body kick. Laine tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laine.
La Bor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Bor looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Laine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Bor moves away.
La Bor slips a straight right by Laine.
A big left from Laine misses.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
La Bor misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laine tries to work over La Bor's front leg with a kick but La Bor checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor feints and then cracks Laine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laine down.
Laine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laine throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Laine manages to circle out of the way.
La Bor slips a straight right by Laine.
Laine cracks the inside of La Bor's front leg.
La Bor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Bor.
Laine jabs La Bor right on the nose. La Bor blinks but takes it well.
Laine misses with a body kick.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
La Bor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laine is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La Bor with a body shot.
La Bor scores with a kick to the midsection.
Laine lands an overhand right.
La Bor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La Bor throws a jab but it's blocked by Laine.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Bor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Laine.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Bor throws a jab when Laine was well out of range.
Laine throws a head kick but La Bor moves out of range.
Laine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Bor was well out of range. Poor timing from Laine.
Laine lands a high kick!
A leg kick checked by Laine.
La Bor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Laine - that will leave a mark!
Laine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Laine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La Bor on the side of the head.
La Bor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Laine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Laine keeps the fight on the outside.
Laine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine throws the left hand but La Bor avoids the punch easily.
La Bor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt
and La Bor makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A punch lands to the side of La Bor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
La Bor digs a good body shot into Laine's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from La Bor misses the target.
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La Bor takes a swing at Laine's ribcage but misses.
Laine lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La Bor defending well as Laine loads up on a big left hand.
Muuka Laine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La Bor moves out of range of the body kick from Laine.
Laine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Decent striking displayed by Laine there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Bor manages to avoid it.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine.
La Bor cracks the inside of Laine's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laine closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laine misses with a looping right.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
La Bor moves out of range of the body kick from Laine.
La Bor tries a low kick but Laine avoids it.
La Bor sizes up Laine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Laine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laine checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Bor's head backwards.
Laine throws a wild body kick that La Bor sees coming a mile off.
Laine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La Bor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from La Bor misses.
La Bor lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muuka Laine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

La Bor misses with a low kick as Laine jumps back.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laine! But no joy.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from La Bor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Laine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laine connects with the punch.
Laine scores with a nice strike.
La Bor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine moves forwards but La Bor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
La Bor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laine.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La Bor throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Laine rushes La Bor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
La Bor has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.

La Bor breaks the clinch.
La Bor throws a hook but Laine blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Laine misses with a straight right.
La Bor thinks about countering with a body kick.
La Bor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Laine in his tracks.
Laine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
La Bor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laine.
Laine dips to his left and cracks La Bor with an uppercut!
La Bor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
La Bor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La Bor punishes Laine's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Laine.
Laine throws a body shot but no joy.
Laine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laine looks to land a left hand but La Bor moved out of range nicely.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Laine jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La Bor misses with a body kick.
La Bor blocks a head kick by Laine.
La Bor is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Laine.
Laine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Laine.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laine. That's going to slow La Bor down.
La Bor swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
La Bor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laine throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
La Bor just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Laine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laine lands with an overhand left.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from La Bor.
Laine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor throws a wild body kick that Laine sees coming a mile off.
A jab from La Bor misses.
Laine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
La Bor connects with an inside leg kick.
La Bor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laine lands a jab.
Laine cracks a nice hook into La Bor's ribs.
La Bor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laine's hands.
La Bor tries to bum rush Laine with a series of wild strikes but Laine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manuel La Bor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laine throws a leg kick which misses La Bor's front leg but catches the back leg as La Bor tries to avoid it.
La Bor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Laine tries a head kick but it misses.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
La Bor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Laine misses.
La Bor thinks about countering with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Laine finds it's way through La Bor's defenses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Laine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Some bone on bone action there as La Bor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Laine attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Laine lands with an uppercut that bounces La Bor off the cage and back into range.
Laine is looking to clinch.
Laine checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laine tests La Bor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laine connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine checks the leg kick.
La Bor tries a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Laine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La Bor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A cross from Laine lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muuka Laine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muuka Laine!
Muuka Laine 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.