PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Muuka Laine (ranked 221 p4p, 27 weight class) and Garrick Head (ranked 813 p4p, 103 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laine
vs
Head

176 cm
32
146 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

157 cm
38
154 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muuka Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Garrick Head!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Head has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Head there as he acknowledges the shot.
Head throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Head listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A right-left combo lands from Laine.
Head with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laine to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Head!
Laine goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
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!
Head throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Head looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Laine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Head moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Laine throws a series of punches but Head avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Head.
Head feints and then cracks Laine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laine down.
Laine connects with a right hand. Head shakes it off.
Head gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laine.
Head throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Head swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Head scores with the left hand. Laine knows he should have avoided that one.
Head smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Laine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Head momentarily.
Head takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Head misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine checks a low kick from Head.
Head moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Head staying out of range there.
Laine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Head lands with an overhand left.
Laine misses with an uppercut. Head saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Head.
Muuka Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Head is out of range and Laine settles back down.
Head throws a leg kick which misses Laine's front leg but catches the back leg as Laine tries to avoid it.
Laine moves forwards but Head connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laine scores with a head kick. Head tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Head ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Head thuds his right hand into Laine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Head blocks a leg kick.
A jab from Head misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Head swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Nice shot by Laine.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Head.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Head.
A bone on bone clash there as Head blocks the leg kick.
Head throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Laine swings widly with a right hand
and Head counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Laine throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Head.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Head.
Laine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Head unleashes a big counter combination but Laine bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Laine is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Head looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Head lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laine's sensitive parts.
Laine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Head.
Head with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Head keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laine misses with a head kick.
Head misses with an uppercut.
Head blocks a low kick nicely.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Laine looks for the body kick but Head saw that one coming.
Head throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Head was well out of range. Poor timing from Laine.
Head lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Head connects with a jab.
Head pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Laine back to the cage. Head follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
An inside leg kick lands from Laine.
Head staying out of range there.
Laine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Head on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Head.
Head throws a body kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Head checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Head swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Laine thumps Head with a low kick.
Head checks the leg kick.
Head misses with a wild body shot.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
Laine cracks Head with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Laine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Head avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Head scores with a sloppy right hand. Laine should have avoided that one.
Head throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Head blocks a head kick by Laine.
Head fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Head throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laine, right into the meat.
Head loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
Head looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
Head misses the jab.
Head jabs at Laine's body.
Laine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Head can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Head was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Head throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Head ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Laine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Head avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Head misses with a looping left.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine needs to keep his hands up - Head had a free shot at his head there.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Head moves away and avoids it.
Head takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Laine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Head.
Head throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laine moves out of range as Head throws a body kick.
Laine lands with an uppercut that bounces Head off the cage and back into range.
A big left from Head misses.
Head connects with an inside leg kick.
Laine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Garrick Head will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Head missing with a left hand there. Laine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Head misses.
Laine throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
Head works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Head.
Laine takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Head misses with a straight left.
Laine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Head is out of range and Laine settles back down.
Laine fails to land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Head on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Laine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Head's sensitive parts.
Head misses with a straight left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Head darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Laine walks into a straight right hand from Head.
Head drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Head looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by Head.
The crowd cheers as Head lands an impressive looking overhand right. Laine doesn't seem phased though.
Head misses with a head kick.
Laine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Laine connects with a body shot that sends Head's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine scores with a head kick. Head tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Laine cracks Head with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Head lands with a good body shot.
Laine throws a lazy uppercut
and Head counters with a low kick, right behind Laine 's knee.
Head checks a low kick from Laine.
Head throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Head throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laine tried to counter with a leg kick but Head avoided it.
Head throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Laine is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot lands for Laine.
Muuka Laine is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Laine.
Head blocks a jab.
Head throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Head stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laine.
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
It looked like Laine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sloppy strikes from Laine. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine sizes up Head with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Laine moves out of range as Head throws a body kick.
Head turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Head scores with a nice body kick.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine throws a hook but Head blocks it.
Head is trying to counter with his kicks.
Head looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
Laine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Head lands the left hand.
Head throws a series of punches but Laine avoids them all with ease.
A quick step to the side and Laine tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Head.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Head swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Laine on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Laine cracks Head with an open hand slap.
Laine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Laine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Head scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Head sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laine.
Head gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laine.
Laine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Head lands a leg kick that knocks Laine off balance momentarily.
Laine throws the kick towards the body but Head avoids it.
Laine misses with a right hand
and Head counters with an outside leg kick.
Head throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Head has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Head lands with a nice body kick.
Laine looks to land a left hand but Head moved out of range nicely.
Head misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Laine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Head on the side of the head.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Head manages to avoid it.
Laine avoids the body shot from Head.
Head connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Laine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Head misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Head misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Laine misses the target.
Laine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Laine misses the target.
Laine misses with a head kick.
Head scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine misses with a lunging right hand
and Head makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Head avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Head slips a straight right by Laine.
Laine checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Head throws a leg kick but Laine moved away.
Laine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Head blocks a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Laine as he connects with a hook.
Head throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Head misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Head waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laine.
Laine looks to land a right hand but Head moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Head.
Head walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Laine misses.
Laine checks a low kick from Head.
A slow jab from Head misses its intended target.
Head throws a shot from downtown. Laine moves away and avoids it.
Head is looking to land body kicks.
Laine's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Head swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Head throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Head moves out of range of the body kick from Laine.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Muuka Laine will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Head throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot.
Head avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Laine lands.
Head blocks a head kick by Laine.
Head looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Head ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine throws a head kick but Head moves out of range.
Laine throws a low kick but Head avoids it.
Laine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Head.
Laine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Head was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some bone on bone action there as Head checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Head swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Laine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Head throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Head will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laine paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No joy there for Head, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laine tries to work over Head's front leg with a kick but Head checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Head misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Head.
Head misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Head takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laine misses with a hook. Head ducked under it nicely.
Laine connects with a right hand. Head shakes it off.
Head tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Head.
Laine misses with a few strikes there.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Head was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch lands to the side of Head 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Head feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Head ducks right into an uppercut from Laine.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laine.
Laine thumps Head with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Head lands a jab to the head.
Laine blocks a jab.
Laine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Laine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Head.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Laine misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Laine.
Laine tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Head.
Head looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laine throws a body shot but no joy.
Head is looking to score with low kicks.
Head walks into a straight right hand from Laine.
Laine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Head is out of range and Laine settles back down.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Head checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Head connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Head throws a head kick that misses.
Laine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Donk. Laine catches Head right on the button with a cross.
Head looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Laine connects with a solid leg kick.
Laine bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Head moves out of range as Laine strikes.
Head lands with a hook. Laine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Head's jab looks to have found its range, popping Laine under the eye.
No joy there for Laine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Head throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Head connects with a leg kick. Laine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Laine connects with a solid leg kick.
Laine looks to land a combination but Head avoids it well.
Laine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Head missing with a left hand there. Laine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Head tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Head.
Head scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Head takes one to the chin there.
Head takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Laine blocks a jab.
Head getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Laine on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine blocks a leg kick.
Laine looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Laine misses with a head kick.
Head uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laine.
The crowd cheers as Laine lands an impressive looking overhand right. Head doesn't seem phased though.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Head looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Laine checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Laine misses its intended target.
Laine slips a straight right by Head.
Head with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laine blocks a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laine, right into the meat.
Laine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laine throws a body shot but no joy.
Laine lands a nice shot to the body.
Head misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Head uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
Laine connects with a crisp jab.
Head avoids the head kick by Laine.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Head will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laine looks to score with a jab to the body but Head is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Head! But no joy.
That kick from Laine tenderised Head's leg. Head is trying to keep his angry face on.
Head scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Head loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muuka Laine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Muuka Laine!
Muuka Laine was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.