PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Maestre (ranked 621 p4p, 635 weight class) and Sonatane Veainu (ranked 28 p4p, 17 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maestre
vs
Veainu

225 cm
34
300
31 - 19 - 0

177 cm
31
210
28 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

IC&E Nutrition
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

PWNAGE™
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Maestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sonatane Veainu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maestre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Maestre.
Maestre throws a shot from downtown. Veainu moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Maestre lands a left and a right that send Veainu crashing to the mat, dazed. Maestre thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Sonatane Veainu has been cut.
Maestre misses the jab.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luis Maestre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veainu misses with a looping left.
Maestre definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maestre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Veainu to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maestre scores with a shot to the body.
Maestre misses with an uppercut
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Veainu moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been informed that Veainu has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A jab from Maestre does it's job there.

Maestre drops Veainu with a beautiful combination! Veainu stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Maestre is looking for the KO!
Veainu takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maestre looks to land a combination but Veainu avoids it well.
Maestre scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Veainu.

Maestre cracks Veainu with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Maestre has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Veainu to stand back up!
Maestre connects with a crisp jab.

Veainu is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veainu slips under a jab.
A big right from Maestre misses.
Veainu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maestre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Veainu counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Maestre.
Maestre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Veainu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maestre missing with a left hand there. Veainu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Veainu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maestre misses with a body shot.
Maestre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Veainu! But no joy.
Maestre swings widly with a right hand
and Veainu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Veainu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Veainu misses.
Maestre throws a jab when Veainu was well out of range.
Maestre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Maestre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Luis Maestre has been cut.
Maestre misses with a combination
and Veainu counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu slips a jab from Maestre.
A little jabbing left from Veainu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maestre throws a lazy uppercut
and Veainu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maestre thinking.
Veainu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maestre.
Maestre misses with an uppercut
enabling Veainu to counter with a crisp jab.
Maestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Veainu.
Veainu avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Maestre backs off Veainu throws a huge counter combo but Maestre manages to avoid it all.
Nice jab there from Maestre.
Veainu tries to move into range but Maestre moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maestre jabs at Veainu's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Maestre. Those never looked like landing.
Veainu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maestre sizes up Veainu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maestre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Veainu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Veainu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maestre.
Veainu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maestre scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maestre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Maestre.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Veainu! But no joy.
Maestre throws a right and a left that Veainu avoids nicely.
A nice side step and Veainu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Maestre tests Veainu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Maestre dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Maestre swings widly with a right hand
letting Veainu counter with a right hand.
Maestre swings widly with a right hand
and Veainu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Veainu slips a jab from Maestre.
Maestre staying out of range there.
Luis Maestre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maestre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Veainu misses with a hook
and Maestre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maestre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Maestre throws a lazy right hand but Veainu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Veainu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Maestre with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maestre misses with a hook.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Veainu might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Maestre has got the better of the exchanges.

Maestre feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Veainu sprawling to the canvas! Veainu rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Maestre finish him?!
Maestre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Veainu moves out of range as Maestre strikes.
Maestre lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luis Maestre is winning the standup battle so far.
Maestre misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veainu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Veainu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maestre misses with a straight right.
Veainu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maestre's corner calls for a 1-2. Maestre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Veainu misses with an uppercut. Maestre saw that one coming.
Maestre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maestre is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Veainu moves forwards but Maestre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maestre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Veainu can do to turn this around?
Maestre misses with a double jab.
Maestre swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maestre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Maestre misses the target.
Veainu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Maestre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veainu manages to avoid it.
Maestre scores with a hook to the body. Veainu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maestre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maestre misses with a body shot
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maestre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maestre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maestre misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Maestre misses.
Maestre ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
Veainu misses with an uppercut.
Maestre misses with an uppercut. Veainu saw that one coming.
Veainu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Veainu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maestre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Maestre.
Maestre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Veainu throws a looping overhand right but Maestre ducks down to avoid it.
Maestre throws a left and a right that both miss

and Veainu counters with a crisp one two that drops Maestre! Veainu thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Maestre to his feet! Maestre is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Veainu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maestre avoids the body shot from Veainu.
Maestre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Maestre.
Veainu throws a counter combo.
No joy there for Maestre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Veainu throws a counter combo.
Veainu misses with a lunging right hand
and Maestre counters with a straight right hand.
Veainu blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Veainu misses.
Maestre misses with a combination
and Veainu counters with a right hand to the body.
Veainu fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maestre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maestre cracks Veainu with an open hand slap.
Veainu loads up on a big right hand but Maestre slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Maestre dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Maestre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Maestre backs off Veainu throws a huge counter combo but Maestre manages to avoid it all.
Maestre misses the shot to the body.
Veainu throws a lazy right hand but Maestre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Maestre seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Maestre fails to land with a series of punches.
Maestre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veainu.
Maestre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Veainu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Maestre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veainu missing with a left hand there. Maestre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maestre swings widly with a right hand
and Veainu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maestre throws a combination that misses
and Veainu counters with a stiff right hand.
Maestre throws a looping overhand right but Veainu ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maestre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Veainu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maestre manages to avoid it.
Veainu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maestre.
Veainu is looking for the big counter here.
Maestre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Maestre misses with a body punch
and Veainu counters with a left and a right that stings Maestre.
Veainu throws a hook but Maestre blocks it.
Maestre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Veainu misses with a right hand
and Maestre counters with a right hand to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Maestre. Those never looked like landing.
Maestre ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
Maestre scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu throws a right hand that misses
and Maestre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Maestre lands with a straight right. Veainu didn't see that one coming.
Veainu throws a lazy uppercut
and Maestre counters with a nice uppercut.
Maestre misses with a lunging right hand
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maestre misses with a hook.
Veainu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Veainu lands a slapping body shot.
Maestre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Veainu counters with a nice uppercut.
Maestre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Veainu.
Veainu moves forwards but Maestre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maestre jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Maestre misses.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Veainu is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Maestre moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Maestre!
Post fight, Luis Maestre took to the microphone: 'UPSET OF THE FUCKING YEAR BABY'.