PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Great Tiger (ranked 2300 p4p, 3105 weight class) and Muuka Laine (ranked 133 p4p, 170 weight class). Laine has chosen Thats Not Me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tiger
vs
Laine

172 cm
40
142
31 - 44 - 1

176 cm
48
146
40 - 33 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 44 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Great Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 33 - 0, fighting out of London, Muuka Laine!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Great Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Tiger.
Tiger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine takes one to the chin there.
Tiger thows a leg kick but Laine checks it
and Laine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tiger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Laine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tiger throws a combination. Laine tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Tiger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tiger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Tiger.
Tiger blocks the elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Tiger is trying to pull guard but Laine turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Laine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Tiger controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger has Laine pushed against the cage.
Tiger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiger is defending well for now.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.
Tiger blocks a body shot from Laine.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.

Tiger pulls guard.
Laine stopping the sweep attempt from Tiger.
Tiger wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Laine controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger seems keen to control Laine's posture.
Tiger lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laine controlling the position.
Tiger throws a big right hand that misses.
Tiger throws an elbow that misses. Laine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tiger's guard. Nice move by Laine!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Laine controls the pace.
Tiger managing to control the position.
Laine postures up.
Laine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tiger pulls Laine in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tiger trying to keep a closed guard but Laine is proving a slippery customer.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tiger pulls Laine in to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Laine throws a hook but Tiger avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Laine.
Tiger connects with a nice looking jab.

Tiger moves into the clinch successfully.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laine avoiding damage as Tiger throws knees to the body.
Tiger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Laine up against the cage.
Laine trying to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Great Tiger dominated that round.
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.

Tiger scores with a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Laine.
Tiger tries to counter with a takedown but Laine is quick to defend against it.
Laine throws a chopping leg kick but Tiger manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Tiger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tiger slips under a jab from Laine.
Laine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Great Tiger is winning the standup battle so far.
Laine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tiger tries to clinch but Laine moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tiger.
That kick from Tiger tenderised Laine's leg. Laine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laine throws the kick towards the body but Tiger avoids it.
Tiger has been working on his balance at Punch Out Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Laine.
Sloppy strikes from Tiger. Those never looked like landing.
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine throws a right and a left that Tiger avoids nicely.
Tiger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tiger wants to slow Laine down by chopping away at his legs.
Tiger misses with a kick to the body
and Laine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiger misses with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine moves out of range of the leg kick from Tiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine throws a big shot that misses.
Laine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tiger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laine avoids a kick to the body.
A left lands for Tiger.
Tiger lands with a hook. Laine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tiger tried to score with a low kick but Laine checks it.
Laine throws a leg kick
and Tiger counters with a body kick.
A jab lands there for Tiger.
Tiger feints and then cracks Laine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laine down.
Tiger delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine throws the kick towards the body but Tiger avoids it.
Tiger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laine can do to turn this around?
Laine misses with a head kick.
Laine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tiger feints and then cracks Laine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laine down.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tiger rushes Laine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
Tiger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laine tries a body shot but Tiger blocks it.
Laine tries to work over Tiger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.

Tiger manages to break the clinch.
Tiger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laine tries a quick counter leg kick but Tiger is wise to it.
A jab lands there for Laine.
Laine walks into a stiff left hand from Tiger.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laine.
Tiger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good leg kick by Laine.
Laine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tiger. Tiger obviously looking to wear him down.
Laine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tiger throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Laine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tiger checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger misses with a double jab
and Laine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tiger connects with a nice looking jab.
Tiger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiger.
Laine lands with a nice body kick.
Laine throws an off balance right hand
letting Tiger counter with a right hand.
Tiger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
A jab from Laine misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tiger.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
Tiger pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laine is out of range and Tiger settles back down.
Tiger looks to land a body kick but Laine moved away.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Tiger misses with a kick to the body.
Laine moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. Tiger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiger.
Laine attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laine lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tiger has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tiger and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tiger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tiger scoring well with a low kick there.
Laine misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Tiger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Laine!
Laine is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tiger scoring with punches from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Great Tiger dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Laine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tiger blocks a leg kick.
Laine throws a wild body kick that Tiger sees coming a mile off.
Laine cracks Tiger with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Laine loads up on a big right hand but Tiger slips the punch.
It looked like Tiger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tiger throws a push kick but Laine slaps the foot to one side.
Laine misses the jab.
Tiger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It seemed like Laine was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tiger lands with a shot to the body.
Tiger is looking to land body kicks.
Some wild striking there from Laine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No luck for Tiger with that takedown attempt.
Laine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tiger staying out of range there.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Tiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tiger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tiger tries to clinch up but Laine circles away and keeps his distance.
Laine throws a body kick that misses
and Tiger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tiger misses with a kick to the body.
Tiger moves out of range of the strikes.

Tiger darts in and clinches Laine up against the cage.
Tiger working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Laine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Tiger.

Tiger successfully pulls guard.
Tiger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tiger is trying to hold Laine in close to prevent damage but Laine has managed to pass into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiger wants to get back to full guard.
Muuka Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger manages to get to full guard.
Tiger looking to control.
Tiger wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tiger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tiger trying to keep a closed guard but Laine is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine stopping the sweep attempt from Tiger.
Tiger is trying to keep Laine in close.
Great Tiger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tiger seems keen to control Laine's posture.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Both fighters circling a little - Tiger finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Laine takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Laine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tiger. Tiger obviously looking to wear him down.
Laine swats away the attempt to clinch by Tiger.
Laine moves out of range as Tiger strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Laine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tiger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Great Tiger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

It looks like Great Tiger has been cut.
Tiger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Tiger.
Tiger checks a low kick from Laine.
Tiger attempts a counter takedown but Laine avoids it well and moves away.
Tiger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laine throws a jab when Tiger was well out of range.
Tiger tries to counter by clinching up but Laine breaks away and moves out of range.
Laine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laine walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tiger.
Laine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laine throws a looping overhand right but Tiger ducks down to avoid it.
Laine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Laine there as he acknowledges the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Muuka Laine.
Well Tiger 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Great Tiger!
An out of breath Great Tiger thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Muuka Laine stepped up to the mic, saying 'To My Fans It Time To Retire, I Got Nothing To Prove. Thank You To My Manager Andrew Tran For Helping My Career, Odense MMA & Brian Jensen Giving Me Opportunity To Finally Win World Title.'.