PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miko Laaksonen (ranked 4149 p4p, 4068 weight class) and Robo Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Laaksonen
vs
Boy

183 cm
18
175
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
174
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miko Laaksonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robo Boy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy throws a body punch but Laaksonen moves out of range.
Boy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laaksonen.
Boy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laaksonen avoids a kick to the body.
Laaksonen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Boy scores with a nice strike.
Sloppy strikes from Laaksonen. Those never looked like landing.
Boy tries to clinch up.
Laaksonen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Laaksonen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Boy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boy tries to clinch there but Laaksonen circles away.
Laaksonen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A combination from Boy does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laaksonen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Boy.
Laaksonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laaksonen avoids the head kick by Boy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laaksonen throws a series of punches but Boy avoids them all with ease.
Laaksonen blocks a head kick by Boy.
Laaksonen looks to throw the jab but Boy is out of range.
Despite the aggression on Boy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Boy swings for the body but Laaksonen moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Boy.

Laaksonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boy, pushing him back against the cage.
Laaksonen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laaksonen is defending well for now.
Laaksonen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Laaksonen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Boy up against the cage.

Laaksonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laaksonen is looking to counter punch.
Boy fails to land with a series of punches.
Boy closes the distance but Laaksonen moves to the side
and Laaksonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robo Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laaksonen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boy.
Laaksonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Boy.
Boy throws a right hand that Laaksonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Laaksonen also avoids with ease.
Laaksonen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boy clobbers Laaksonen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Boy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boy tries to clinch up but Laaksonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Laaksonen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Laaksonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Laaksonen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boy misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Boy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laaksonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boy takes one to the side of the head.

Laaksonen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Laaksonen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Boy is trying to stand back up but Laaksonen is controlling him
Boy tries to kick Laaksonen off in order to stand up. Laaksonen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Laaksonen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Boy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Laaksonen is controlling him well.
You can see the frustration on Boy's face as Laaksonen controls the position.
Boy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miko Laaksonen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Boy tries to clinch up but Laaksonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Boy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boy takes a swing at Laaksonen's ribcage but misses.
Laaksonen fails to land with a series of punches.
Boy throws a big counter head kick but Laaksonen avoids it with no problem.
Laaksonen avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Laaksonen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Boy gets tackled into the cage by Laaksonen. Laaksonen maintains the clinch.
Laaksonen lands a shoulder strike.

Laaksonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laaksonen lands with a nice body punch.
Boy misses with a head kick.
Boy misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Laaksonen takes the fight into the clinch.
Laaksonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laaksonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boy avoids it.
Laaksonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy takes a shot to the head.
Laaksonen blocks an uppercut.
Laaksonen content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Laaksonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boy throws a nice looking combination but Laaksonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laaksonen slips a jab and a cross from Boy.
It looked like Laaksonen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Miko Laaksonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Laaksonen cracks a nice hook into Boy's ribs.
A big right from Boy misses.
Boy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laaksonen on the side of the head.
Laaksonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boy can do to turn this around?
Boy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Laaksonen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Laaksonen lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from Laaksonen misses.
Boy thinks about the counter body kick.
Laaksonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laaksonen throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laaksonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boy throws out the jab.
Laaksonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laaksonen scores with a one two! Boy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boy tries to clinch but Laaksonen is having none of it.
Miko Laaksonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boy tries to clinch there but Laaksonen circles away.
Boy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boy throws a head kick but Laaksonen moves out of range.
Boy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Laaksonen clinches with his opponent.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Laaksonen avoids the damage to the body.

Laaksonen breaks the clinch.
Boy misses with a combination
and Laaksonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laaksonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Boy is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laaksonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boy tries a head kick but it misses.
As Boy looks to move away, Laaksonen throws a big counter combo but Boy just gets out of the way.
Boy throws a wild body kick that Laaksonen sees coming a mile off.
Laaksonen lands a really nice looking cross but Boy seems unphased.
Boy scores with a push kick.
Boy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boy lands with a right hand.
Boy scores with a one two! Laaksonen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Laaksonen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laaksonen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Boy is looking to stand up but Laaksonen isn't so interested in that idea.
Laaksonen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Boy's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laaksonen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boy defends it well.
Laaksonen works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laaksonen content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Boy wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miko Laaksonen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Laaksonen clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laaksonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Laaksonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boy scores with a shot to the body.
Boy misses with the combination.
Laaksonen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy is looking to clinch.

Boy tries to keep at a distance but Laaksonen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boy takes a knee to the side of the body.

Laaksonen manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laaksonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Boy tries to land a body kick
and Laaksonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laaksonen.

Laaksonen drives through and clinches with Boy against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Boy fails to land.
Laaksonen lands a knee to the body.
Boy can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Laaksonen as Boy tries to tie him up.
A short left from Laaksonen.
Boy tries to circle away but Laaksonen has him pinned against the cage.
Boy tries to break the clinch but Laaksonen is controlling the position.
Laaksonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Boy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Laaksonen.
Laaksonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Laaksonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laaksonen misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Boy.
Boy tries to land a front kick but Laaksonen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Boy tries to bum rush Laaksonen with a series of wild strikes but Laaksonen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boy cracks Laaksonen with a good jab.
Laaksonen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boy. Boy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Boy tries to clinch up.
Boy doesn't manage to clinch there - Laaksonen circles away.

Laaksonen forces Boy back against the cage and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laaksonen.
Laaksonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Laaksonen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laaksonen.
Boy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boy.
Boy swings wildly with an uppercut but Laaksonen uses good head movement to avoid it.

Laaksonen breaks from the clinch.
Boy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laaksonen.
Laaksonen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Boy missing with a left hand there. Laaksonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boy wants to clinch
and Boy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Laaksonen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Laaksonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laaksonen tests Boy's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boy takes a swing at Laaksonen's ribcage but misses.

Laaksonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Boy trying to control the position but instead, Laaksonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Boy into the cage.
Laaksonen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laaksonen avoids it.
Laaksonen lands with a light punch inside.
Laaksonen lands a shoulder strike.
Robo Boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miko Laaksonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boy wants to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miko Laaksonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laaksonen 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Miko Laaksonen!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Miko Laaksonen!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Miko Laaksonen!

Miko Laaksonen wins by unanimous decision!