PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Laong Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Dori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Laan
vs
Dori

150 cm
23
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laong Laan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Dori!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Laan.
Dori tries to clinch there but Laan circles away.
Dave Dori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dori leaves Laan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dori defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Laan.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Laan. Dori shrugs it off though.
Laan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dori sprawls well. Dori wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laong Laan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body kick from Dori.
Laan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dori manages to avoid it.
Dori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dori tries to clinch up but Laan circles away and keeps his distance.
Laan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dori.
Laan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laan scores with a jab.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan moves out of range.
Dori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch but Laan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laan scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laan really is a fat lump.
Dori lands a head kick. Laan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Laan avoids the head kick by Dori.
Dori misses with a body kick.
Dori is looking to clinch.
Dori tries to clinch up.
Laan avoids the head kick by Dori.
Laan misses with a head kick.
Donk. Laan catches Dori right on the button with a cross.
Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dori takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dori throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Laan to counter with a crisp jab.
Dori throws a series of punches but Laan avoids them all with ease.
Laan just misses with a punch to the body.
Laan with a jab.
Dori darts in trying to clinch
and Laan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laan lands with a hook. Dori tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dori tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laan counters with a low kick, right behind Dori 's knee.
Dori is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Laan misses with a series of wild punches.
Dori walks into a stiff left hand from Laan.
Dori walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Dori misses
and Laan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dori misses with a few strikes there.
Laan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dori swivels and escapes.
Laan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dori throws a head kick that half lands.
The fighters circling - Laan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dori ducks under a wild hook from Laan.
Laan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Laan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laan throws a series of punches but Dori moves out of range.
Dori misses with a head kick.
Dori wants to clinch.
Laan thuds a left hand into Dori's body.
Dori lands with a slapping head kick.
Dori blocks a jab.
Dori moves in looking to clinch but Laan pushes him off.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan is having none of it.
Dori tries a head kick but it misses.
Dori throws a nice looking combination but Laan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laan throws a body punch but Dori moves out of range.
Dave Dori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dori doesn't seem bothered though.
Dori needs to keep his hands up - Laan had a free shot at his head there.
Dori tries to clinch up.
Dori scores with a spinning back kick!
Dori is looking to clinch.
Dori misses with a kick to the body.
Laan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dori throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dori has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Laan finds it's way round the side to connect with Dori's head.
Dori scores with a one two! Laan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Laan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dori's hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dori throws a head kick but Laan moves out of range.
Dori lands a high kick!
Dori throws a sloppy head kick and Laan moves out of range easily.
Dori stuns Laan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laan misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Laong Laan dominated that round.
That's time! Laan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Laan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Laan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laan throws a chopping leg kick but Dori manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan moves out of range.
Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dori scores with a kick to the body.
Dori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laan misses the shot to the body.
Dori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dori tries to clinch up.
Dori throws a head kick but Laan moves out of range.
Laan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dori tries a head kick but it misses.
Laong Laan is winning the standup battle so far.
Dori wants to clinch up but Laan keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laan throws a front kick aimed at Dori's knee but Dori avoids it well.
Dori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dori lands a head kick!
Laan connects with a jab.
Dori tries a head kick but it misses.
Dori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dori shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Laan blocks the body kick.
Dori throws a head kick that Laan semi-blocks.
Dori throws a head kick that misses.
Dori looks for the body kick but Laan saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Laan.
Dori plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Laan scores with a decent looking hook.
Dori looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan is having none of it.
Laan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dori was well out of range. Poor timing from Laan.
Dori is looking to clinch but Laan is avoiding it.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch but Laan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dori throws a head kick that misses.
Laan swats away the attempt to clinch by Dori.
Laan lands a body shot.
Dori is breathing heavily.
Laan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Laan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laan.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laan.
Laan cracks the inside of Dori's front leg.
Laan thows a body shot but no joy.
Laan misses the jab.
Laan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice jab there from Laan.
Laan just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dori misses with the combination.
Laan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dori moves away.
Laan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dori moves in looking to clinch but Laan pushes him off.
Dori avoids the body shot from Laan.
Laan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dori.
Laan thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Dori misses
and Laan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dori tries to clinch up but Laan circles away and keeps his distance.
Laan fails with the takedown.

Dori moves into the clinch.
Dori wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laan blocks an elbow strike from Dori.
Laan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dori lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laan blocks an elbow strike from Dori.
Dori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laan managing to block the knees to the body from Dori.
Dori is trying to break free.
Laan wants to get back to striking at distance but Dori won't allow it.
Dori wants to break free but Laan has control.
Laan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dori looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dori is looking to break free of the clinch but Laan has double underhooks.
Dori missing with knees to the body.
Laan is trying to stall.
Dori looking to throw knees to the head but Laan is blocking nicely.
Dori throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laan blocks it with crossed arms.
Laan is struggling to control the position.
A frustrated look appears on Dori's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Laong Laan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Laan lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Laan misses
and Dori counters with a body kick that stops Laan in his tracks momentarily.
Dori throws a head kick that half lands.
Dave Dori is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dori takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laan misses with the combination.
Dori tries to clinch up.
Dori displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laan throws out the jab.
Dori checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dori tries to clinch up but Laan circles away and keeps his distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dori.
Laan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Dori tries to clinch up.
Laan misses with a hook.
Dori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dori is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dori throws a right and a left that Laan avoids nicely.
Laan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laan misses with a body shot.
Dori wants to clinch.
Dori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A shot to de liver by Laan. Beautiful body shot.
Dori wants to clinch up but Laan keeps it at a distance.
Dori tries a head kick but it misses.
Laan digs a good body shot into Dori's ribs.
Laan misses with a straight left.
Laan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dori pinned against the cage. Dori gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Laan scores with a leg kick.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dori misses with a kick to the body.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dori is looking to clinch.
Dori wants to clinch up but Laan keeps it at a distance.
Dori wants to clinch.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dori tries to clinch but Laan is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch but Laan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Laan tries to score with a low kick but Dori moves his leg out of the way.
Laan lands with a nice body punch.
Laan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Laan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dori is looking to clinch but Laan is avoiding it.
Dori moves in looking to clinch but Laan pushes him off.
Dori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dori misses with a low kick.
Laan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch but Laan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dori fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laan scores with a nice right hand.
Dori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dave Dori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laan throws out a powerful jab.
Dori is looking to clinch.
Laan cracks the inside of Dori's front leg.
Dori looks to clinch
and Laan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dori throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Laan.
Laan throws a body punch but Dori moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laan, right into the meat.
Dori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laan just misses with a punch to the body.
Laan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dori wants to clinch up but Laan keeps it at a distance.
Dori throws a head kick that misses
and Laan counters with an outside leg kick.
Dori lands a high kick!
Dori takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dori on the side of the head.
Laan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Laan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Laong Laan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Laong Laan!