PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sami Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Laiho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laiho has chosen Lookin' Out My Backdoor as his entrance music. Alexi Laiho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vasara
vs
Laiho

174 cm
22
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

177 cm
24
167 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

M/S Paint Fightwear **Laundry service**

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sami Vasara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexi Laiho!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Laiho misses its intended target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vasara looks to throw the jab but Laiho is out of range.
Laiho takes one on the button.
Vasara motions for Laiho to come forward. Vasara throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vasara slips a straight right by Laiho.
Vasara throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laiho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laiho ducks right into an uppercut from Vasara.
Vasara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Laiho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab by Vasara.
Vasara throws a front kick aimed at Laiho's knee but Laiho avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vasara. That's going to slow Laiho down.
Vasara misses with a body kick.
Vasara's corner calls for a 1-2. Vasara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laiho throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasara counters with a good low kick that Laiho was not able to check.
Laiho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vasara throws a leg kick but Laiho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vasara is looking to land body kicks.
Laiho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vasara misses with the combination.
Vasara looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vasara gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Laiho counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho just misses with a punch to the body.
Laiho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Laiho misses with a few strikes there.
Vasara connects with a solid leg kick.
Vasara is looking to slow Laiho down with leg kicks.
Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vasara ducks under a wild hook from Laiho.
Vasara connects with an inside leg kick.
Laiho avoids the head kick by Vasara.
Laiho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasara was well out of range. Poor timing from Laiho.
Vasara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vasara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasara throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Laiho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vasara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Laiho.
Vasara slips a jab and a cross from Laiho.
Laiho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laiho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vasara.
Sami Vasara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Vasara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara thumps Laiho with a low kick.
A right-left combo lands from Vasara.
Laiho might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vasara lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Laiho looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Vasara.
Vasara chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vasara loads up on a big right hand but Laiho slips the punch.
Laiho misses with a jab to the body
and Vasara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vasara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laiho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vasara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vasara throws a body kick the misses
letting Laiho counter with a right hand.
Laiho's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vasara throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vasara lands a head kick. Laiho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Alexi Laiho has been cut.
No joy there for Laiho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vasara scores with a kick to the body.
Vasara bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Laiho's head backwards.
Vasara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laiho. That did some damage!
Vasara scores with a head kick. Laiho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Laiho steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Vasara. That one must have hurt.
Vasara scores with a spinning back kick!
Laiho drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laiho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vasara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Vasara.
Vasara misses with a double jab.
Vasara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vasara.
Laiho misses with a low kick.
Laiho takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Vasara.
Laiho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jab by Vasara.
Vasara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Laiho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vasara. Vasara obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laiho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vasara throws a head kick that misses.
Vasara scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vasara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laiho. That did some damage!
Vasara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vasara bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vasara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vasara scores with a leg kick.
Vasara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vasara connects with a solid leg kick.
Vasara connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laiho's hands.
Vasara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laiho.
Vasara connects with a nice looking jab.
Vasara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vasara lands with a nice body kick.
Vasara throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vasara scoring well with a low kick there.
Vasara connects with a body shot that sends Laiho's belly button to the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasara lands a leg kick that knocks Laiho off balance momentarily.
Vasara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vasara clobbers Laiho with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That kick from Vasara tenderised Laiho's leg. Laiho is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Vasara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexi Laiho's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vasara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vasara cracks the inside of Laiho's front leg.
Laiho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vasara.
Sami Vasara is winning the standup battle so far.
Vasara chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laiho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vasara.
Vasara cracks Laiho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vasara misses with a body shot.
Vasara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laiho takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vasara lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laiho takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasara connects with a leg kick. Laiho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Laiho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laiho walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vasara.
Vasara bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Laiho is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Vasara.
Good leg kick by Vasara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vasara feints and then cracks Laiho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laiho down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vasara.
Vasara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vasara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laiho can do to turn this around?
Vasara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laiho's calf.
Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vasara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laiho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice straight punches there by Vasara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vasara.
Vasara lands a body shot.
Vasara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vasara.
Vasara lands a really nice looking cross but Laiho seems unphased.
Vasara's corner calls for a 1-2. Vasara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vasara lands a nice looking body shot.
Vasara scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Laiho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Vasara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laihos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vasara dodges the punch combination from Laiho.
Vasara lands with a nice body kick.
Vasara throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vasara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laiho at a distance.
Vasara works Laiho's body with a nice hook.
Vasara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laiho might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Vasara has got the better of the exchanges.
Vasara lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Vasara.
Vasara scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laiho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vasara.
Alexi Laiho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vasara throws a front kick that sends Laiho stumbling back into the cage.
Vasara lands with a right hand.
Vasara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laiho has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Laiho there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vasara lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara is looking to slow Laiho down with leg kicks.
Vasara lands a nice hook to Laiho's body. Laiho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laiho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vasara looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vasara throws a leg kick which misses Laiho's front leg but catches the back leg as Laiho tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Vasara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vasara throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vasara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laiho fails to land with a series of punches.
Vasara throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A solid body kick from Vasara.
Vasara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vasara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laiho. That did some damage!
Vasara thows a body kick. Laiho tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vasara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laiho's calf.
Vasara with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Laiho 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laiho fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laiho's calf.
Vasara connects with a looping right hand.
Vasara lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laiho takes a step back to recover.
Laiho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vasara finds it's way round the side to connect with Laiho's head.
Crunch! Vasara slams his shin into Laiho's torso.
Vasara connects with a high kick.
Vasara thumps Laiho with a low kick.
Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vasara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vasara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laiho. That did some damage!
Vasara scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from Vasara tenderised Laiho's leg. Laiho is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vasara chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vasara lands a leg kick that knocks Laiho off balance momentarily.
Vasara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Vasara dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexi Laiho's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vasara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vasara works Laiho's body with a nice hook.
Vasara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laiho momentarily.
Laiho sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vasara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laiho walks into a jab.
Vasara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laiho. That did some damage!
Vasara cracks Laiho with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vasara works the jab nicely.
Vasara's corner calls for a 1-2. Vasara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laiho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vasara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Laiho.
Laiho has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vasara.
Laiho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laiho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vasara scores with a decent looking hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Laiho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vasara - the referee stops the clock and Laiho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vasara. Laiho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasara lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vasara connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Laiho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Vasara catches Laiho right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vasara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vasara throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vasara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasara feints and then cracks Laiho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laiho down.
Vasara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vasara.
Vasara throws a right and a left that Laiho avoids nicely.
Laiho throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Laiho misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Laiho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Laiho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vasara walks into a stiff left hand from Laiho.
Vasara slips a straight right by Laiho.
Nice body kick from Vasara.
A nice combination there by Vasara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laiho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
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!
Vasara scores with a nice body kick.
Vasara tries a head kick but it misses.
Vasara throws a combination. Laiho tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Laiho takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vasara connects with a high kick.
Laiho throws a body punch but Vasara moves out of range.
Vasara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vasara misses with a two punch combination.
Laiho misses with a hook to the body
and Vasara counters with a thumping low kick.
Vasara throws a leg kick which misses Laiho's front leg but catches the back leg as Laiho tries to avoid it.
Vasara lands with a slapping head kick.
Vasara connects with a leg kick. Laiho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A right-left combo lands from Vasara.
Vasara throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vasara throws a good cross that connects.
Vasara lands a jab.
Vasara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laiho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laiho throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasara counters with a nice body kick.
Vasara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vasara.
Vasara chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vasara delivers a nice body kick.
Alexi Laiho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vasara throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A thudding body kick lands there by Vasara!
Vasara feints and then cracks Laiho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laiho down.
Vasara scores with the left hand. Laiho knows he should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Vasara.
Vasara thumps Laiho with a low kick.
Vasara scores with a nice body kick.
Vasara is looking to slow Laiho down with leg kicks.
Laiho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vasara.
Laiho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Vasara feints and then cracks Laiho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laiho down.
Laiho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vasara jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Laiho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vasara.
Vasara throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Laiho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Vasara.
Vasara scoring well with a low kick there.
A combination from Vasara does no damage.
Vasara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasara delivers a nice body kick.
Vasara throws a series of strikes that have Laiho backpedaling.
Laiho gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vasara scores with a jab.
Vasara displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sami Vasara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vasara 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:24
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:24
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sami Vasara!