PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Frink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrus Laane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laane has chosen Akon - Never Gonna Get It as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Frink
vs
Laane

180 cm
21
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Valhalla Fight Wear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Frink!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrus Laane!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laane throws out a leg kick but Frink moves out of range and Laane only half commits.
Frink connects with a right hand. Laane shakes it off.
Laane scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Frink tries to close the distance and clinch but Laane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Laane clinches up with Frink and pushes him back against the cage.
Frink lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Frink escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Laane misses the jab.
John Frink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laane throws a shot from downtown. Frink moves away and avoids it.
Laane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Frink with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laane wants to clinch up but Frink keeps it at a distance.
Frink throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laane misses with a body shot.
Laane throws a hook but Frink avoids it easily.
Frink fails with an attempt to clinch.
Frink tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laane lands with an uppercut that bounces Frink off the cage and back into range.
Laane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Laane misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane throws a looping overhand right but Frink ducks down to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Frink.
Frink misses with a few strikes there.
Laane tries to close the distance and clinch but Frink swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laane keeps the fight on the outside.

Frink closes the distance and pushes Laane back into the cage.
Laane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frink has him pressed against the cage.
Frink lands an elbow inside that Laane shrugs off.

It looks like Andrus Laane has been cut.
Frink comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Frink breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frink was well out of range. Poor timing from Laane.
Frink avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laane misses with a wild combination.
Frink lands a slapping body shot.
Frink lands a big head kick that sends Laane to the canvas! Frink follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Frink!