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 is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Akon - Never Gonna Get It. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Frink
vs
Laane

180 cm
21
172 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
177 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrus Laane!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Frink closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Frink just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laane's brow.

Laane breaks from the clinch.
Frink misses with a head kick.
Frink shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Frink showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laane.
A head kick misses from Frink.
Frink tries to clinch up but Laane circles away and keeps his distance.
Laane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Frink.
Frink moves in looking to clinch but Laane pushes him off.
Laane throws a leg kick

and Frink counters with a head kick that drops Laane to the mat! Laane scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Laane is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laane misses with a leg kick.
Laane is still on wobbly legs! Can Frink finish him?

Laane moves into the clinch.
Laane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Frink.
Frink throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Frink throws an elbow but misses.
Laane seems to have recovered his senses.
Frink throws an elbow but it misses.
Frink throws an elbow but it misses.
Laane has had enough of the clinch but Frink keeps him there for the moment.
Frink lands an elbow that stopped Laane in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Andrus Laane has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane blocks the elbow strike.
Frink looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Frink throws an elbow but it misses.
Laane takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laane lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like John Frink has been cut.
Frink pushes off an throws an elbow but Laane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frink throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laane misses with a right hand
and Frink counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Laane throws a series of punches but Frink moves out of range.
Laane getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Laane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laane is trying to push Frink away but Frink has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Frink gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Frink pushes off an throws an elbow but Laane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frink keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Laane's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Laane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Frink pushes off an throws an elbow but Laane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frink lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Laane crunches a lovely knee into Frink's ribcage.
Laane dodges an elbow strike from Frink.
Laane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Frink is defending well for now.
Frink lands an elbow inside that Laane shrugs off.
Laane dodges an elbow strike from Frink.
Laane wants to get back to striking at distance but Frink won't allow it.
Frink lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Frink lands an elbow that stopped Laane in his tracks for a moment.
Frink pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Frink looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Frink throws an elbow but misses.
Frink gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Frink keeps control of Laane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laane is trying to break free.
Laane working hard to break the clinch.
Frink throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frink lands a nice elbow.
Frink pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Frink looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Laane is trying to break free.
Frink keeps control of Laane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laane lands an elbow inside.
Laane can't break the clinch.
Frink throws an elbow but it misses.
Frink lands an elbow just above Laane 's eye.
Frink creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Laane's defenses.
Frink lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laane takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Frink throws an elbow but misses.
Laane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Laane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Frink creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Laane! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Frink.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Frink!