PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bayot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Laak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laak has chosen Pain - Shut your mouth as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bayot
vs
Laak

193 cm
26
220 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
27
208 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, John Bayot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Laak!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bayot misses with a few strikes there.
Bayot thows a body shot but no joy.
Bayot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from Bayot.
Bayot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bayot.
Bayot misses with a hook
and Laak counters with a nice leg kick.
Laak tests Bayot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laak slips under a jab.
Laak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laak looks to land a right hand but Bayot moved out of range.
Bayot throws a shot to the body.
Laak feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bayot's calf.
Bayot's corner calls for a 1-2. Bayot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laak lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Bayot checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bayot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bayot throws a right hand that Laak ducks under and follows up with a left that Laak also avoids with ease.
Laak misses with a straight left.
That kick from Laak tenderised Bayot's leg. Bayot is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laak lands a leg kick that knocks Bayot off balance momentarily.
Bayot clobbers Laak with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Bayot misses.
Laak misses with a shot to the body
and Bayot counters with a right hand to the body.
Bayot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laak.
A thudding body kick lands there by Laak!
Bayot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laak lands a nice hook to Bayot's body. Bayot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bayot throws a hook but Laak blocks it.
Laak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bayot moves in looking to clinch but Laak pushes him off.
Laak throws a low kick but Bayot avoids it.
Laak needs to keep his hands up - Bayot had a free shot at his head there.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bayot looks to throw the jab but Laak is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laak lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bayot has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bayot and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laak connects with a solid leg kick.
Laak misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bayot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bayot throws a lazy right hand but Laak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bayot throws a body kick that misses.
Bayot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bayot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laak.
Bayot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak clobbers Bayot with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bayot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laak looks to land a right hand but Bayot moved out of range.
Bayot swinging wildly here.
Laak connects with an inside leg kick.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot misses with a series of wild punches.
Laak misses with a few strikes there.
Laak scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bayot.
Laak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bayot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laak. Bayot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bayot misses with an uppercut.
Bayot throws a jab when Laak was well out of range.
Bayot just misses with a punch to the body.
Bayot is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bayot stalks Laak and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Laak's face. Laak staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Eric Laak has been cut.
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!
Laak scores with a hook.
Laak is looking to chop away at Bayot's legs.
Laak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bayot. That did some damage!
Laak with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laak throws a front kick aimed at Bayot's knee but Bayot avoids it well.
Bayot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Laak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bayot throws a jab but it's blocked by Laak.
Bayot misses with a hook
and Laak counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eric Laak will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Laak moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Bayot.
Laak wants to clinch up but Bayot keeps it at a distance.
Laak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bayot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak is looking to chop away at Bayot's legs.
Laak slips a jab from Bayot.
Bayot works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Laak with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Laak has Bayot up against the cage in a clinch.

Bayot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laak doesn't manage to clinch there - Bayot circles away.
Laak takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bayot misses with an uppercut. Laak saw that one coming.
Laak cracks Bayot with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laak misses with a low kick.
Bayot is looking to clinch.
Laak misses with a looping right.
Bayot is looking to clinch.
Laak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Laak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laak scores with a nice right hand.
Laak explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bayot avoids the head kick by Laak.
Bayot swings for the body but Laak moves out of range.
Bayot checks a low kick from Laak.
Laak missing with a left hand there. Bayot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bayot takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laak stuns Bayot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laak jabs at Bayot's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Laak. Bayot shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bayot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bayot tries a head kick but it misses.
Bayot takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bayot on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bayot circles away quickly and effectively.
Bayot takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laak tries to clinch up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laak.
Bayot takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bayot.
Laak throws an overhand right that lands on Bayot's shoulder, as Bayot tries to avoid the shot.
Bayot looks to land a right hand but Laak moved out of range.
Laak misses with a hook. Bayot ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot avoids a kick to the body.
Laak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bayot was well out of range. Poor timing from Laak.
Bayot throws a head kick but Laak moves out of range.
Laak throws a solid leg kick but Bayot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Laak.
A punch lands to the side of Bayot 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bayot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bayot. Laak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laak throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Laak scores with a jab to the jaw.
Laak throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bayot stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Laak lands with a nice body punch.
Bayot throws a lazy body kick
and Laak counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bayot ducks under a wild hook from Laak.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laak.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bayot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laak misses with a kick to the body.
Laak takes a swing at Bayot's ribcage but misses.
Laak cracks Bayot with a right hand to the side of the head.
Laak lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Laak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laak lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bayot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
John Bayot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bayot throws a lazy uppercut
and Laak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bayot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bayot throws a wild body kick that Laak sees coming a mile off.
Bayot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laak manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Laak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Laak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bayot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bayot takes one to the chin there.
Bayot thuds his right hand into Laak's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bayot misses the shot to the body.
Bayot looks to land a left hand but Laak moved out of range nicely.

Bayot clinches.
Laak prevents Bayot from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bayot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laak.

Bayot is rocked!
Laak unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bayot! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Laak is unloading with more strikes now! Bayot drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Laak!
A less than humble Eric Laak misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.